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Google unveils two new AI chips
Internet search engine giant Google at its Cloud Next 2018 conference held in San Francisco unveiled two new Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips aimed at helping customers develop and deploy intelligent connected devices at scale. They are Edge TPU and Cloud ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
UNEP partners with Google for monitoring impact of human activity on global ecosystem
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has entered into partnership with search engine giant Google to monitor impacts of human activity on global ecosystems by using sophisticated online tools. The partnership was launched during High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at United ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
CWC, Google sign agreement for flood forecasting and dissemination of flood related information
Central Water Commission (CWC) has signed collaboration agreement with search engine giant Google for flood forecasting and dissemination of flood related information to masses. This initiative will help crisis management agencies to deal extreme hydrological events in better manner for ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Nitin Bawankule appointed as country head for Google Cloud business in India
Google has appointed Nitin Bawankule as the country head for its cloud business in India. He will take over from Mohit Pande who has quit the company. Bawankule will report to Rick Harshman, Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Google Cloud. ..
Google launches Android Things for IoT platform
Alphabet Inc’s Google launched Android Things (codenamed Brillo), a variant (or spinoff) of Android operating system for Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as smart home appliances and other smart machines. Its goal is to enable IoT machines developers to ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018
NITI Aayog ink SoI with Google to help grow AI ecosystem in India
The NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SoI) with search engine giant Google to work together to foster growth for India’s nascent artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) ecosystem, Key Facts Under the aegis of this program, Google ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2018
Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Google India launches a 360° Virtual Reality (VR) video on Incredible India
On April 26, Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Google India has launched a 360° Virtual Reality (VR) experience video on Incredible India https://t.co/H1VdcNXBUR. As part of the partnership, Google Arts and Culture will provide users with an immersive 360-degree ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Dutch Sandwich
Dutch Sandwich refers to a form of tax avoidance used by companies that have their operations across the world to minimise the amount of taxes that they pay on their profits. The technique involves the transfer of a company’s profits ..
CCI fines Google Rs.136 crore for search bias
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed Rs.136 crore fine on world’s most popular search engine Google for unfair business practices in Indian market for online search. The penalty was imposed on Google for infringing anti-trust conduct. CCI Ruling ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2018
Google and NCERT join hands to teach students digital safety
Google and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has signed a pact to integrate a course on ‘Digital Citizenship and Safety’ in information and communication technology (ICT) curriculum. The pact was signed on ‘Safer Internet Day’ (February 6). ..