Alphabet is reportedly working on a wearable that can pick out voices in a crowd

Posted on 04/03/2021 by Engadget

Alphabet’s moonshot factory is reportedly developing a wearable device that could augment your hearing. According to a report from Insider, the company’s X lab is working on a project codenamed Wolverine. Since 2018, the team has produced multiple pr...

What’s going on at Google AI?

Posted on 24/02/2021 by Engadget

AI and ML systems have advanced in both sophistication and capability at a staggering rate in recent years. They can now model protein structures based only on the molecule’s amino-acid sequence, create poetry and text on par with human writers — eve...

Waymo’s set to test its self-driving taxis in San Francisco

Posted on 17/02/2021 by Engadget

Alphabet's self-driving subsidiary Waymo is for the first time expanding its testing range beyond the boundaries of the Phoenix, Arizona area and heading to the City by the Bay, the company announced on Wednesday.  The company's fleet of...

OnePlus co-founder’s ‘Nothing’ brand will launch wireless earbuds this summer

Posted on 09/02/2021 by Engadget

After parting ways with OnePlus, Carl Pei has revealed that his new startup, Nothing, will unveil a pair of wireless earphones sometime this summer. It will be the first device from the London-based firm, with more set to arrive later in 2021, accord...

Google union files first complaint over alleged labor abuses

Posted on 05/02/2021 by Engadget

The newly formed Alphabet Workers Union isn’t wasting time challenging the tech giant on alleged labor abuses. Bloomberg reports the union has filed a National Labor Relations Board complaint accusing Google partner Adecco of illegally silencing cont...

YouTube and Search continue to make Alphabet tons of money

Posted on 02/02/2021 by Engadget

Google parent company Alphabet has released its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 results and the numbers are staggering. The company made $56.9 billion in the quarter that ended on December 31st, which is a 23 percent increase over the $46.1 billi...

Alphabet will ‘wind down’ Loon’s internet-broadcasting balloons

Posted on 22/01/2021 by Engadget

In 2013 Google shocked us by announcing Project Loon, an effort to distribute wireless connections from balloons floating 20km above the Earth. Now, as first reported by Wired, Google’s parent company Alphabet is pulling the plug on it, apparently be...

Waymo will no longer use the term ‘self-driving’ to describe its tech

Posted on 07/01/2021 by Engadget

The next time Waymo talks about its fully autonomous driving technology, you won’t see the Alphabet subsidiary use the term “self-driving.” That’s because the company wants to differentiate the tech it’s working on from the semi-autonomous driver-ass...

Google workers have formed a union

Posted on 04/01/2021 by Engadget

A group of 226 engineers and other Google workers have formed a union, according to an article and opinion piece in the New York Times. Called the Alphabet Workers Union, it is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America and was organized i...

Alphabet’s Wing argues new US drone rules will hurt privacy

Posted on 02/01/2021 by Engadget

Alphabet’s Wing is less than thrilled with the FAA’s new rules for drone ‘license plates,' and it’s pushing for significant changes. Reuters and The Verge report that the drone delivery company has attacked the rules for remote IDs, warning that they...

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