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What an incredible moment: Sundar Pichai on India`s historic Moon feat Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday congratulated the Indian space agency and the country for the successful landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the Moon. “What an incredible moment! Congratulations to @isro for the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3 on the moon,” he said in a post on X.com.  “Today India became the first country to successfully achieve a soft landing on the southern polar region of the moon,” he added. The Indian Space Research O...
What an incredible moment: Sundar Pichai on India`s historic Moon feat
What an incredible moment: Sundar Pichai on India`s historic Moon feat
Source: IANS
24/08/2023 9:43:02 AM
Google sees huge opportunities for future of AI in South Korea US tech giant Google has seen great potential for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in South Korea, as it has chosen Korean as its priority service language besides English for its AI-based chatbot, Bard, a senior company official said on Thursday. "With Bard launched in Korean in 2023, this is one of the many opportunities that lie ahead," Yossi Matias, vice president for engineering and research at Google, said during the AI Week conference, co-hosted by the Ministry of...
Google sees huge opportunities for future of AI in South Korea
Google sees huge opportunities for future of AI in South Korea
Source: IANS
13/07/2023 5:14:32 PM
Google to set up global fintech operation centre in Gujarat: Sunadar Pichai Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the company will open its global fintech operation centre at GIFT City in Gujarat. After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday during his three-day state visit to the US, Pichai made the announcement, saying that the company will continue to invest in India through its $10 billion digitisation fund. In 2020, Google had announced to invest a whopping $10 billion in the country through its India Digitisation Fund over the n...
Google to set up global fintech operation centre in Gujarat: Sunadar Pichai
Google to set up global fintech operation centre in Gujarat: Sunadar Pichai
Source: IANS
24/06/2023 12:07:27 PM
Amazon raises investment in India to $26 billion by 2030 Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it will take its investments to $26 billion in India by 2030, adding $6.5 billion in new planned investments in an announcement made after CEO Andy Jassy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the United States. Though Jassy gave no breakdown, the announcement follows Amazon's cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) saying last month it will invest 1.06 trillion rupees ($12.9 billion) in the country by the end of 2030. Earlier, Amazon had announced ...
Amazon raises investment in India to $26 billion by 2030
Amazon raises investment in India to $26 billion by 2030
Source: Reuters
24/06/2023 11:59:17 AM
`This is the moment` to invest in India, Narendra Modi tells US business community In a direct appeal to the US business community, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said "this is the moment" to invest in India as both the Indian and the US governments have done everything to prepare -- "plough" -- the ground for them to come, play, and thrive. The Prime Minister said on Friday that this was the clear message from the technology handshake event at the White House earlier in the day in which he and President Joe Biden met leading CEOs from the US and In...
`This is the moment` to invest in India, Narendra Modi tells US business community
`This is the moment` to invest in India, Narendra Modi tells US business community
Source: IANS
24/06/2023 9:36:22 AM
Vaishnaw meets Pichai at Google HQ, discusses India Stack IT and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday posted an image on social media with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the tech giant's headquarters in the US, saying they had a good discussion on India Stack and the 'Make in India' programme. Pichai last met Vaishnaw during his India visit in December, saying it was important for the government to create regulatory frameworks that help companies innovate on top of those local laws of the land. "Met @sundarp...
Vaishnaw meets Pichai at Google HQ, discusses India Stack
Vaishnaw meets Pichai at Google HQ, discusses India Stack
Source: IANS
10/05/2023 10:46:28 AM
AI pioneer says its threat to world may be `more urgent` than climate change Artificial intelligence could pose a "more urgent" threat to humanity than climate change, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told Reuters in an interview on Friday.  Geoffrey Hinton, widely known as one of the "godfathers of AI", recently announced he had quit Alphabet after a decade at the firm, saying he wanted to speak out on the risks of the technology without it affecting his former employer. Hinton's work is considered essential to the development of contempo...
AI pioneer says its threat to world may be `more urgent` than climate change
AI pioneer says its threat to world may be `more urgent` than climate change
Source: Reuters
8/05/2023 2:16:49 PM
Big Tech has moral, legal responsibility to develop ethical AI: Kamala Harris US Vice President Kamala Harris has told top Big Tech CEOs, including Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (ChatGPT fame), that the private sector has an ethical, moral, and legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of their products. In her meeting with CEOs of four US companies who are at the forefront of AI innovation, which also saw US President Joe Biden dropping by, she stressed that in order to rea...
Big Tech has moral, legal responsibility to develop ethical AI: Kamala Harris
Big Tech has moral, legal responsibility to develop ethical AI: Kamala Harris
Source: IANS
5/05/2023 11:17:50 AM
Sundar Pichai creates 'Google DeepMind' to build robust AI systems Alarmed at the success of Microsoft-owned OpenAI's ChatGPT, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has created a unit that will help the company build more capable AI systems safely and responsibly. This group, called 'Google DeepMind', will bring together two leading research groups in the AI field: the Brain team from Google Research, and DeepMind. "Their collective accomplishments in AI over the last decade span AlphaGo, Transformers, word2vec, WaveNet, AlphaFold, seq...
Sundar Pichai creates 'Google DeepMind' to build robust AI systems
Sundar Pichai creates 'Google DeepMind' to build robust AI systems
Source: IANS
21/04/2023 11:31:44 AM
Chrome gets WebGPU tech that allows high-performance 3D graphics Google has announced that WebGPU, an API (Application Programming Interface) which allows high-performance 3D graphics and data-parallel computation on the web, is now available by default in Chrome 113, which is currently in the Beta channel. "WebGPU is a new web graphics API that offers significant benefits such as greatly reduced JavaScript workload for the same graphics and more than three times improvements in machine learning model inferences," Google said in a blogpost. ...
Chrome gets WebGPU tech that allows high-performance 3D graphics
Chrome gets WebGPU tech that allows high-performance 3D graphics
Source: IANS
7/04/2023 5:33:22 PM
Indian-American Neal Mohan is new YouTube CEO Indian-American Neal Mohan will be the new YouTube CEO, as current head Susan Wojcicki has announced to step down after 25 years at the Google-owned company. Currently chief product officer, Mohan became part of Google, the parent company of YouTube, in 2008. He is a Stanford graduate and earlier worked with Microsoft. Mohan and Wojcicki have worked together for nearly 15 years. He became YouTube's chief product officer in 2015. "Today, after nearly 25 years here, I've d...
Indian-American Neal Mohan is new YouTube CEO
Indian-American Neal Mohan is new YouTube CEO
Source: IANS
17/02/2023 9:37:42 AM
Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pledges support for G20 Presidency Google CEO Sundar Pichai met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and pledged support for India's G20 Presidency. "Thank you for a great meeting today PM @narendramodi. Inspiring to see the rapid pace of technological change under your leadership. Look forward to continuing our strong partnership and supporting India's G20 Presidency to advance an open, connected internet that works for all," Pichai tweeted after the meeting. Praising the government's Digital Ind...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pledges support for G20 Presidency
Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pledges support for G20 Presidency
Source: IANS
20/12/2022 3:46:52 PM
Create regulatory frameworks to help companies innovate: Sundar Pichai to Ashwini Vaishnaw  As India refines its personal data protection (PDP) bill, along with other bills that cater to the digital era, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday said it is important for the government to create regulatory frameworks that help companies innovate on top of those local laws of the land. Stressing that the country is going through a key period of time during digital transformation, Pichai vouched for an open and connected internet. "India has a leadership role to ...
Create regulatory frameworks to help companies innovate: Sundar Pichai to Ashwini Vaishnaw
Create regulatory frameworks to help companies innovate: Sundar Pichai to Ashwini Vaishnaw
Source: IANS
19/12/2022 3:43:04 PM
Google Search hit highest-ever traffic in 25 yrs as Lionel Messi dazzled: Sundar Pichai Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday said that Google Search logged its highest-ever traffic in 25 years of its existence during the nail-biting FIFA World Cup final. Lionel Messi's dream of winning the FIFA World Cup finally materialised on Sunday, with Argentina surviving a few anxious moments to register a fighting 4-2 penalty shootout win over defending champions France. "Search recorded its highest ever traffic in 25 years during the final of #FIFAWorldCup , it ...
Google Search hit highest-ever traffic in 25 yrs as Lionel Messi dazzled: Sundar Pichai
Google Search hit highest-ever traffic in 25 yrs as Lionel Messi dazzled: Sundar Pichai
Source: IANS
19/12/2022 10:38:31 AM
'I carry India wherever I go,' reiterates Google CEO Sundar Pichai  Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has once again reiterated that India is an integral part of him and he was fortunate to grow up in a family in the country that cherished learning and knowledge. "India is a part of me. I carry it with me wherever I go. I was fortunate to grow up in a family that cherished learning and knowledge, with parents who sacrificed a lot to make sure I had opportunities to explore my interests," Pichai said in a blog post late on Friday. He ...
'I carry India wherever I go,' reiterates Google CEO Sundar Pichai
'I carry India wherever I go,' reiterates Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Source: IANS
3/12/2022 2:28:47 PM
India's G20 Presidency will boost global economy, open Internet: Sundar Pichai  India taking over the G20 Presidency will be an amazing opportunity to build consensus on strengthening the global economy by advancing an internet that is open, connected, secure and works for everyone, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said. Pichai, who received the Padma Bhushan, India's highest civilian honour, from India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, in San Francisco, said that it is incredibly meaningful to be honoured in this way "by the c...
India's G20 Presidency will boost global economy, open Internet: Sundar Pichai
India's G20 Presidency will boost global economy, open Internet: Sundar Pichai
Source: IANS
3/12/2022 11:21:54 AM
Google, Renault Group to build `software defined vehicle` for the future Google and Renault Group on Tuesday announced to expand their partnership to deliver the digital architecture for the 'Software Defined Vehicle' (SDV) for the future. The 'Software Defined Vehicle' will allow for new on-demand services and continuous upgrades to be delivered to the car, building on the existing Android Automotive Operating System and Google Cloud technology collaboration. The companies will develop a set of onboard and offboard software components that a...
Google, Renault Group to build `software defined vehicle` for the future
Google, Renault Group to build `software defined vehicle` for the future
Source: IANS
8/11/2022 2:21:18 PM
Google to establish its 1st Cloud region in Africa Google on Wednesday announced to establish a Google Cloud region in South Africa -- its first on the continent. South Africa will be joining Google Cloud's global network of 35 cloud regions and 106 zones worldwide. Last year, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Google would invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to support a range of initiatives, from improved connectivity to investment in startups, to help boost Africa's digital transformation. ...
Google to establish its 1st Cloud region in Africa
Google to establish its 1st Cloud region in Africa
Source: IANS
5/10/2022 4:50:08 PM
Don't equate fun with money: Sundar Pichai to employees Alphabet and Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, has advised employees not to mix fun with earning more money, as little things in life can bring more joy than what money can buy. In a recent interaction with employees, Pichai was bombarded with questions from employees related to travel and entertainment budget cuts, productivity, hybrid work and potential layoffs, reports CNBC. "I remember when Google was small and scrappy. We shouldn't always equate fun with money. I think you can wa...
Don't equate fun with money: Sundar Pichai to employees
Don't equate fun with money: Sundar Pichai to employees
Source: IANS
28/09/2022 10:02:44 AM
Google considers making some Pixel phones in India - The Information  Alphabet Inc is considering moving some production of Pixel phones to India following disruptions in China from COVID-19 lockdowns and Beijing's rising tensions with the United States, the Information reported on Monday, citing a source. Alphabet, which did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, has solicited bids from manufacturers in India to make between 500,000 and 1 million Pixel smartphones, equivalent to 10% to 20% of the estimated annual production for ...
Google considers making some Pixel phones in India - The Information
Google considers making some Pixel phones in India - The Information
Source: Reuters
12/09/2022 8:27:10 PM
Sundar Pichai wishes India on Independence Day with Google Doodle  Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday extended wishes to Indians on the occasion of the country's 75th Independence Day with a Google Doodle. The Doodle, illustrated by Kerala-based guest artist Neethi, celebrates India's 75th Independence Day by showcasing the age-old tradition of flying kites. "Happy Independence Day, India! We're commemorating 75 years with a special #GoogleDoodle celebrating family, community and the colourful kites that float in the...
Sundar Pichai wishes India on Independence Day with Google Doodle
Sundar Pichai wishes India on Independence Day with Google Doodle
Source: IANS
15/08/2022 12:07:29 PM
Over 3 bn devices now on Android globally: Sundar Pichai  During the company's earnings call, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that more than three billion monthly active devices are now running on the Android operating system globally. Pichai mentioned that consumers had activated one billion Android phones in 2021."I am proud that Android remains the world's most popular operating system with more than three billion monthly active devices worldwide. Last year alone, consumers activated one billion Android phones,&qu...
Over 3 bn devices now on Android globally: Sundar Pichai
Over 3 bn devices now on Android globally: Sundar Pichai
Source: IANS
27/07/2022 1:52:42 PM
Google`s parent company Alphabet reports weaker earnings, revenue Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported weaker-than-expected earnings and revenue for the April-June period (Q2). The company reported solid growth in its Search business. Revenue growth slowed to 13 per cent from 62 per cent in the same quarter last year. The company reported revenues of $69.7 billion in the quarter, up 13 per cent. "In the second quarter our performance was driven by Search and Cloud. The investments we've made over the years in AI and computi...
Google`s parent company Alphabet reports weaker earnings, revenue
Google`s parent company Alphabet reports weaker earnings, revenue
Source: IANS
27/07/2022 10:05:50 AM
Apple to slow down hiring for 2023. After Microsoft, Meta and Google, Apple has reportedly become the next Big Tech company to slow down hiring for 2023 owing to tough global macroeconomic conditions. The hiring changes at Apple will not affect all the teams but some verticals will see decreased hiring activities next year, according to Bloomberg. The company is likely not to backfill some positions too, the report noted late on Monday. Apple is likely to release its much-anticipated augmented reality (AR)-mixed realit...
Apple to slow down hiring for 2023.
Apple to slow down hiring for 2023.
Source: IANS
19/07/2022 10:35:44 AM
Google slowing down pace of hiring for rest of year: Sundar Pichai Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has told employees that the company will be slowing down the pace of hiring for the rest of the year, as global macro-economic conditions continue to hit industries across the spectrum. According to an internal memo sent by Alphabet and Google CEO Pichai to employees, the company will have to "be more entrepreneurial" and work with "greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we've shown on sunnier days". "In so...
Google slowing down pace of hiring for rest of year: Sundar Pichai
Google slowing down pace of hiring for rest of year: Sundar Pichai
Source: IANS
13/07/2022 11:09:43 AM
R. Madhavan: From Aryabhatta to Sundar Pichai, we have extraordinary sci-tech stories Bollywood actor R Madhavan whose directorial debut 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' is going to have its world premiere at the Cannes on Thursday, spoke about the extraordinary stories of great men in the field of science and technology that have been somewhere missed out in Indian cinema. While sharing his perspective at the panel discussion at the India Forum in Cannes, he said: "From Aryabhatta to Sundar Pichai, we have such extraordinary stories as far as science and technolog...
R. Madhavan: From Aryabhatta to Sundar Pichai, we have extraordinary sci-tech stories
R. Madhavan: From Aryabhatta to Sundar Pichai, we have extraordinary sci-tech stories
Source: IANS
20/05/2022 2:29:40 PM
150 mn people across 40 countries using Google Pay: Sundar Pichai Hailing the India digital payments growth story, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the company's payments strategy is very similar to the strategy it has for commerce overall. During the company's quarterly earnings call, Pichai said that the digital payments work in India is "certainly what really got everything started". "We now have 150 million people across 40 countries using Google Pay. We're making sure it works across the board, works ...
150 mn people across 40 countries using Google Pay: Sundar Pichai
150 mn people across 40 countries using Google Pay: Sundar Pichai
Source: IANS
27/04/2022 10:18:23 AM
Pichai unveils $100 mn Google Career Certificates Fund  Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced a new $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund to prepare a skilled workforce for high-paying, high-growth jobs in fields like data analytics, IT support, project management and user experience design. The goal, he said, is to enable 'Social Finance' to reach more than 20,000 American workers. "This investment in America's future has the potential to drive $1 billion in wage gains," Pichai said in a stat...
Pichai unveils $100 mn Google Career Certificates Fund
Pichai unveils $100 mn Google Career Certificates Fund
Source: IANS
18/02/2022 4:41:24 PM
Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai signed 'big deal' to carve up ad market: Report A serious anti-trust complaint in the US has reportedly revealed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were allegedly involved in an ad collusion plot, a charge that both tech giants denied. Attorneys for Texas and other states alleged in newly unsealed court filings that Zuckerberg and Pichai "personally approved a secret deal that gave the social network a leg up in the search giant's online advertising auctions", reports Politico. Led b...
Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai signed 'big deal' to carve up ad market: Report
Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai signed 'big deal' to carve up ad market: Report
Source: IANS
15/01/2022 11:22:23 AM
Google s parent company Alphabet hits $2tn valuation Sundar Pichai-run Alphabet, Google's parent company, has finally breached the coveted $2 trillion market cap milestone. The tech giant's market cap briefly crossed the $2 trillion mark late on Monday, closing at $2,987.03 per share. Alphabet's market cap has doubled from $1 trillion since January 2020. Alphabet now joins Apple and Microsoft who are already part of the $2 trillion club in the US. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, posted an all-time record revenue ...
Google s parent company Alphabet hits $2tn valuation
Google s parent company Alphabet hits $2tn valuation
Source: IANS
9/11/2021 12:57:46 PM
YouTube Shorts surpasses 15 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai YouTube Shorts, a TikTok-like short form video app that was launched first in India last year, has surpassed 15 billion daily views, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said. "The app continues to gain momentum. We've been rolling it out everywhere YouTube is available, in more than 100 countries worldwide," Pichai said during the company's earnings call late on Tuesday after Alphabet posted a record June quarter. The YouTube Shorts platform recently added the ab...
YouTube Shorts surpasses 15 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai
YouTube Shorts surpasses 15 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai
Source: IANS
28/07/2021 11:35:17 AM
Sundar Pichai draws roadmap for future of work at Google I/O Reiterating that his home country India as well as Brazil are going through their most difficult moments of the pandemic, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has laid down a detailed roadmap on how the future of work will unfold for millions across the globe. Kicking off the I/O Developers Conference from the Mountain View campus late on Tuesday, Pichai said that Covid-19 has deeply affected the entire global community over the past year and continues to take a toll. "Places such...
Sundar Pichai draws roadmap for future of work at Google I/O
Sundar Pichai draws roadmap for future of work at Google I/O
Source: IANS
19/05/2021 12:30:47 PM