Google Responds to Allegations “censoredSearches for Donald Trump after Elon Musk unjustifiably claimed the company had placed a “search ban” on the former president. Google explained the bugs in the autocomplete feature that caused the problems. But Musk’s tweet, which has been viewed more than 118 million times, forced the search giant to publicly explain one of its most important features.
Google added that the strange suggestions for “President Donald” were due to a “bug that spanned the political spectrum.” This has also affected searches related to former President Barack Obama and other political figures.
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And share the revenue with the publishers.
Perplexity will begin sharing revenue with some publishers as part of an ad platform it plans to launch in late September. The Perplexity Publishers Program comes less than two months after the $3 billion startup faced criticism. Forbes, Wired and Condé Nast for breaking unauthorized content.
The pilot scheme is being expanded to 25 metro police stations in five states.
A new blog post from Samsung highlights how law enforcement agencies are receiving the Galaxy Z Flip series devices. The line of foldable mobile devices was part of a pilot program two years ago at Kimberling City Police and Indian Point Police in Missouri to test how the phones could improve day-to-day operations. According to Samsung, the app was the first police app to use a foldable device as a body camera. The foldable devices were customized in collaboration with Visual Labs, a company that uses mobile devices as body and dash cams.
It uses artificial intelligence to remove cigarette butts from Italian beaches.
Italian scientists have developed a four-legged robot that can identify debris and pick up small parts using vacuum cleaners mounted on its legs. The group published a paper in April Journal of Field Robotics About the development of VERO. As the discarded tailings decompose, they release toxic chemicals and microplastics into the ocean. It’s also the “second most common undiscarded waste in the world” in areas that are difficult for most robots to reach. VERO collected 90 percent of the cigarette butts identified during testing.
