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What just happened? The bizarre case of a Google engineer who claimed a chatbot had become sentient has ended with his dismissal from the company. Blake Lemoine was already on paid leave for publishing transcripts of conversations between himself and Google's LaMDA (language model for dialogue applications), a violation of…

Los Angeles, CA, July 22, 2022 --(PR.com)-- Moolah, a Chrome browser extension tool that automatically searches, tests, and adds valid coupon codes to the online shopping cart, has been awarded Google’s latest “Featured” badge, as well as the “Established Publishers” verification badges just as Moolah marks its first year since launch.…

Hi, folks. The winner of the week is Reed Hastings, who lost a million subscribers but saw Netflix’s stock skyrocket because he didn’t lose more. What a showman! The Plain View I got an email from Google the other day. “Dear Steven,” went the text, “This is a reminder that…

Pipes at the landfall facilities of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, on July 21.ANNEGRET HILSE/Reuters Germany’s Foreign Minister said Berlin warned Ottawa that the EU country could be forced to suspend military and economic aid to Ukraine if a Russian gas pipeline turbine stranded in Montreal,…

Pipes at the landfall facilities of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, on July 21.ANNEGRET HILSE/Reuters Germany’s Foreign Minister said Berlin warned Ottawa that the EU country could be forced to suspend military and economic aid to Ukraine if a Russian gas pipeline turbine stranded in Montreal,…

The Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash and Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google will be the 16th and 17th IndyCar events at Iowa Speedway. Josef Newgarden is the only entered driver to win at Iowa Speedway more than once having scored three wins here. The only other active winners are Simon…

Your browser does not support the audio element. Sensor Tower’s recent data showed that the global users of Riot Games’ League of Legends: Wild Rift have spent more than $500 million through Apple’s App Store and Google Play. League of Legends: Wild Rift has been launched in various regions of…

Google pulled 60 malware-infected apps from its Play Store, installed by more than 3.3 million punters, that can be used for all kinds of criminal activities including credential theft, spying and even stealing money from victims. Zscaler's ThreatLabZ and security researcher Maxime Ingrao from fraud protection firm Evina discovered the…

Cloud services and servers hosted by Google and Oracle in the UK have dropped offline due to cooling issues as the nation experiences a record-breaking heatwave. When the mercury hit 40.3C (104.5F) in eastern England, the highest ever registered by a country not used to these conditions, datacenters couldn't take…

This story is part of War in Ukraine, CNET's coverage of events there and of the wider effects on the world. A Russian court fined Google 21 billion rubles ($365 million) for failing to remove prohibited content about the war in Ukraine, Roskomnadzor, the country's telecommunications regulator, said Monday. The…