MIL-OSI Economics: GNI Innovation Forum: Looking towards the future of news
Source: Google Today at the first Google News Initiative Innovation Forum in London, we heard from Claire Wardle of First Draft, Lisa Gibbs of the Associated Press, Daniel Bramatti of Abraji, Marie-Louise Timcke of Funke Media Group and Dmitry Shishkin of BBC World Service about the future of news. Covering topics like how to stop the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Cloud covered: What was new in Google Cloud for November
Source: Google In November here in the U.S., we felt some Thanksgiving gratitude that there’s never a dull moment in cloud technology. We’ve been keeping track of what’s new and quickly evolving, from AI and ML tools to storage and databases. Here are a few of the highlights from last month in Google Cloud. There’s […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Collaborating on the future of audio news for the Assistant
Source: Google For the past century, radio has been a one-size-fits-all medium. Turn on the radio and you’re dropped into a show at a moment in time—regardless of what you already know, where you are, or what you’re interested in. Imagine instead if you could have your own radio, one that’s available on-demand, accessible throughout […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: YouTube Rewind 2018 is here! A look at what New Zealanders watched
Source: Google (3) Posted by Kristine Arnott, Communications Manager, YouTube Australia and New Zealand, and the YouTube Rewind team https://plus.google.com/116899029375914044550″ itemprop=”url”/> ]]> readability=”17.957776975821″> In 2018, you danced your heart out to Maroon 5, yodelled along with a kid in Walmart, and played a lot of Fortnite. It’s time for our annual look back at the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Reducing gender bias in Google Translate
Source: Google Over the course of this year, there’s been an effort across Google to promote fairness and reduce bias in machine learning. Our latest development in this effort addresses gender bias by providing feminine and masculine translations for some gender-neutral words on the Google Translate website. Google Translate learns from hundreds of millions of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Proposed copyright rules: bad for small publishers, European consumers and online services
Source: Google Copyright rules give news publishers rights over how their work is used. Europe is updating these rules for this digital age, and that’s a move Google supports. But the European Parliament’s version of a new copyright directive -specifically Article 11 and its recital 32- will have unintended consequences for smaller news publishers, limit […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Announcing Kaggle integration with Google Data Studio
Source: Google As of today, Kaggle is now officially integrated with Data Studio, Google’s serverless business intelligence and data visualization platform. You’ll be able to connect to and visualize Kaggle datasets directly from Data Studio using the Kaggle Community Connector. Kaggle is the world’s largest online community of data scientists. Its two million users come […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Defying stereotypes: Jason’s journey learning how to code
Source: Google Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Jason Jones, a recent graduate of The Last Mile, a program that prepares incarcerated individuals for successful re-entry to the job market through business and technology training. Today, Google.org announced a $2 million grant to The Last Mile, which will allow the program to expand to prisons […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Economics: Live from the North Pole: what’s new at Santa’s Village
Source: Google It’s the 15th year of Santa’s Village, an interactive holiday hub where you can play games to learn coding skills, create original artwork, exercise your geographic chops, and more. Here’s what’s new this year: Entertain yours-elf with a new game🧝 With our Elf Maker, you can customize an elf from head to toe […]
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