Google Says Thai Tourism Shows Clear Signs of Recovery

BANGKOK (NNT) – Google has indicated that tourism in Thailand is regaining interest among the international community, prompting Thai authorities to urge relevant agencies to adjust their strategies in line with current travel trends. Government Spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha thanked all related parties for cooperating in working to support the […]

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Google is reportedly building a Duolingo rival

According to a report by The Information (paywall), Google may be putting its AI expertise to work by helping people learn foreign languages. The move seems a fairly expected one, given that Google operates all over the world, has vast lakes of language data and features its own translation tools across a number of different […]

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Google, Microsoft, & Qualcomm: Tech Giants Among Top Donors to Joe Biden’s Inaugural Committee

Although the upcoming 20 January inauguration ceremony is expected to be significantly smaller in scale due to the pandemic, the Biden campaign sent out fundraiser packages to potential donors offering them exclusive options for attending the event. The top package offers a person or a company to be named a chair of the inaugural events. […]

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EU warns Google CEO Sundar Pichai it won’t allow the web to remain the ‘Wild West’ any longer

The internet should benefit not only US tech giants, but also smaller European businesses, and new rules being introduced by the European Union will ensure that, a top EU official has told Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The EU’s Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and Pichai held a video conference late on Thursday after […]

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Huawei Tests Its Own ‘AppSearch’ to Help Users Avoid Turning to Google Play Store

Earlier this year, Huawei confirmed that its latest Mate 30 Pro smartphone will come without Google Media Services (GMS), including Google Play Store, as its GMS license was dropped following the US Department of Commerce’s decision in 2019 to blacklist the Chinese tech giant. Huawei is developing its own “AppSearch” that aims to help users […]

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