In May, Google made quite the splash when it unveiled Duplex, its eerily humanlike voice assistant capable of making restaurant reservations and salon appointments. Artikel lesen
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AI has a culturally-biased worldview that Google has a plan to change
Google has launched an Inclusive Images Competition, an effort to expand the cultural fluency of image-recognition software. The task for entrants: reduce the bias in a computer vision system trained on a culturally-biased image dataset. Artikel lesen
Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that Google paid for. Artikel lesen
What Data Scientists Really Do, According to 35 Data Scientists
Modern data science emerged in tech, from optimizing Google search rankings and LinkedIn recommendations to influencing the headlines Buzzfeed editors run. But it’s poised to transform all sectors, from retail, telecommunications, and agriculture to health, trucking, and the penal system. Artikel lesen
3,45 Milliarden Suchanfragen am Tag – 86 Prozent schauen nur auf 1. Google-Ergebnisseite
Zwei Drittel aller Internet-Nutzer geben sich sogar ausschließlich mit den ersten fünf Ergebnissen zufrieden – und ignorieren den großen Rest. Die organische Internet-Suche ist wieder die wichtigste Quelle von Internet-Traffic für individuelle Webseiten. Artikel lesen
How a Billion-Dollar Autonomous Vehicle Startup Lost Its Way
Troubles at lidar company Quanergy point to difficulties in a highly-hyped industry. At the time, the lidar industry was dominated by Velodyne Lidar Inc., which provided the bulky, expensive sensors Google was using on its autonomous cars. Artikel lesen
Bringing intelligence to the edge with Cloud IoT
Cloud IoT Edge is the software that extends Google Cloud’s powerful data processing and machine learning capabilities to gateways, cameras, and end devices, making IoT applications smarter, more secure and more reliable. Artikel lesen
Google Glass Is Back–Now With Artificial Intelligence
Google Glass lives—and it’s getting smarter. On Tuesday, Israeli software company Plataine demonstrated a new app for the face-mounted gadget. Aimed at manufacturing workers, it understands spoken language and offers verbal responses. Think of an Amazon Alexa for the factory floor. Artikel lesen
Comdirect ermöglicht erstmals Überweisungen mit Google
„Hey Google, überweise bitte Geld“: Die Direktbank des Commerzbank-Konzerns bietet ihren zwei Millionen Privatkunden nun einen neuen Dienst mit digitalen Assistenten an. Die firmeneigene App soll dabei für Sicherheit sorgen. Artikel lesen
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data project
Today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter joined to announce a new standards initiative called the Data Transfer Project, designed as a new way to move data between platforms. Artikel lesen
Ihr könnt über die Digitalisierung deutscher Konzerne jammern – oder euch Bosch ansehen
Anya Babbitt steht am Stand ihres Startups SPLT auf dem Google Demo Day, als ein Mann auf sie zugestürmt kommt. Artikel lesen
Google Pay rolls out support for peer-to-peer payments and mobile ticketing
Google is making several updates to Google Pay, its recently-rebranded service for all its different payments tools. Most of these updates were announced earlier this year, but now, Google says they’re actually going live in the app. One of the additions is peer-to-peer payments. Artikel lesen
Smart speaker adoption expected to grow 6 times by 2022, with Apple trailing
A new report projects that the smart speaker market will continue its torrid pace of growth with Google and Amazon battling for dominance and Apple stuck in a distant third place. Artikel lesen
Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock
If you believe the CEOs, a fully autonomous car could be only months away. In 2015, Elon Musk predicted a fully autonomous Tesla by 2018; so did Google. Artikel lesen
Europaweite Upload-Filter stärken nur die Macht von Google und Facebook
Während der deutsche Innenminister mit seinen Peinlichkeiten die Medienwelt in Atem hält, droht auf EU-Ebene weitgehend unbemerkt großer Schaden: Das EU-Parlament steht kurz davor, mit verpflichtenden Upload-Filtern das Internet nachhaltig zu verändern und die Macht von Google und Facebook w Artikel lesen
AI at Google: our principles
At its heart, AI is computer programming that learns and adapts. It can’t solve every problem, but its potential to improve our lives is profound. Artikel lesen
Die PayPal & Google Kooperation
Was steckt hinter der engen Kooperation? Fast fällt mir das Wort “Zwangsheirat” statt Kooperation ein – Google bekommt das Thema Payment über Jahre nicht wirklich in den Griff (damit meine ich als tragfähiges internationales hochskalierbares Modell – der nächste Versuch ist die Konsol Artikel lesen
FinTech Podcast #158 – Apple Pay, Google Pay: Eine Mobile-Payment Nachlese
Kein Gast in der 158ten Ausgabe des FinTech Podcast. Stattdessen haben Jochen und Maik den Status Quo von Mobile-Payment in Deutschland und die Gerüchte des bevorstehenden Google Pay Starts diskutiert. Artikel lesen
Wenn Amazon das Wohnzimmer zur Bank macht
Mit eigenen Bezahlsystemen stoßen die großen Konzerne wie Amazon, Google oder Apple immer weiter ins Geldgeschäft vor. Machen die Tech-Giganten die klassischen Banken und Sparkassen irgendwann überflüssig? Wenig Zeit? Am Textende gibt’s eine Zusammenfassung. Artikel lesen
2018 Internet Trends Report
Kleiner Perkins partners with the brightest entrepreneurs to turn disruptive ideas into world-changing businesses. The firm has helped build and accelerate growth at pioneering companies like AppDynamics, Google, Amazon, Flexus Biosciences, Nest, Waze, Twitter, JD.com and Square. Artikel lesen
Starbucks’s mobile payment service is slightly outpacing Apple’s
People really love getting their coffee more quickly. Starbucks, which has operated its own mobile payments service since 2011, is the market leader in terms of mobile payments users, beating out Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay, according to a new reporter from eMarketer out this morning. Artikel lesen
Who’s Winning the Self-Driving Car Race?
The Google sibling has cleared the way to beat its nearest rivals, General Motors Co. and a couple of other players, by at least a year to introduce driverless cars to the public. Artikel lesen
How Google Plans To Use AI To Reinvent The $3 Trillion US Healthcare Industry
Google is betting that the future of healthcare is going to be structured data and AI. The company is applying AI to disease detection, new data infrastructure, and potentially insurance. In this report we explore Google’s many healthcare initiatives and areas of potential future expansion. Artikel lesen
Alphabet Is Sitting on About $11 Billion in Startup Investments
Google shared a result from its years of prodigious startup investing for the first time on Monday: The holdings are worth about $11 billion, based on company estimates. A new accounting rule prompted Google parent Alphabet Inc. Artikel lesen
The Amazing Ways Google Uses Artificial Intelligence And Satellite Data To Prevent Illegal Fishing
Google services such as its image search and translation tools use sophisticated machine learning which allow computers to see, listen and speak in much the same way as human do. Machine learning is the term for the current cutting-edge applications in artificial intelligence. Artikel lesen
Machine Learning At Google: The Amazing Use Case Of Becoming A Fully Sustainable Business
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. From the start, they have also made significant efforts to do this in a way that doesn’t deplete the world’s natural resources. Artikel lesen
The Race For AI: Google, Baidu, Intel, Apple In A Rush To Grab Artificial Intelligence Startups
Corporate giants like Google, IBM, Yahoo, Intel, Apple, and Salesforce are competing in the race to acquire private AI companies, with Ford, Samsung, GE, and Uber emerging as new entrants. Artikel lesen
Autonomes Fahren: Ein Deutscher war Tesla 30 Jahre voraus
Tesla, Apple, Google und Co. investieren mächtig viel Geld in autonome Autos. Was allerdings kaum jemand weiß: Die Technik stammt eigentlich aus Deutschland. false Wenn es um das autonome oder das teilautonome Fahren geht, macht Tesla, Apple, Google & Co. Artikel lesen
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APIGEE | GOOGLE CLOUD: THE RISE OF THE API ECONOMY Artikel lesen
Conversations First: How Financial Services Is Evolving for the Voice Era
Voice-powered devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home are quickly changing consumer behavior. Google says more than 20 percent of searches now happen by voice and estimates that figure will reach 50 percent by 2020. Artikel lesen