News & Reviews:   Google

The Epic Games lawsuit ended with a California judge ordering Google to open the Play Store to third parties for three years. Under this directive, the Play Store would have to offer competing apps from stores like the Epic Games Store. At the same time, these third-party stores would have to be given access to all the apps that exist in the Play Store.

After being announced last May, Google has now started offering new anti-theft features for Android smartphone users namely Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock and Remote Lock. Theft Detection Lock is a feature that uses Google's Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to detect if someone snatches your phone from your hand. So, what should you know about it?

AI Overviews are undeniably very helpful in doing web searches. However, the summary of search results could be confusing. Recently, Google announced that AI Overviews will soon start displaying ads.

If you want to build an app with generative AI features, here's news that may interest you. Recently, Google announced that Gemini Nano is now open to all Android developers. This means we could see more Android apps with generative AI features soon.

The average gamer may recognise Epic Games as a company that loves to give out free games. But if you're not into PC games, you probably remember Epic Games only for its lawsuit against Apple and Google a few years ago. Now, the company has filed a lawsuit against Google and Samsung.

We reported before that Google has invested ~RM9.4 billion in Malaysia for its Google Data Centre and Google Cloud Region. Today, the company held a ceremonial ground-breaking event - Mantap Malaysia Bersama AI with construction underway in Elmina Business Park, Selangor, which could project a positive economic impact and create 26,500 jobs by 2030.

Google now offers a variety of methods for users to search for things on the web. Recently, Google Lens been upgraded with a new feature. So, what should you know about it?

Review scores on businesses in Google searches is a neat tool. However, there seems to be a cartel of fake reviews being left behind, causing the review score on the site to not be comparable to the quality of the real service. Thankfully, Google did something about it.

The Google Photos app for Android and iOS has been updated this morning bringing new video editing features. In edit mode, videos can be trimmed more easily to ensure that only the desired scenes are used in videos that are later shared on social media. So, what should you know about it?

If you've ever watched a video in a foreign language, you may have found the auto-captioning inaccurate. Or maybe you just want to watch videos in your language, and that's totally fine. But did you know YouTube has an auto-dubbing feature?