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Google Play Store is rolling out an innovation that should improve the way users search for apps and games. After successful testing in December, Google has officially moved the Play Store's search function to the bottom bar, adding a new Search tab.

Google has announced the successful use of artificial intelligence to accurately predict river floods. In some cases, the company has been able to predict floods as much as a week in advance.

France's antitrust regulator has fined Google 250 million euros for violating EU intellectual property rules when working with publishers. The reason was unauthorised scanning of news articles to train artificial intelligence models, including the chatbot Bard (now Gemini).

Google is introducing a new convenient feature on Wear OS devices that allows users to quickly and easily find public transport routes without using their phones.

Google researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence system called VLOGGER that can generate realistic videos of people moving and talking from just one photo.

Google has announced that it is updating the YouTube app for TV platforms with a redesigned interface to access interactive content and video-related information to offer users a better experience.

Google DeepMind has demonstrated a new artificial intelligence agent called SIMA (Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent) that can understand and perform tasks in 3D games based on natural language instructions.

Google has announced a number of new features for game listings on Google Play, including support for frequently asked questions using artificial intelligence.

Apple has announced plans to allow iPhone users in the European Union (EU) to set something other than Apple Maps as their primary navigation app. The development, expected by March 2025, marks a shift away from Apple's historically closed ecosystem and follows recent legal mandates under the EU's Digital Markets Act. The change symbolises a broader trend towards increased user choice and flexibility in Apple's operating system.

A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted a former Google engineer for stealing the tech giant's trade secrets related to artificial intelligence technology. According to the investigation, he stole this information in the interests of two Chinese companies for which he secretly worked.

Google Maps is running a new test to make city navigation even more convenient. The latest update added building entrance icons to the map. When approaching a building, users see small green icons that show possible entrances. This is especially useful for users looking for cafes, restaurants, hotels, doctors' offices, or supermarkets.

Google and Stack Overflow have announced the launch of a joint programme to integrate the platform's expert knowledge base and the tech giant's artificial intelligence so developers can get quick access to accurate answers right in their work environment.

Google Chrome continues to improve its search features, offering users new features and visuals in search tooltips.

Google is quietly making deals with a number of publishers to use generative artificial intelligence tools to create stories. The experiment is probably launched as part of the Google News Initiative (GNI).

A few months after Google TV first announced external changes to the platform, it has released a new homescreen design that adds round shaped icons for apps and a few other changes.