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During the CES 2020 which took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, a company by the name of CareOS unveiled their new Poseidon Smart Mirror which costs up to USD6000(~RM246424). In terms of the features, the aforementioned smart mirror offers a lot of interactive augmented reality applications to choose from.

Google’s DeepMind is not only trained to beat humans in various computer games like what we’ve heard earlier. It turns out the Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a great contribution to the healthcare industry too. Recently, the AI has ‘beaten’ the doctors by spotting breast cancer more accurately.

Google is planning a new feature that some may not appreciate. Reports say that the company is working on a feature called "Bubbles" that allows text messages to appear directly on a user's screen. It was originally added to a beta edition of Android 10 earlier this year but was not included in the stable release for the latest Android operating system.

Google sometimes updates things when we don't expect it and one was done for the YouTube mobile app last week. With the latest update comes new features, including voice search, an improved navigation menu, and HDR support added to the Sony PS4 consoles.

Without Google Mobile Services (GMS), it’s harder for Huawei to keep up with other devices from another brands with the services. Although the Chinese smartphone manufacturer is trying to make the most out of its Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), it may still take some time for the services to be mature. Recently, we have found out Huawei is sourcing from India to develop alternative Google apps and services, and promised they will be ready by the end of this year.

The rollout of version 79 for Google Chrome has been halted, due to a bug that's causing deletion of data for certain apps.

There was once upon a time when mankind knew not about the world outside of his surroundings. Today, much of our world has been mapped out, with Google claiming that Google Maps now covers up to 98% of the world's populated areas. The platform now provides us with a closer look at more of the known world than ever before.

If there's one feature that many travellers want on their smartphones, it's language interpretation. Google first rolled this out for smart speaker or display with Google Assistant, which was a weird choice since those aren't as portable. But according to 9to5Google, we are finally getting the feature on Android and iOS smartphones.

With the year 2019 coming to an end, Google has recently unveiled the top trending searches from Malaysia in the year 2019 starting off with the top searched movie which is the Joker, followed by Captain Marvel as well as the Avengers: Endgame which was released this year. On to the music category, Senorita by Shawn Mendes was the most searched, while Mimpi by K-Clique as well as Memories by Maroon 5 were the second and third most search music of the year.

In the next big Google Search update, the company plans to make looking through news and stories easier. By applying the latest in machine learning technology to top stories, Google should be able to make it so that relevant stories are group together.