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
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
Acceldata, the company behind a data observability platform used by multinational enterprises including Oracle and Verisk, today announced it has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding. Founded in 2018, San Jose-based Acceldata is one of a growing number of companies setting out to help organizations understand the health of their data, […]
Data observability platform Acceldata raises $50M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
European data protection regulators are “engaging” with Twitter following a series of complaints from users that it’s ignoring requests to delete their direct messages, TechCrunch has learned. Concerns over the privacy and security of Twitter DMs — which are not end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) — has grown since Elon Musk’s takeover of the company last fall, […]
Musk’s Twitter is facing tricky questions over data deletion by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch