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From the continual development in Google’s Android mobile OS to YouTube‘s algorithm updates, the team at Packt Hub keep you up to date with the latest developments in the world of Google. Keep up to date with the latest news, announcements and updates from Google.

Is AT&T trying to twist data privacy legislation to its own favor?

On September 26th, U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, summoned a…

6 years ago

Google moving towards data centers with 24/7 carbon-free energy

It comes as no surprise to most that Google have been one of the largest buyers of renewable energy. Over…

6 years ago

Google makes Trust Services Root R1, R2, R3, and R4 Inclusion Request

After Google Launched its Certification Authority in August 2017, it has now put in a  request to Mozilla certification store…

6 years ago

Google’s prototype Chinese search engine ‘Dragonfly’ reportedly links searches to phone numbers

Last month, the Intercept informed that Google is reportedly building a prototype search engine for China called 'Dragonfly' which lead…

6 years ago

YouTube starts testing AV1 video codec format, launches AV1 Beta Playlist

YouTube has begun transcoding videos into the AV1 video codec and has created an AV1 beta launch playlist to test…

6 years ago

Google’s ‘mistakenly deployed experiment’ covertly activated battery saving mode on multiple phones today

Multiple Google Pixel phones experienced an automatic activation of the ‘Battery Saver mode’ today when their phone was almost fully…

6 years ago

Pay your respects to Inbox, Google’s email innovation is getting discontinued

Yesterday, Google announced that they will be retiring Inbox early next year invoking deep emotions ranging from gratefulness to anger…

6 years ago

Dr. Fei Fei Li, Google’s AI Cloud head steps down amidst speculations; Dr. Andrew Moore to take her place

Yesterday, Diane Greene, the CEO of Google Cloud, announced in a blog post that Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist Dr. Fei-Fei…

6 years ago

Google wants web developers to embrace AMP. Great news for users, more work for developers.

Reportedly, Google wants all the web developers to adopt the AMP approach for their websites. The AMP project was announced…

6 years ago

Google enhances Wear OS design, adds Google Assistant feed and much more

Last week, Google announced that they have made some enhancements in the Wear OS design to provide users a quicker…

6 years ago