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Oct 23
An update on Google’s compliance with the EU Copyright Directive
Before the summer, I shared an update on our progress in reaching Extended News Previews (ENP) license agreements with owners of press publications under the EU Copyrigh…
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Oct 23
How a visually impaired engineer created a voice command tool with Android
Editor’s note: Pramit Bhargava is a computer engineer and founder of Louie, an app for the visually impaired to have full voice control over third party mobile applicati…
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Oct 23
Project Guideline: Helping blind people run independently
Teaming up with the Paralympic 100 meter champion, Google is testing out ‘Project Guideline’ to support blind people’s ability to move independently.
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Oct 23
How AI can help people with motor disabilities — like my cousin
Editor’s note: Today we’re building on our long-standing partnership with the University of Cambridge, with a multi-year research collaboration agreement and a Google gr…
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Oct 23
Israel-Hamas war: $8 million in relief
How Google is supporting people in Israel, Gaza, and around the world, including through $8 million to support local nonprofits.
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Oct 23
How to draft an email in Google Docs
Follow these steps to prepare an email in Google Docs and quickly preview it in Gmail before sending.
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Oct 23
Superficial Brain Implant Could Have a Deep Impact
Two types of neural stimulation have proved themselves in the clinic. There’s deep brain stimulation (DBS), which requires implanting electrodes deep in the brain tissue and wiring them to a battery-powered pulse generator in the chest. It involves major surgery, but once the technology is in place patients can go…
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Oct 23
Entangled Atoms Lead to Ultra-Precise Quantum Sensors
The strange quantum phenomenon known as entanglement can link atoms and other particles together so they can influence each other instantaneously, regardless of distance. New research suggests it’s possible to take advantage of entanglement for significantly more accurate and faster quantum sensors that could support satellite navigation technologies like GPS.Quantum…
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Oct 23
From Hockey Enforcer to High-Flying eVTOL CEO
Kyle Clark, the 43-year-old founder and CEO of Beta Technologies, is not quite your typical tech entrepreneur. For one thing, he’s a former professional ice hockey player. Then, too, many afternoons you won’t find him behind a desk at the company’s headquarters near the airport in Burlington, Vt. In fact,…
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Oct 23
How AI and imagery keep speed limits on Google Maps updated
Learn how we use AI and imagery to identify speed limits, and how we use speed limit information to build more helpful products.