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OpenAI Prepares to Challenge Google With Advanced AI Image Generator Google

OpenAI Prepares to Challenge Google With Advanced AI Image Generator

Key Highlights A new AI image creation tool from OpenAI could arrive within the next few weeks Enhanced capabilities for rendering intricate visuals and technical diagrams Generated content will appear more authentic and less artificially produced Launch follows Google’s recent gains in the image generation market Sam Altman directed his…
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April 20, 2026
Lorne Gunter: Daft brain-drain tax proposal no answer to Liberal ineptitude Google

Lorne Gunter: Daft brain-drain tax proposal no answer to Liberal ineptitude

Patrick Pichette, fromer chief financial officer of Google, seen here in Montreal in 2011, proposed a tax on emigration at the Liberal national convention in Montreal last weekend. Postmedia file Article content At last weekend’s Liberal Party national convention in Montreal, Partrick Pichette, a Canadian who worked for several years…
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April 18, 2026
Google Is Working on a Hotel Price Tracker, Because Apparently Flights Weren’t Stressful Enough Google

Google Is Working on a Hotel Price Tracker, Because Apparently Flights Weren’t Stressful Enough

Updated 17 April 2026 at 20:29 IST The upcoming feature will allow users to track hotel prices directly through Google Search. Google is working on a hotel price tracker. | Image: Reuters Google is quietly building a hotel price tracking feature that could do for stays what it already does…
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April 17, 2026
Google brings individual hotel price tracking to Search for all your summer travel needs Google

Google brings individual hotel price tracking to Search for all your summer travel needs

Google is adding a new tool to Search that should allow users to save a little bit of cash on their upcoming summer vacations. Starting today, Google users can now track prices for individual hotels, similar to the company’s flight price tracking system that’s been in place for a while.…
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April 17, 2026
DuckDB uses RDBMS to attack classic ‘small changes’ problem in lakehouses Google

DuckDB uses RDBMS to attack classic ‘small changes’ problem in lakehouses

Databases DuckDB uses RDBMS to attack classic 'small changes' problem in lakehouses Batching teensy changes in chunks creates massive performance boost, DuckDB Labs team claims The team behind in-process OLAP database DuckDB has put forward a solution to the "small changes" problem that they say plagues lakehouse implementations of the…
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April 16, 2026