Increase in UK Google searches for home workouts, deliveries and recipes during coronavirus lockdown

Massive increase in UK Google searches for home workouts, fish and chips deliveries and baking recipes during coronavirus lockdown — but ‘get a divorce’ and condoms are both DOWN By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 10:38 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 10:38 BST, 20 April 2020 There has been a massive increase in UK … Read more

The AI that could keep you happy at work: Ex-Google team reveal software that ‘nudges’ workers

Can an AI keep you happy at work? Ex-Google team reveal software that ‘nudges’ workers with messages throughout the day The startup, called Humu, uses AI to ‘nudge’ staffers to complete certain tasks Uses machine learning to analyze data and find areas they can improve upon ‘Nudges’ are then delivered to managers and staff via … Read more

Google blocks more than 18 MILLION coronavirus scam emails every day

Google reveals it blocks more than 18 MILLION coronavirus scam emails every day as criminals try and steal money and personal information from unsuspecting users during lockdown Google saw 18 million daily scam emails related to COVID-19 last week  This includes malware and phishing emails intended to defraud users   Google reports a further  240 million COVID-related … Read more

ROB WAUGH: The Pixelbook Go is deliciously slim and worth the money

I’m finally being dragged out of my dinosaur-ish tendencies by Google’s Pixelbook Go. It’s deliciously slim, affordable and can do pretty much anything a ‘real’ PC can By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 BST, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:54 BST, 29 February 2020 Google Pixelbook Go From £629, store.google.com … Read more

Let them eat play! Google makes its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months

Google will make its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months while many around the world are living under restrictive shutdown policies. People who register new accounts will have access to Stadia Pro games and services, which allows users to play video games via stream on a laptop, tablet, smartphone, or equipped television. … Read more

Google may be developing own processor for powering its line of Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops

Google may be developing its own processor to power machine-learning and AI in its line of Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops The processor would power Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops It could also improve machine-learning and Google Assistant This would be the first in-house main processor to appear in Google hardware  By James Pero For … Read more

Nest cameras reduced to default video quality in an effort to preserve internet capacity

Google’s Nest security cameras reduced to default video quality in an effort to preserve internet capacity during coronavirus lockdown By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:37 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 23:37 BST, 15 April 2020 Nest will join the list of companies lowering video fidelity to help cope with added strain on internet … Read more

Google unveils virtual braille keyboard that makes phones accessible without additional hardware

Google unveils virtual braille keyboard for Android that makes phones accessible to the blind and those with low vision without additional hardware A new virtual keyboard lets the visually impaired type on Android using braille The tool can be used to type text messages or emails It does away with the need for clunky external … Read more

The clump of 33 trees on Adak Island in Alaska that forms ‘America’s smallest national forest’

Pictured: The clump of 33 trees in Alaska that forms ‘America’s smallest national forest’ The forest is located on Adak Island, part of the volcanic Aleutian archipelago The first trees on the spot were planted to cheer up Second World War troops  Around 6,000 troops were stationed on the island to guard against the Japanese  By … Read more

Apple and Google to adapt phones for virus infection tracking

Your PHONE will warn you if you have been close to someone who has coronavirus thanks to new contact tracing tech being developed by Google and Apple Apps to use Bluetooth signals to track phones the user comes into contact with  People will be alerted if they may have been exposed to someone with Covid-19 … Read more