Compilation: 15 Hilarious Google Flops | Web Designer Depot
When it comes to tech, Google has been synonymous with innovation, success, and world domination (hello, Android and Chrome!). But even the mightiest giants trip over their own feet from time to time. While Google’s wins are legendary, its failures are just as fascinating—and in some cases, downright hilarious. So buckle up, because we’re taking…
Google DeepMind Releases PaliGemma 2 Mix: New Instruction Vision Language Models Fine-Tuned on a Mix of Vision Language Tasks
Vision‐language models (VLMs) have long promised to bridge the gap between image understanding and natural language processing. Yet, practical challenges persist. Traditional VLMs often struggle with variability in image resolution, contextual nuance, and the sheer complexity of converting visual data into accurate textual descriptions. For instance, models may generate concise captions for simple images but…
How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets – Krebs on Security
Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new…
Mapping India: How Google Designed a User-Centric Navigation Experience | Web Designer Depot
Building Google Maps for India wasn’t just about technology—it was about truly understanding how people navigate a country as complex and diverse as this. Unlike cities with orderly grids, India’s roads are often winding, unmarked, or informal. And the way people think about directions? It’s as human as it gets: “Take a left at the…
Nexus 7 Pixel edition: it’s time for Google to resurrect the greatest tablet ever
Summary Google has released a number of tablets over the years, but none have quite lived up to the hype of the original Nexus 7. Google’s 2012 Nexus 7 was built by Asus — it ran on the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, and it shipped with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It’s time for Google to…
Google DeepMind at ICLR 2024
Research Published 3 May 2024 Developing next-gen AI agents, exploring new modalities, and pioneering foundational learning Next week, AI researchers from around the globe will converge at the 12th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), set to take place May 7-11 in Vienna, Austria. Raia Hadsell, Vice President of Research at Google DeepMind, will deliver…
I’ve never been more productive thanks to these Google Calendar hacks
Summary Share multiple calendars with yourself to view all events in one interface. Use Google Tasks as a Kanban board by creating multiple lists. Categorize events by creating multiple color-coded calendars within one account. As a self-proclaimed productivity enthusiast, if something doesn’t make it into my Google Calendar, it’s simply not going to happen. I’m…
Smart Bidding In Google Ads: In-Depth Guide
Imagine running campaigns that adjust bids perfectly for every auction, targeting the right user at the right moment. That’s the promise of Smart Bidding in Google Ads. For PPC marketers, especially for beginners, Smart Bidding can feel like an enticing but sometimes overwhelming tool. Between algorithm updates, new automation options, and ever-changing PPC best practices,…
Is Google Fi still a good deal, or is it time to move on?
Summary Google Fi’s main advantages are scalable and international data options, the latter at no extra cost. You might also like its included hotspot, tablet, and smartwatch sharing. It’s not the best if you have an iPhone though, or if you live somewhere without solid T-Mobile coverage. Like Google Fiber, Google Fi doesn’t get as…
Google and Apple Maps still list Gulf of Mexico, not America, per Trump’s order
President Donald Trump hit the ground running after his inauguration last Monday, making sweeping changes such as delaying the TikTok ban and potentially making all Americans female. He also signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” and Denali as “Mount McKinley.” Despite this, Google Maps and Apple Maps have…