DeepMind’s latest AI can master games without being told their rules

Posted on 23/12/2020 by Engadget

In 2016, Alphabet's DeepMind came out with AlphaGo, an AI which consistently beat the best human Go players. One year later, the subsidiary went on to refine its work, creating AlphaGo Zero. Where its predecessor learned to play Go by observing amate...

Project Delta’s food waste moonshot is now part of Google

Posted on 08/12/2020 by Engadget

Food waste in America is a big problem with an estimated 30 - 40 percent of our groceries getting tossed out, costing retailers $57 billion each year. To address this issue, X launched a food waste moonshot in search of a smarter food distribution sy...

Google AI is now piloting Loon’s internet-beaming balloons

Posted on 02/12/2020 by Engadget

Alphabet’s Loon has shifted to a different type of navigation system for its internet-beaming balloons. Rather than relying on algorithms designed by humans, the balloons are using an artificial intelligence system Loon developed with Google AI over...

Waymo’s COVID-19 safety tightens as it faces another possible shutdown

Posted on 25/11/2020 by Engadget

Waymo’s self-driving passenger service is once again facing the risk of a another COVID-19 shutdown, and those involved are reportedly taking no chances. CNBC says it has obtained email from a Waymo partner warning staff of stricter “COVID Safety Pol...

Alphabet will use beams of light to deliver internet in Kenya

Posted on 10/11/2020 by Engadget

It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Alphabet’s Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) project. If you’ve forgotten all about it, we don’t blame you: the acronym doesn’t stick in the mind quite like Google Fiber or Project Loon. To solve the p...

Alphabet’s revenue recovers despite looming antitrust lawsuit

Posted on 29/10/2020 by Engadget

Just like that, another quarter has come and gone. Since its last earnings report was released in July, Google’s parent company Alphabet has grown its revenue to $46.2 billion in the third quarter this year. That’s not only better than last quarter’s...

Alphabet’s Loon sets a new record for longest stratospheric flight

Posted on 28/10/2020 by Engadget

Google parent Alphabet has revealed that one of its Loon balloons spent 312 days aloft, breaking its previous stratospheric flight record of 223 days, by a wide margin. It had quite a journey during that time, launching in Peurto Rico and heading to...

YouTube bans misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines

Posted on 14/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

YouTube will remove videos that contain misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines (via Reuters). It will ban any content that contradicts information about those vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO) or local health authorities, the company...

Alphabet’s Mineral moonshot wants to help farmers with robotic plant buggies

Posted on 12/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In 2018, Alphabet's X lab said it was in the process of exploring how it could use artificial intelligence to improve farming. On Monday, X announced that its "computational agriculture" project is called Mineral. The Mineral team has spent the last...

Google may turn YouTube into a shopping destination

Posted on 09/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

At some point in your YouTube watching career, you’ve probably dug into the description of a video to tap on an Amazon referral link. Whether you’re into tech, photography, gaming or almost any other hobby, most channels use those links as a way to g...

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