The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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Google is rolling out new features for electric vehicles with Google Maps built in, the company said at its Live from Paris event Wednesday. The features, iterations of which were introduced in November to the Maps smartphone app, aim to alleviate the symptoms of range anxiety for EV drivers. Drivers using Maps on their car’s […]
Google intros new features for EVs with Maps built in by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Google is launching new updates for Maps that are part of its plan to make the navigation app more immersive and intuitive for users, the company announced today at its event in Paris. Most notably, the company announced that Immersive View is rolling out starting today in London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and […]
Google Maps launches Immersive View in five cities, will roll out ‘glanceable directions’ soon by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
The rise of streaming architectures — frameworks of software components built to ingest and process large volumes of data from multiple sources — is driving the demand for better reliability and performance. Engineering teams often encode data to improve app performance by using what are known as “message envelopes.” But these add complexity — and […]
Streamdal wants to bring greater visibility to streaming data architectures by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Google announced a host of new translation-related features at its Live from Paris event today including improved contextual search, a redesigned iOS app and a seamless AR translation feature through Google Lens. The search giant is improving contextual translation in English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. This means that words and phrases with multiple meanings […]
Google announces improved contextual translation features by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Amid other A.I.-focused announcements, Google today shared that its newer “multisearch” feature would now be available to global users on mobile devices, anywhere that Google Lens is already available. The search feature, which allows users to search using both text and images at the same time, was first introduced last April as a way to […]
Google’s A.I.-powered ‘multisearch,’ which combines text and images in a single query, goes global by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
GraphQL, developed internally at Facebook to help developers with API management before getting rolled out as an open-source query language in 2015, has gained traction as an alternative (or complement) to REST and other tools. Airbnb, Pinterest, PayPal and of course Facebook parent Meta are among the companies using it. Now, to raise its profile […]
IBM acquires GraphQL startup StepZen to step up its game in API management by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Seven months after the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed it was launching an antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s $68.7 billion bid for video game giant Activision Blizzard, the U.K. competition regulator has provisionally concluded that the merger “could harm U.K. gamers” through higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation. Microsoft first revealed plans for […]
UK regulator says Microsoft’s proposed $68.7B Activision merger could create ‘higher prices, fewer choices’ by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch