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Updates to the Google Photos APIs: Picker API launch and Library API changes

The new Picker API enables secure photo selection, while the Library API will focus on managing photos and videos uploaded by your application.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Supercharging AI Coding Assistants with Gemini Models’ Long Context

Sourcegraph's Cody AI assistant, integrated with Google's Gemini 1.5 Flash, can evaluate the advantages of using long-context windows in AI models for code generation and understanding.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Gemini API and Google AI Studio now offer Grounding with Google Search

Grounding with Google Search for the Gemini API and Google AI Studio enhances the accuracy and freshness of Gemini's responses by leveraging Google Search data.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Sharing our latest differential privacy milestones and advancements

Google is committed to investing in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to ensure user data privacy, improving products like Google Home and Google Search.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Bringing AI Agents to production with Gemini API

AgentOps uses the Gemini API to provide cost-effective and powerful LLM-powered agent observability for enterprises.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Chrome on Android to support third-party autofill services natively

Chrome on Android will soon natively support third-party autofill services, providing a smoother user experience.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Evolving the Responsible Generative AI Toolkit with new tools for every LLM

The Responsible Generative AI Toolkit is being expanded with new features to support responsible AI development across all LLMs, including SynthID Text for watermarking.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Introducing Keras Hub: Your one-stop shop for pretrained models

KerasHub is a new unified library for pretrained models fostering a more cohesive ecosystem for developers.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Save the date for Firebase Demo Day 2024!

Firebase Demo Day is back! Join us virtually on November 19, 2024 for a showcase of cutting-edge Firebase technology.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Gemini is now accessible from the OpenAI Library

Developers can now access and build with the latest Gemini models through the OpenAI Library and REST API. Update your code with three lines and get started.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Compare Mode in Google AI Studio: Your Companion for Choosing the Right Gemini Model

Compare Mode is a powerful new feature designed to help you make informed decisions about which Gemini model best suits your needs.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Now in Developer Preview: Enhancing Chat with the Google Chat API

The Google Chat API has been launched, allowing developers to build Chat apps that enable real-time collaboration between Google Chat and other systems.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Want a smoother checkout with Google Pay? Configure your payment options!

Configure accepted payment methods for Google Pay, with options for authentication methods, card networks, and card types, and upcoming features for enhanced control and customization.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Towards Global Understanding – Advancing Multilingual AI with Gemma 2 and a $150K Challenge

Google is building AI models, focusing on Gemma, to bridge communication gaps across languages.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B is now production ready

Google is rolling out (in GA) a new Gemini model, 1.5 Flash-8B, our smallest production model with SOTA performance for its size.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Announcing Build with Google AI release 3: A Season of Gemma!

The season showcases new applications of Gemma, including a personal AI code assistant and projects for non-English tasks and business email processing.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Enhance your prompts with Vertex AI Prompt Optimizer

Vertex AI Prompt Optimizer, a new managed automated prompt engineering service, can help save time and effort in prompt engineering while ensuring performing prompts ready for your generative AI applications.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Updated production-ready Gemini models, reduced 1.5 Pro pricing, increased rate limits, and more

Learn about the latest updates to Google's Gemini models, including reduced pricing for Gemini 1.5 Pro, increased rate limits, faster performance, enhanced quality, and more.

Google

12 Nov 2024

People of AI: Season 3 Takeaways and Season 4 Previews

The People of AI podcast Season 3 highlighted inspiring stories and career anecdotes from individuals shaping the future of AI, focusing on themes of democratizing AI, AI for Good, redefining intelligence, and AI's impact on work.

Google

12 Nov 2024

Web AI Summit 2024 Recap: Client-Side AI for Developers

The first Web AI Summit, hosted by Google on October 18, 2024, brought together experts in machine learning models for web browsers.

Google

12 Nov 2024

New Broadcast Push Notification Metrics Now Available in the Push Notifications Console

The Push Notifications Console now includes metrics for broadcast push notifications sent in the Apple Push Notification service (APNs) production environment. The console’s interface provides an aggregated view of the broadcast push notifications that...

Apple

11 Nov 2024

How to Fix the WordPress Admin Ajax 400 (Bad Request) Error

Running into errors while managing your WordPress site can be frustrating, especially when you’re not sure what’s causing them. The WordPress admin Ajax 400 (Bad Request) is one of these common and confusing errors. In our experience, it mainly happens when a code snippet triggers… Read More »
The post How to Fix the WordPress Admin Ajax 400 (Bad Request) Error first appeared on WPBeginner.

Wordpress

11 Nov 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – November 8, 2024

4 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to bo...

Google

8 Nov 2024

Expanding access to the Gemini app for teen students in education

What’s changingGoogle Workspace for Education admins can now turn on the Gemini app with added data protection as an additional service for their teen users (ages 13+ or the applicable age in your country) in the following languages and countries. With...

Google

8 Nov 2024

12 Profitable Ecommerce Business Ideas for WordPress (Expert Pick)

Starting an eCommerce business can help you make money online, but choosing the right niche is important for success. Finding profitable eCommerce business ideas that meet current market demands and match your interests can give you a competitive edge and boost your site growth. Over… Read More »
The post 12 Profitable Ecommerce Business Ideas for WordPress (Expert Pick) first appeared on WPBeginner.

Wordpress

8 Nov 2024

Introducing a refreshed library of high-quality Google Slides templates that elevate your presentations

What’s changing We’re introducing a new collection of modern, professionally designed templates in Google Slides to help users build presentations much faster. These new templates cater to a wide range of use cases that provide users with the perf...

Google

7 Nov 2024

Google Vids is now available for Google Workspace for Education, providing easy video creation for teaching and learning

What’s changingEarlier this year, we announced Google Vids would soon empower educators and students to easily create and collaborate with video. Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of Google Vids for Education Plus and Gemini for...

Google

7 Nov 2024

Announcing general availability of Google Vids: Our new AI-powered video creation app for work to help tell stories across your organization

What’s changing Earlier this year, we announced Google Vids, the newest productivity app in our suite of Google Workspace products. Vids is an AI-powered video creation app for work designed to help teams in customer service, learning and developm...

Google

7 Nov 2024

Now generally available: use Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps in seven additional languages

What’s changingBeginning today, all users* can use Gemini in the side panel of Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Gmail, in seven additional languages:FrenchGermanItalianJapaneseKoreanPortugueseSpanishGemini in the side panel of ...

Google

7 Nov 2024

How to Fix WordPress Nav Menu Appearing Under Admin Bar

If you’ve noticed that your website’s navigation menu appears underneath the WordPress admin bar, then you’re not alone. This is a common issue, and we have seen it on many websites. This issue can be frustrating, especially when it hides parts of your menu or… Read More »
The post How to Fix WordPress Nav Menu Appearing Under Admin Bar first appeared on WPBeginner.

Wordpress

7 Nov 2024

View in-meeting chat messages in Google Meet live streams

What’s changingStarting today, when you’re viewing a Google Meet live stream, you will be able to see chat messages that are sent by participants who have joined via the meeting link. This update helps ensure that information shared through Meet chat m...

Google

6 Nov 2024

Coding in the kitchen: How Devin Davies whipped up the tasty recipe app Crouton

Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, Devin Davies is an excellent cook. “I’m not, like, a professional or anything,” he says, in the way that people say they’re not good at something when they are.But in addition to knowing his way around the kitchen, D...

Apple

4 Nov 2024

Hello Developer: November 2024

In this edition: The Swift Pathway, new developer activities around the world, and an interview with the creator of recipe app Crouton.Read the full article

Apple

4 Nov 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – November 1, 2024

4 New updatesUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to bo...

Google

1 Nov 2024

Data classifications labels for Gmail are now available in open beta

What’s changingIn addition to Google Drive, we’re expanding data classification labels to now include Gmail. Classification labels are used to classify and audit content according to organizational guidelines (“Sensitive”, “Confidential”, etc.) and app...

Google

1 Nov 2024

Gemini in the side panel of Google Chat is now available

What’s changingFor the last few months, users with the Gemini for Google Workspace add-ons and Gemini Education add-ons have used Gemini in the side panel of Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive to assist them with summarizing, analyzing, and generat...

Google

1 Nov 2024

FedRAMP High authorization for Gemini for Workspace

What’s changingAs recently announced, we submitted our package to obtain FedRAMP High authorization for Gemini for Workspace, including the Gemini app. A FedRAMP High certification assures federal agencies in the United States that a cloud service prov...

Google

1 Nov 2024

Context Aware Access insights and recommendations are now generally available

What’s changingWe’re making it easier to apply context-aware access (CAA) policies with new insights and recommendations. We’ll proactively surface potential security gaps and suggest pre-built CAA levels which admins can deploy to remediate the securi...

Google

31 Oct 2024

Upcoming changes to the App Store Receipt Signing Intermediate Certificate

As part of ongoing efforts to improve security and privacy on Apple platforms, the App Store receipt signing intermediate certificate is being updated to use the SHA-256 cryptographic algorithm. This certificate is used to sign App Store receipts, whic...

Apple

31 Oct 2024

New density setting in Google Chat

What’s changing To give users more control over how they see information in Google Chat, we’re introducing a new setting that allows you to control the visual density of screen elements. Choose between “Comfortable” or “Compact” on chat.google.com...

Google

30 Oct 2024

Google Classroom now supports exporting missing and excused grades to select Student Information Systems (SIS)

What’s changingLast year, we introduced the ability for teachers to mark an assignment for a particular student as “excused” instead of giving it a 0-100 score. We also added the ability to manually mark an assignment as “missing” or “complete” and aut...

Google

29 Oct 2024

Refine emails faster with updates to the “Polish” shortcut in Gmail

What’s changingIn August, we announced Help me write and Refine my draft shortcuts on mobile devices. Today, we’re excited to expand the Help me write shortcut to web and introduce a Polish shortcut on web and mobile that helps you refine emails even f...

Google

28 Oct 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – October 25, 2024

New updates There are no new updates to share this week. Please see below for a recap of published announcements. Previous announcementsThe announcements below were published on the Workspace Updates blog earlier this week. Please refer to th...

Google

25 Oct 2024

The Gemini app is now a core service with enterprise-grade data protection for more Google Workspace editions

What’s changingAs we recently announced, driven by our belief that generative AI can be transformative for every user, the standalone Gemini app (gemini.google.com) will now be included as part of most Google Workspace editions. With enterprise-grade d...

Google

25 Oct 2024

Audit security settings using the Policy API, now available in open beta

What’s changingSimplifying the management of Workspace settings continues to be a priority for us. To that end, we’re introducing new tools to help streamline the process for admins. Launching to open beta today, we’re pleased to introduce the Pol...

Google

24 Oct 2024

TestFlight enhancements to help you reach testers

Beta testing your apps, games, and App Clips is even better with new enhancements to TestFlight. Updates include:
Redesigned invitations. TestFlight invitations now include your beta app description to better highlight new features and content your app...

Apple

24 Oct 2024

Introducing a new look and feel for Google Calendar on the web

What’s changingStarting today, you’ll notice a refreshed user interface in Google Calendar that is in line with Google Material Design 3 and includes: Controls (like buttons, dialogs, and sidebars) that are more modern and accessibleInterface typo...

Google

23 Oct 2024

Announcing Budget Prefills with the Google Ads API

With v18 of the Google Ads API, you can now use the Recommendations.GenerateRecommendations method during campaign construction to retrieve optimized budget suggestions for Performance Max and Search campaigns.

When using the GenerateRecommendation...

Google

23 Oct 2024

Get ready with the latest beta releases

The beta versions of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And make sure to build and test with Xcode 16.2 beta to take advantage of the advancements in the l...

Apple

23 Oct 2024

Updated agreements now available

The Apple Developer Program License Agreement and its Schedules 1, 2, and 3 have been updated to support updated policies and upcoming features, and to provide clarification. Please review the changes below and accept the updated terms in your account....

Apple

23 Oct 2024

A smoother, more modern video player in Google Drive

What’s changing Starting today, you'll notice a new look and feel, and enhanced functionality for the video player within Google Drive that makes it easier and more enjoyable to watch your videos. More specifically, this update includes: A mo...

Google

22 Oct 2024

October 2024 update to Display & Video 360 API

Today, we’re announcing the October 2024 update to the Display & Video 360 API. This update adds the following:

Support for cost-per-view performance goals and the targeting of connected devices.
The ability to generate and download Structured Data...

Google

22 Oct 2024

5 new protections on Google Messages to help keep you safe

Posted by Jan Jedrzejowicz, Director of Product, Android and Business Communications; Alberto Pastor Nieto, Sr. Product Manager Google Messages and RCS Spam and Abuse; Stephan Somogyi, Product Lead, User Protection; Branden Archer, Software Engineer

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Google

22 Oct 2024

Improved comments experience in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides on Android tablets

Update[October 31, 2024] We have updated the rollout information for this feature. See the Rollout section below for more details.What’s changingEarlier this year, we introduced a new comments experience in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides on web. Today...

Google

21 Oct 2024

Expanding Google Workspace extensions available in open beta for the Gemini app

What’s changingEarlier this year, we launched Google Workspace extensions for Gmail, Google Drive and Google Docs in open beta for the Gemini app. Beginning today, we’re pleased to announce that Google Calendar, Google Keep and Google Tasks are also av...

Google

21 Oct 2024

Farewell, Sitelinks Search Box

It's been over ten years since we initially announced the sitelinks
search box in Google Search, and over time, we've noticed that usage has dropped.
To help simplify the search results, we'll be removing this visual element starting...

Google

21 Oct 2024

Preview summaries of unread conversations in the Google Chat home view with the help of Gemini

What’s changing We’re excited to announce Gemini in Google Chat can now help you catch up on unread conversations in the Chat home view with summaries. Upon navigating to an unread conversation in home, click the “Summarize” button to see a q...

Google

21 Oct 2024

How to Show Upcoming Events in WordPress (The Easy Way)

Whether you are managing a local business, community organization, or personal blog, using WordPress to show upcoming events has a lot of benefits. It can help increase awareness about your activities and boost participation as a result. Plus, when people have access to all the… Read More »
The post How to Show Upcoming Events in WordPress (The Easy Way) first appeared on WPBeginner.

Wordpress

21 Oct 2024

Expanding Our Code of Conduct to Protect Private Conversations

At the heart of our community is our shared pledge to create a space that is harassment-free, welcoming, and inclusive for all. Our Community Code of Conduct already outlines a clear set of expectations, while also providing examples of unacceptable actions. Today, we are reinforcing our values by adding another element to our list of […]

Wordpress

19 Oct 2024

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap – October 18, 2024

1 New updateUnless otherwise indicated, the features below are available to all Google Workspace customers, and are fully launched or in the process of rolling out. Rollouts should take no more than 15 business days to complete if launching to bot...

Google

18 Oct 2024