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Fitbit’s latest experiment will help you sort out your awful sleep schedule
- Fitbit is testing a “Personalized Sleep Schedule” feature.
- Users will take a survey in the morning, three during the day, and a final one at night.
- The feature will suggest bedtimes and wake times for optimal sleep based on the survey responses.
- To get the best results, it recommends completing as many of the daily surveys as possible.
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Factory reset your buggy Chromecast? Google finally has a fix for you
- A new Google Home update finally allows users to restore functionality to even those reset devices.
- Earlier this month, a serious error broke streaming on older Chromecast hardware.
- Owners of second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices experienced authentication errors.
- Google has developed a fix for the issue and has now resolved it for all affected users.
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How Google can (and should) humiliate Apple with Gemini on Pixel 9
- Apple's AI misstep, particularly with the underwhelming Siri, has widened the gap between Apple and its rivals in the AI space.
- Google's Gemini, with its advanced features and capabilities, is seen as a superior product compared to Apple's AI offerings.
- The disappointment in Siri's lack of advanced functionality has provided an opportunity for Google to potentially humiliate Apple at I/O 2025 without directly referencing them.
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Google Pushes Fix for Dead Chromecast Devices That Were Factory Reset
- Google has provided an update for Chromecast (2nd Gen) and Chromecast Audio owners who had factory reset their devices during the recent outage.
- Users will need to update their Google Home app to set up their Chromecast devices again.
- The app update is being rolled out gradually and may take a few days to reach all users.
- The fix is expected to resolve the issue for those who performed a factory reset on their Chromecasts.
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Here are 4 Secret Android Features You May See in Android 16 or 17
- Google is working on several new Android features for the upcoming Android releases.
- A Quick Settings redesign is being tested, inspired by Samsung and Apple's split Quick Settings and Notifications area setup.
- Google is testing a more colorful battery icon that changes based on the battery's charge level.
- The Pixel Launcher may introduce custom icon shapes, with six different options being discovered.
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Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires
- The first satellite of the Google-backed FireSat constellation was successfully launched to orbit to revolutionize wildfire detection and monitoring.
- FireSat's constellation, which will consist of more than 50 satellites, aims to image almost the entire Earth's surface every 20 minutes for enhanced monitoring.
- The initial phase of the project involves three satellites equipped with six-band multispectral infrared cameras tuned to detect wildfires from a distance.
- The FireSat constellation will provide near real-time updates to firefighters, offering high-resolution imagery and specific sensors for accurate wildfire tracking.
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Google’s new satellite network can help spot wildfires
- The FireSat system, a collaborative effort between Google Research, Muon Space, Earth Fire Alliance, Moore Foundation, and other agencies, aims to detect wildfires before they become uncontrollable.
- FireSat utilizes AI and a "wildfire boundary map" to search for wildfires and differentiate between real fires and environmental noise.
- The system can detect a wildfire the size of a classroom within 20 minutes, providing response teams with more time to contain the blaze before it spreads.
- While FireSat is still in development, it has the potential to significantly improve early wildfire detection and response efforts.
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Pixel 9A leaks in review videos before it’s even announced
- Full-on review videos of the unannounced Pixel 9A have surfaced.
- The Pixel 9A features a flat back and a noticeable bezel with a 6.3-inch display.
- The phone is equipped with a 48MP main camera, 13MP ultrawide sensor, and 13MP selfie camera.
- The official announcement of the Pixel 9A is anticipated to be on March 19th.
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Google Cloud Exec: AI Bridges the Gap Between Brands and Consumers
- Alison Wagonfeld, the chief marketing officer at Google Cloud, emphasizes the use of AI to address challenges faced by marketers.
- AI can handle repetitive tasks, allowing staff to focus on higher-value work like client interaction and creative tasks.
- It can help maximize marketing budgets by generating images, creating videos, and resizing content for various channels without hiring additional resources.
- AI enables marketers to effectively measure marketing impact by simplifying data analysis and providing actionable insights.
- Personalization is key in marketing, but AI can help improve it by creating customized experiences and content for different audiences.
- Google Cloud executive points out the importance of personalized marketing and AI trends in optimizing customer experiences.
- AI marketing trends include multimodal AI, AI agents, assistive search, and hyper-personalized customer experiences.
- Marketers are encouraged to think beyond traditional frameworks and leverage AI to revolutionize marketing strategies.
- Wagonfeld highlights the need to explore AI's potential to drive innovation and reshape marketing approaches.
- The article discusses how AI bridges the gap between brands and consumers by enabling personalized, efficient marketing strategies.
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Why wait? Google is already dismantling Assistant as it switches to Gemini.
- Google confirmed it will transition everyone to Gemini in 2025, leading to the dismantling of Google Assistant.
- Popular Google Assistant features are being removed in the coming weeks, including media alarms, voice messages, and interpreter mode.
- While some features may not be missed, others like interpreter mode and scheduled updates are highly used by users.
- The removal of these features could force users to change their daily routines.
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Accelerate AI/ML workloads using Cloud Storage hierarchical namespace
- The Google Cloud Storage team is focused on providing tools to optimize AI/ML workloads.
- AI/ML data pipelines involve data preparation, model training, and model serving which can stress storage systems.
- Cloud Storage's hierarchical namespace (HNS) can enhance performance and efficiency of AI/ML workloads.
- HNS enables atomic and fast folder renames, aiding in checkpointing and fault tolerance.
- Hierarchical namespace offers benefits like optimized storage layout for higher QPS of reads and writes.
- Folders in HNS buckets allow for organizing data in a tree-like structure for efficient filesystem operations.
- Using HNS leads to up to a 20x faster checkpointing speed compared to flat namespace buckets.
- HNS buckets support up to 8x higher initial object read and write requests per second compared to flat buckets.
- Companies like AssemblyAI have seen significant improvements using HNS with Cloud Storage FUSE for AI/ML workloads.
- In conclusion, enabling hierarchical namespace on new buckets is recommended for AI/ML workloads.
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Enhancing multiplayer games with gen AI and cloud gaming: a technical deep dive
- Generative AI is transforming the gaming landscape, offering personalized NPCs, dynamic narratives, and tailored environments known as living games.
- Genie 2 by Google DeepMind showcases the potential of generative AI in gaming.
- Living cloud gaming, with Kubernetes, Agones, and Open Match, can extend advancements to a vast audience while maintaining performance.
- Integrating generative AI models like Gemini and Gemma into multiplayer game servers powered by GKE and Agones enriches games with AI-driven features.
- Agones, coupled with Open Match, provides a foundation for scalable cloud gaming.
- Generative AI in living games creates unique player experiences through dynamic narratives, NPC interactions, and personalized content.
- A language learning game called Lexitrail showcases Agones and generative AI integration for enhancing player experience.
- Lexitrail's architecture includes components like the frontend, game server, Agones, backend, and database for seamless multiplayer gameplay.
- Game servers manage game sessions, gameplay logic, player data, and scale dynamically using Agones in the Lexitrail setup.
- The integration of generative AI endpoints within Lexitrail enhances player experiences through personalized hint images for memorization.
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Google’s Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal
- Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model has the ability to remove watermarks from photos with precision.
- Gemini 2.0 Flash can remove complex watermarks, such as those from Getty Images, and replace them with an "edited with AI" mark.
- The model can also add recognizable images of real people, like Elon Musk, into photos.
- The latest image features of Gemini 2.0 Flash are currently only available for developers through AI Studio.
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Gemini’s image generator seems to excel at removing watermarks
- Gemini 2.0 Flash users are using the model to remove watermarks from images.
- The model will even try to fill in gaps created by the watermark.
- Gemini 2.0 Flash's image generation feature is currently only available in Google's developer-facing tools.
- Users are finding that the model has zero qualms about depicting celebrities or copyrighted characters.
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Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash Redefines Image Editing with Advanced AI; End of Photoshop, Canva?
- Google has launched Gemini 2.0 Flash, a native image generation feature powered by advanced AI.
- Gemini 2.0 Flash has the potential to disrupt existing image editing platforms like Photoshop and Canva.
- Key features include story and illustration generation, conversational image editing, contextually accurate image generation, and enhanced text rendering.
- Early user reactions indicate excitement over the model's capabilities, although concerns have been raised regarding intellectual property violations.
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