Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: «Google makes more money on Windows, literally»
Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system. Its openness to third-party apps and services brings insane profits to Google and AI providers.
Ukrainians searched for electronics on Google in Russian in 78% of queries, but Ukrainian is growing every year, — Promodo
According to a study by Promodo (via Forbes), e-commerce searches in Ukrainian on Google grew by 5% in 2024, while in 2025 — they are forecast to grow to 36.6%.
A quarter of Google’s new code is written by artificial intelligence, — Sundar Pichai
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says Google relies on artificial intelligence to create a quarter of its new code.
Google Lens launches video and voice search — only in English for now
Google Lens now offers not only image search, but also video and voice search — just open the camera in the search box and dictate what you’re seeing at the time.
Destroyed 180 servers with scripts from Google — fired employee caused $600,000 in losses
Kandula Nagaraju, a 39-year-old Indian citizen who worked for NCS (National Computer Systems) in Singapore, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after a court found him guilty of unauthorized access to computers. As reported by CNAKandula accessed his former employer’s systems for several months after he was fired. He…
2500 pages of Google search documents leaked — data contradicts public statements
The leak of 2500 pages of internal Google documents reveals the search algorithms. The authors of the leak believe that Google has not been completely honest about this for many years
YouTube Music will be able to find a song by humming or playing it — the feature is already being rolled out on Android
The YouTube Music app for Android is rolling out a feature that’s been begging to be used for a long time — find a song by humming. You can sing, whistle, or play a recording of a song to find it.
Google AI Search Overview considers Pokémon to be LGBT+ characters
Recently released additions to the search Google AI Overview leads to incredible discoveries of new data about many things, including the characters of the Pokemon universe. Some of them are now considered by artificial intelligence to be LGBT+, despite the fact that the image of the creatures does not have any hint of any sexual activity.
Google Gemini advised to «light up» film in a demo of «smart» search
During the presentation Google I/O 2024 In addition to new artificial intelligence technologies, the software giant unwittingly demonstrated the main drawback of modern AI — mistakes, incorrect and harmful advice.
Google adds AI to general search — for now in the US and by the end of the year in other countries
Google adds artificial intelligence to search. At the Google I/O 2024 presentation, the company announced major AI-based changes to its most popular search engine. With the new features, Google is making search more than just a way to find a website. The company wants people to use its search engine to get answers directly, plan events, and discuss…
The Verge’s article about the «best printer 2024», generated by AI and SEO-optimized, tops Google for a month for the query «best printer»
In early April, the technology publication The Verge published an article «Best printer 2024…»which is still the first Google result for the query «best printer». In fact, this material, generated by the language model Google Gemini and SEO-optimized, is an experiment and an example of how technology can bypass people’s attempts to…
Google may make search paid — premium options will use AI
Google Search is considering charging for new premium features based on artificial intelligence. The addition of paid features to the search engine may be the first case of direct monetization of the company’s main product for ordinary users. It is reported by Financial Times, citing insiders.
Liz Reid has been appointed to head Google’s search division — she previously managed search products with artificial intelligence
Google Search has a new head. This business is headed by Liz Reid, who has been working at Google for more than 20 years. Most recently, she was the head of artificial intelligence-based search, known as Search Generative Experience (SGE).
OpenAI boss Sam Altman says the world «doesn’t need another copy of Google» because it’s «boring»
Instead, developers should focus on creating new ways for people to search and analyze information.
Google will increase its opposition to SEO and commercial content on search sites — more content will be considered spam
Google announced an update to its search algorithms which should provide more useful content to the user, while more results will be labeled as spam. The company «is refining» its ranking system to better determine whether web pages are truly useful, have a poor user experience, and are not designed for search engines rather than people.
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