Earlier this year, at Google’s I/O annual developer conference, the company introduced a new AI milestone called Multitask Unified Model, or MUM. This technology can simultaneously understand information across a wide range of formats, including text, images and videos, and draw insights and connections between topics, concepts and ideas. Today, Google announced one of the […]
Constructor finds $55M for tech that powers search and discovery for e-commerce businesses
One of the biggest problems in the world of e-commerce is the predicament of shopping cart abandonment: when shoppers aren’t getting to what they want fast enough — whether it’s finding the right item, or paying for it in a quick and easy way — they bounce. That singular problem is driving a wave of […]
Chrome Beta to experiment with a more powerful New Tab page, web highlights and search changes
Google is launching a new version of its Chrome Beta browser today that’s introducing some fairly notable changes to its user interface and design. The browser will introduce an updated New Tab page, which will now include cards directing you back to past web search activities, instead of only a list of shortcuts to favorite […]
Xayn launches a desktop version of its ad-free, privacy-safe search
Berlin-based Xayn, which as we reported last year is doing ad-free, personalized, privacy-safe search as an alternative to tracking and profiling adtech giants like Google, has expanded its product offering — launching a desktop version (in beta for now). The desktop Xayn WebBeta is described as a “light web version” of the product with similar functionality […]
YouTube upgrades search with chapter previews and better recommendations for translated videos
YouTube announced two feature updates today to make it easier for people to find the content they’re looking for on the platform. This includes visual search features and easier discovery of foreign language videos that have captions in the user’s local language. On desktop, YouTube users can hover over a video’s thumbnail and watch a […]
Google 検索は“中立的”ではない：世界各地で異なる検索結果を見せる「Search Atlas」のメッセージ
世界各地で異なる「Google 検索」の検索結果を並べて見せるツール「Search Atlas」が、このほどプライヴェートベータ版として限定公開された。このツールが明らかにするのは、グーグルの検索技術がウェブページをランク付けすることで創出された「情報の境界」だ。それと同時に、居住地域や使用言語が異なる人々が触れるさまざまな現実の断片が示されている。
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