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US Passports, More State IDs to Go Digital in Latest Google Wallet Update (Updated)
- Google Wallet users can now upload digital versions of US passports and certain state IDs.
- Residents of Iowa, New Mexico, and Ohio can now upload digital copies of their IDs and licenses.
- Google Wallet supports select prepaid commuter benefit cards for US commuters.
- Users can now access passes on the web at wallet.google.com.
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Google’s new community offers a sneak peek at upcoming Google TV features
- Google is inviting some users to join its new Google TV Advisors community.
- Google TV Advisors is an exclusive online community where users can help improve the Google TV experience.
- Participants get access to a member hub to learn about upcoming Google TV features.
- With 270 million monthly active Google TV powered devices, Google seeks direct feedback to enhance user experience.
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Elon Musk’s xAI Secures $6 Billion in Second Fundraising Round of 2024 The AI startup aims to dominate the supercomputer race and rival OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
- Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI, raised $6bn in its second major fundraising round of 2024.
- The company wants to become a leading force in artificial intelligence while challenging significant players like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
- One of the key drivers of the funding round is xAI's plan to expand its Colossus supercomputer to more than 1 million GPUs.
- Construction has already begun at the xAI Memphis facility, and this enlargement will significantly enhance the company's computational power.
- Reports indicate that 97 investors took part in the funding round worth a minimum of $77,593 per share.
- Although xAI remains a private entity, investors can indirectly capitalize on the company's growth by investing in ARK Venture Fund.
- Prominent names from the startup's first $6billion fundraising round in May 2024 include Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Fidelity Management & Research Company.
- The relationship between xAI and Musk's other ventures, particularly Tesla, play a crucial role in the startup's trajectory.
- Investors have shown confidence in xAI's potential to disrupt the AI landscape, which is evident from the significant interest both institutional and retail investors have shown in the company.
- With $12bn raised in 2024 alone, xAI is positioning itself to take on industry leaders in AI research and development.
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Build and refine your audio generation end-to-end with Gemini 1.5 Pro
- Generative AI is giving people new ways to experience audio content, from podcasts to audio summaries.
- Gemini 1.5 Pro combined with the Text-to-Speech API on Google Cloud can help users create conversations with diverse voices and generate podcast scripts with custom prompts.
- Gemini's multimodal capabilities, combined with the high-fidelity Text-to-Speech API, offers 380+ voices across 50+ languages and custom voice creation.
- The approach helps content creators reach a wider audience and streamline the content creation process.
- The suggested architecture uses two powerful services from Google Cloud: Gemini 1.5 Pro and Text-to-Speech API.
- Users can create their own engaging podcasts with clear instructions and target audience, using Gemini 1.5 Pro to generate conversational scripts and adapt content for audio, and Text-to-Speech API to convert text into natural-sounding speech.
- For complex or lengthy podcasts, users can use Gemini 1.5 Pro to extract key sections and subsections as JSON, enabling a more structured approach to script generation.
- A python function powers the podcast creation process to generate human quality audio based on text.
- Finally, to store audio content already encoded as base64 MP3 data in Google Cloud Storage, you can use the google-cloud-storage Python library.
- Users can explore the full suite of audio generation features using Google Cloud services and experimenting with different modalities like text and image prompts to experience the potential for content creation.
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Get cost-effective protection for SAP HANA with Backup and DR Service
- Protecting SAP HANA databases involves choices, but having a disaster recovery strategy is crucial.
- A cold DR strategy offers the perfect balance between cost-effectiveness and recovery time objectives.
- Google Cloud offers Backup and DR service with Persistent Disk (PD) snapshot integration for cost-effective, yet rapid recovery.
- This Backup and DR feature offers backup and recovery capabilities for virtual machines (VMs), file systems, multiple SAP databases (HANA, ASE, MaxDB, IQ), as well as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Db2.
- Using this service, you select the time of backup, how long to retain backups, where to store the backups (regional/multi-regional) and in what tier of storage, along with specifying database log backup intervals to help ensure a low recovery point objective (RPO).
- The Backup and DR agent running in the SAP HANA node instructs the database to trigger a Savepoint image.
- Backup and DR helps simplify DR setup by allowing pre-configuration of networks, firewall rules, and other dependencies
- You can restore HANA databases to a local VM or your disaster recovery (DR) region, giving you the flexibility to use your DR region for various purposes.
- Using Backup and DR with PD snapshots offers better backup performance, reduced TCO, and operational simplicity.
- Persistent Disk Asynchronous Replication is a valuable alternative to Backup and DR.
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How HighLevel built an AI marketing platform with Firestore
- HighLevel is an all-in-one sales and marketing platform built for agencies, offering tools like CRM, marketing automation, appointment scheduling, and more.
- HighLevel faced challenges in managing a volatile write load in their previous cloud-based document database, resulting in slow release cycles and scaling limitations.
- To address these challenges, HighLevel migrated to Firestore, a serverless database solution, which improved developer productivity, scalability, reliability, and real-time capabilities.
- Firestore also enables HighLevel's AI-powered services, such as Conversation AI, Content AI, and Voice AI, by serving as a vector database and enhancing response accuracy.
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Locking down Cloud Run: Inside Commerzbank's adoption of custom org policies
- Google Cloud's custom org policies are now available to fortify Cloud Run environments for financial institutions.
- Custom Org Policies for Cloud Run provide fine-grained control over configurations, including network access, deployment security, resource efficiency, stability, and consistency.
- Commerzbank, within its Big Data & Advanced Analytics division, leverages Cloud Run for serverless architecture and benefits from enhanced security controls.
- Custom Org Policies have become an indispensable part of the cloud security toolkit, providing a secure foundation for innovation.
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User-Agent Reduction on Android WebView
- The default User-Agent string in Android WebView will be reduced beginning in Android 16.
- The reduced WebView User-Agent string includes static information about OS, CPU, and Build.
- Detection of WebView can still be done by looking for the 'wv' token in the User-Agent string.
- Custom WebView User-Agent strings set via setUserAgentString() won't be affected by the reduction.
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Google Photos just got its own 2024 year in review. Here’s how to find it
- Google Photos has introduced a year-in-review feature.
- The feature includes categories such as longest streak, year in smiles, top faces, year in color, and your 2024 vibes.
- Users can save and share their recap memories and insights.
- The feature is available on both mobile apps and the Google Photos website.
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Google Photos launches a ‘2024 Recap’ for a look back at this year’s memories
- Google Photos launches '2024 Recap', a feature that provides users with a look back at key moments throughout the past year.
- The feature includes a collection of memories, insights, and photos, along with AI-generated captions highlighting the two biggest moments of the year.
- Users can also view personalized metrics about the number of photos, videos, and hours of footage captured in the past year.
- While the feature can be a fun way to re-share favorite moments, it may include difficult memories that users may prefer to skip.
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C → D: The Decentralized Revolution Begins
- Doreman introduces Nobitha to the concept of C to D: Centralized to Decentralized Revolution.
- They discuss the issues with centralized systems and how Big Tech controls personal data.
- Doreman teases upcoming episodes highlighting problems such as Google's control and privacy concerns.
- Nobitha looks forward to becoming a decentralization guru and humorously suggests decentralizing his student loans.
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Here’s another hands-on look at the Google Pixel 9a’s radical new design
- New real-life images of the Google Pixel 9a reinforce previous leaks about its design changes.
- These images show a more condensed camera module, flat frame with rounder corners, and matte grayish-black finish.
- The front of the Pixel 9a reveals thick bezels around the display.
- Expected to launch in spring 2025, the Pixel 9a may feature Google's Tensor G4 chip, improved camera, and a 5,000mAh battery.
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Google Search: about the new try without personalization option
- Google is rolling out a new feature on Google Search that is adding an option to display search results without any personalization.
- The feature is available on desktop and mobile devices and is shown as a link at the bottom of search results on Google Search.
- By clicking or tapping on the 'try without personalization' link, users can view search results as if Google knew nothing about them.
- However, Google may still use the context of the query to improve results, such as location, language, or device type.
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Google DeepMind Genie 2: Design 3D Games With Prompts
- Google DeepMind’s Genie 2 is a game-changing AI tool for making 3D games.
- Genie 2’s heart is a big AI model trained on lots of game data.
- Genie 2 is changing the game industry by making it cheaper and easier for small teams to make games.
- The Genie 2 system from Google DeepMind is changing the game development world. It lets designers make open-world gaming experiences with just a text prompt.
- Genie 2’s interactive parts and physics engine make games exciting.
- Google DeepMind’s Genie 2 platform is very versatile.
- The advanced features of Google’s DeepMind Genie 2 show its power in 3d game generation and ai game creation.
- Google DeepMind’s Genie 2 is set to change game development forever. It can quickly make and test complex 3D worlds.
- Genie 2’s natural language interface and zero-code design are big steps forward.
- Genie 2 uses AI agents to test and interact with worlds.
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