OpenAI’s ChatGPT receives 2.5 billion prompts from users globally on daily basis

OpenAI’s ChatGPT receives 2.5 billion prompts from users globally on daily basis

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is seeing global adoption at an unprecedented rate.  The Microsoft-backed startup has said that it now receives 2.5 billion prompts from users around the world every day, with more than 300 million of those prompts coming from users in the US, according to a report by Axios. This 2.5 billion figure translates to […]

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Google Search is the ultimate productivity tool: 5 tips you need to know

Google Search is the ultimate productivity tool: 5 tips you need to know

It is fairly simple to look up information on the internet, one simply needs to use Google. A quick Google search can show results, however, one may end up spending a lot of time searching through obscure links. In the last three decades, Google has emerged as one of the most sought after tools to […]

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UK may compel Google to change search rankings, offer alternatives

UK may compel Google to change search rankings, offer alternatives

Britain’s competition regulator said it may force Google to rank businesses more fairly in search results and offer alternative services to consumers, marking the first use of expanded powers to oversee the world’s biggest tech companies. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is proposing to designate Alphabet-owned Google with “strategic market status”, it said on […]

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Google offers to tweak search results to promote rivals, stave off EU antitrust fine, documents show

Google offers to tweak search results to promote rivals, stave off EU antitrust fine, documents show

Alphabet’s Google has proposed more changes to its search results to better showcase rivals in a bid to stave off a possible hefty EU antitrust fine, according to documents seen by Reuters. Google’s latest proposal came three months after the European Commission charged the U.S. tech giant with favouring its own services such as Google […]

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Google Search can now read results out loud using Audio Overviews

Google Search can now read results out loud using Audio Overviews

Over the last few months, Google has been steadily integrating AI into its search engine. The tech giant, which accounts for almost 90 per cent of search queries on the internet, has now announced that it is bringing Audio Overviews for select search queries. Added to NotebookLM last year, Google says Audio Overview in Search […]

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Google experiments with new ‘AI Mode’ button, might replace ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’

Google experiments with new ‘AI Mode’ button, might replace ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’

Google is testing a new change that replaces the iconic “I’m lucky” option, which has existed since the search engine’s inception, with a new “AI mode” button. While the “Google search” button opens a page with links to your query, the “I’m lucky” button is pretty useful if you don’t want to browse the internet […]

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Silicon Valley is ready for a makeover: Why time is running out for iPhone, Google Search and Facebook

Silicon Valley is ready for a makeover: Why time is running out for iPhone, Google Search and Facebook

If someone asks you about the common thread among the iPhone, Google Search, and Facebook, it’s that all three have changed the tech landscape, and have lasted far longer than the average product. The iPhone debuted in 2007, Google in 1998, and Facebook in 2004. All three tech giants and their core products still dominate […]

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Google’s experimental AI Mode can now analyse and answer questions about images

Google’s experimental AI Mode can now analyse and answer questions about images

Last month, Google introduced a new experimental “AI Mode” in Search, which it says lets users ask complex, multi-part queries and “get help with even your toughest questions.” For those wondering, this is similar to ChatGPT’s and Perplexity AI’s powered search results. Now, Google has announced that it is bringing multimodal capabilities to AI Mode […]

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Apple’s web search technology engineers leave for Google, says report

Apple’s web search technology engineers leave for Google, says report

A number of employees who are part of Apple’s search team have reportedly left the company to join Google in a setback to the former’s ambitions to develop a search engine that rivals the latter. According to a report by The Information, the employees who had left were founders of the company Laserlike, which Apple […]

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ExpressBasics: How to customise the Google Search widget on Android

ExpressBasics: How to customise the Google Search widget on Android

One of Android’s best features is the ability to customise the homescreen and the user interface. While launchers, icon packs and wallpapers make customisation very accessible, some elements are still notorious for not being customisable beyond an extent. For many people, this includes the Google Search bar widget on the homescreen. The Search widget is […]

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