Google AI Unveils 601 Real-World Generative AI Use Cases Across Industries
Google Cloud has just released an extraordinary compendium of 601 real-world generative AI (GenAI) use cases from some of the world’s top organizations — a major leap from the 101 use cases it shared just a year ago at Google Cloud Next 2024. This sixfold expansion showcases the explosive pace at which GenAI technologies are…
Walmart’s onn. 4K streaming box: A Google TV upgrade doesn’t clobber its cost
Within my teardown published last summer of Walmart’s “onn.”-branded original Android TV-based streaming receiver, the UHD Streaming Device: I mentioned that I already had Google TV operating system-based successors for both the “box” and “stick” Android TV form factors (the latter subsequently dissected by me and published last December) sitting on my shelves awaiting my…
A Step-by-Step Coding Guide to Defining Custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and Client Tools with FastMCP and Integrating Them into Google Gemini 2.0’s Function‑Calling Workflow
In this Colab‑ready tutorial, we demonstrate how to integrate Google’s Gemini 2.0 generative AI with an in‑process Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, using FastMCP. Starting with an interactive getpass prompt to capture your GEMINI_API_KEY securely, we install and configure all necessary dependencies: the google‑genai Python client for calling the Gemini API, fastmcp for defining and…
25 Alternative Search Engines You Can Use Instead Of Google
For over two decades, Google has been the search engine that most people use for everyday searches, product research, and staying up to date on the latest news. Because of this market dominance, Google has also been the main search engine of focus for SEO and marketing professionals. However, following the introduction of ChatGPT and…
Google Pixel 9a review: Basic in just the right way
The push for the latest, greatest and most feature-packed gadgets often results in so much pressure that buying anything else can feel like self-betrayal. And while the Pixel 9a is technically a new device, its chip is six months old. The same goes for its design, which is nearly a carbon copy of its older…
The best phone to buy right now
Haven’t you heard? Phones are boring now. And that’s just fine! Most people buying a new phone just want something familiar that works better than the device they’re replacing. If that’s your MO, then you’re sure to find something reliable in my recommendations below. But even if you’re looking for something a little more extra,…
Google Search Central Live NYC: Insights On SEO For AI Overviews
Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison, shared insights about AI Overviews, explaining how predictive summaries, grounding links, and the query fan-out technique work together to shape AI-generated search results. Optimizing For AIO Danny Sullivan shared insights into how AI Overviews are generated, helping explain why Google may link to websites that don’t match the typical search…
Google DeepMind at NeurIPS 2023
Research Published 8 December 2023 Towards more multimodal, robust, and general AI systems Next week marks the start of the 37th annual conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS),the largest artificial intelligence (AI) conference in the world. NeurIPS 2023 will be taking place December 10-16 in New Orleans, USA. Teams from across Google DeepMind are…
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The Best Android Phones, Tested and Reviewed
Other Phones to Consider Google Pixel 9. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu We test a ton of Android phones. We like the ones below, but you’ll be better off with one of the options above. If you haven’t yet done so, check out our Best Cheap Phones and Best Folding Phones guides for more. Google Pixel 9…
UK competition probe of mobile browsers finds Apple-Google duopoly is ‘anti-innovation’ | TechCrunch
A U.K. competition authority investigation of Apple and Google’s mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly’s policies are “holding back innovation” and could also be limiting economic growth. “Mobile browsers are apps which provide the primary gateway for consumers to access the web on their mobile devices, and hence for businesses to reach them…