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A digital platform to connect Malaysians in need with aid
Developers in Malaysia created KitaJaga, a digital platform using Google Maps API to map out requests for aid to those who need it.
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Nov 23
Why your brand’s ads need more views from YouTube
The value of YouTube views and how the new Google AI powered Video View Campaigns maximizes engaged ad views to drive consideration.
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Nov 23
Learn the science behind the weather with the Met Office
What’s the Weather? Is a new online hub showcasing the history and role of meteorology and the Met Office.
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Nov 23
Boosting sustainable solutions from Sweden
Today, we’re announcing the Swedish recipients of Google.org Impact Challenge: Tech for Social Good - receiving technical support and 3 million Euros in funding for char…
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Nov 23
Watch This Giant Chopstick Robot Handle Boxes With Ease
Although robots are already in warehouses, shuffling small items between bins for shipping or storage, they have yet to take over the job of lugging big, heavy things. And that’s just where they could be of the most use, because lugging is hard for people to do.Several companies are working…
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Nov 23
MIT Turns Captured Carbon Into Fuel–Efficiently
Dozens of eager research efforts are underway around the world to capture carbon dioxide from power plants, the air, and even the oceans. Although that greenhouse gas can be stored underground, it would be great if it could be turned into fuel. Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have now…
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Nov 23
News Showcase is launching in Greece
Google News Showcase is rolling out in Greece. Here’s how we are partnering with Greek publishers.
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Nov 23
How Europe is racing to resolve its AI sovereignty woes
While not yet as illustrious as its North American counterparts OpenAI, Anthropic, or Cohere, Europe’s own cohort of generative AI startups is beginning to crystallise. Just yesterday, news broke that Germany’s Aleph Alpha had raised €460mn, in one of the largest funding rounds ever for a European AI company. The…
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Nov 23
20GW of green energy projects fast-tracked for grid connection
The new energy infrastructure will start with 19 battery projects amounting to around 10GW that will be given the option of connecting to the grid about four years earlier than they otherwise would have done. A further 10GW will be unlocked in the Midlands, South West of England and South…
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Nov 23
‘Dark universe’ space mission reveals its first colour images of the cosmos
A spacecraft that’s exploring the dark universe has released its first full-colour images of the cosmos. Named Euclid after the ancient Greek “father of geometry,” the satellite was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). Its mission: produce the world’s largest, most accurate 3D map of the universe — with time as the third…