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Tourists land car in stream while navigating through Google Maps

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Tourists following Google Maps accidentally drove their car into a stream in Kerala, leading to the vehicle being submerged. The group, from Hyderabad, India, were rescued by police and locals, with no injuries reported. The incident prompted cautionary guidelines from local authorities due to prior incidents in the region.
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Google lays off employees, shifts some roles abroad amid cost cuts

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Google, owned by Alphabet, is implementing layoffs and shifting some roles abroad to cut costs. The company is reducing its workforce and some roles will be moved to hubs in India, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dublin. This follows previous job cuts, and fears arise about ongoing layoffs amid economic uncertainty. CEO Sundar Pichai predicted more job cuts earlier this year.
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Apple, Google and Meta Platforms will be investigated!

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EU antitrust regulators will investigate Apple, Google, and Meta Platforms for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act. The investigation could result in hefty fines, with potential violations leading to fines of up to 10% of the companies' global annual turnover. The companies are under scrutiny for potential non-compliance with the new law's guidelines.
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Google hit with 250 million euro fine

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France's competition watchdog fined Google 250 million euros for breaching EU intellectual property rules in its dealings with media publishers. The AI-powered chatbot Bard, now rebranded as Gemini, used content from publishers and news agencies without notifying them. Google accepted the settlement and proposed remedy measures, stating the fine was disproportionate. The dispute arose from complaints by French news organizations, and the watchdog found Google violated several commitments. The fine follows a trend of publishers seeking to protect their content from unauthorized use by AI services.
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Gemma: Google releases ‘open’ AI models after Meta

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Google has released Gemma, a new family of open AI models for developers and researchers to use in building AI software. These models, optimized for Google Cloud, come with tools to support innovation and collaboration. While not fully open source, the move aims to attract engineers and promote usage of Google's profitable cloud division.
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Microsoft Surpasses Google in the Race for AI Dominance

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Microsoft is outstripping Alphabet in the race to make money from generative artificial intelligence through early bets on OpenAI and focus on big clients, raising worries that the Google parent could lose share in the cloud-computing market.