Google just made its Show and Tell AI system open source on TensorFlow
On Thursday, Google announced that it had made the latest version of its image captioning system available as an open source model in TensorFlow.
Google's image-caption creator, based on AI technology, is now open source
Google has just published the code for Show and Tell, its image-caption creation technology, which uses artificial intelligence to give images captions.
Feeling lonely? Make friends by sending a digital paper plane around the world
Google and Active Theory have released a Paper Planes app. It's an Android Experiment that seeks to bring people together.
Hands-on: Google Allo
Google's new messaging app, Allo, introduces Assistant, Google’s artificially intelligent bot that will power Google Home.
Google is giving preferential treatment to fast-loading AMP articles in Google News
Google has making an effort to increase the visibility of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), fast-loading webpages optimized for mobile, in Google News.
You can now ask Google Drive where you saved last month’s expense report
Google Drive's productivity app has learned a new trick: the ability to process natural language. Now you can search for files conversationally.
Google has a new plan to fight internet trolls, and it starts and ends with AI
Conversation AI, an app developed by Google subsidiary Jigsaw, uses machine learning to spot the language of abuse and harassment..
Google Slides now lets you conduct presentations from your smartwatch
The newest version of Google Slides adds presentation controls to wrist-based devices -- specifically those of the Android Wear variety.
Google may have to pay up to 5 years of back taxes in Indonesia
Indonesia says Google isn't paying the taxes it ought to, and the country wants the search giant to pay up to 5 years of back taxes.
Google’s new Trips app aims to help with the stress of planning your itinerary
The Google Trips app for iOS and Android collates your trip itineraries, plus recommends sights and attractions you're most likely to enjoy.
Google Photos improves sharing, adds ‘creative concepts’ for mini-videos
A new update for Google Photos adds faster sharing features, but also introduces a new "creative concepts" function for videos.
Google wants to help you find new ebooks to read on Google Play Books
Looking for a new book to read? Google is here to help -- the company has launched a new 'Discover' tool for Play Books.
You'll soon be able to queue Google Play downloads for when you have Wi-Fi access
Google Play is working on ways to help you save mobile data and its latest attempt is a feature that lets you queue downloads for when you have Wi-Fi.
The future of the smart assistant is in Maps, according to Google
Google is working hard on its next-gen assistant, and it turns out that assistant could prove better than the rest. Why? Because of Google's Maps expertise.
Google is using machine learning to keep track of fishing activity worldwide
Google has been helping humans for nearly two decades, and now, it's helping a whole new species. Fish. Meet the Global Fishing Watch.
Google Safe Browsing API is here to make Android apps a whole lot safer from malware
Android apps are about to get a whole lot safer -- Google is finally bringing its Safe Browsing API to third-party developers.
Google Arts and Culture’s VR tour takes you inside British prime minister’s home
Google Arts and Culture has added the famous halls of the British Prime Minister’s home and working quarters to its collection of virtual reality tours.
With less than two months till voting day 2016, Google introduces its elections hub
Google announced on Thursday the creation of the new Google Trends Election Hub.
Google ramps up marketing for Duo with some seriously adorable ads
Google has released a slew of ads for its video-messaging app Duo and they're adorable.
Microsoft continues the browser battery life battle in yet another video
The back and forth between Microsoft and Google continues over which offers the best battery life
Google goes greener than ever with new promises for zero-waste data centers
On Wednesday, Google announced a new commitment to achieving "zero waste in all data centers globally."
Google will give you up to $200K if you can hack the newest version of Android
Google's new security contest for Android, Project Zero, will see lucky entrants awarded up to $200,000 for disclosing bugs in the company's mobile OS.
Google offers $30,000 scholarship for winner of its Doodle 4 Google contest
Google's annual Doodle 4 Google contest has kicked off. Children in grades K-12 can participate to win a $30,000 scholarship.
Test out new features before the public in Google's Chromecast Preview Program
Google's launched the Chromecast Preview Program that lets Chromecast owners test out new work-in-progress features.
YouTube Community finally brings social networking to Google’s video platform
YouTube Community is Google's latest attempt to create a social network by integrating new content-sharing features into its popular video platform.
Google may bring a fancy new bottom menu bar to its Maps interface
It looks like Maps may be getting a face lift in the near future. Google is testing a new menu bar that will give access to information like transit times.
Google has a little-known project that identifies, works with promising startups
Google wants to stay on the cutting edge of technology, and is doing so through a project called Project Sand Hill, which tracks tomorrow's hot startups.
Google brings Cardboard Camera to iOS, improves sharing and adds features
Cardboard Camera, the Google app that lets you take and view 360-degree photos, is now available on iOS.
Alphabet’s Verily joins with with French drug firm to improve diabetes management
French drug company Sanofi and Alphabet's Verily are launching a joint venture called Onduo to improve diabetes management.
Google may soon expand Project Fi to include group plans
Thinking of switching carriers? Google's mobile virtual network operator Project Fi may finally add group plans soon.
You can now install Chrome extensions remotely from an Android device
A new Chrome Web Store feature allows you to install games and apps to signed-in devices remotely.
Google Fi’s Wi-Fi Assistant comes to all Nexus devices
Google's intelligent Wi-Fi switching tech is rolling out to non-Project Fi Nexus devices. It automatically identifies and connects to public hot spots.
Google Photos can now stabilize and share your shaky Apple Live Photos
Google is rolling out Photos 2.0 on iOS, baking in a number of great features from its Motion Stills app, which it recently released.