On Monday we announced an equity offering for Alphabet - part of our multi-year investment strategy to meet the AI opportunity ahead and support the demand we’re seeing from enterprises and consumers. Pleased to share the offering was well over-subscribed. We raised a total of ~$45B, with an additional $40B to come as part of an “at the market” program starting in Q3 (for a total of ~ $85B). A huge thank you to our investors, including Berkshire Hathaway who invested $10B.
The #ULTRA rigid @Apple#watch bands are not as rigid as claimed by the guy in their ads. Light usage of 7 months and the band tore off from the hook… Customer support says hard luck - in warranty but out of coverage (weird). #qualityfail#case102888772580. #disappointed
Hello. How are you? Thank you. I love you. Please.
Some of the most frequently translated phrases of the past 20 years!
Google Translate began twenty years ago with a mission to help people understand one another, regardless of the language they speak. What started as a small experiment has become a global tool that helps over 1 billion users every month.
In that time Translate has evolved from simple pattern matching to true understanding. In 2006, it relied on statistical machine learning to look for patterns in small word clusters. By 2016, we pioneered a shift to neural networks to move beyond literal word-for-word translations, and today we’re using our powerful Gemini models to make Translate even more helpful.
We are moving from text to fluid, real-time conversations. With our latest models, you can even use your headphones as a personal interpreter that preserves your original tone and cadence - it’s an amazing experience!
One of the interesting things about AI is that as we make progress, we begin to take it for granted. If you met a person who could translate across a hundred languages faster than any human can, you would be so impressed. Today, one product does that for nearly 250 languages, and we kind of just shrug.
Being able to say thank you in 250 languages is not something I take for granted. So to the 1 billion who use Google Translate - merci, dhanyavaad, arigatō, gracias, and thank you! Let’s see what the next 20 years will bring.
Here's the video of the Android XR demo we showed last week at MWC :) Couple things that stand out to me: how well Gemini can handle vague and complex queries and how the glasses work with apps on the phone. 😎
More details here!
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The Information: $META has signed a multi-year deal worth billions to rent $GOOGL's TPUs to train new AI models & has also discussed buying TPUs for its own data centers as soon as next year
Google is also setting up a JV w/ large investment firm to lease TPU to other customers
Coming to Google Cloud Next. Check out Transformation stories with Google Cloud VMware Engine: A customer panel that I will be hosting at #GoogleCloudNext. 🚀 Register now at https://t.co/Ey2zVi5QvA https://t.co/ShjImcmQZU
Felt the earthquake in #Gurgaon a few minutes ago. This is the first time I felt the direction of the tremor. It was like a current passing from one side to the other of the bed…. 😱🥶 #earthquake
Campbell PD and @sccfiredept are in scene of a structure fire on the 300 block of Union Ave.
Union Ave is currently closed between Apricot Ave and E McGlincy Ln. Please avoid the area and use alternate routes.
Really @British_Airways. Account sign up emails can take up to 60 minutes. You need to fire the guy who designed this workflow.. You will lose customers even before getting them.. Heard about - TIME TO MARKET
Happy to share that I'll be speaking at Stanford LEAD: Meet a 'LEADer' Panel Discussion! Make sure to attend it on November 22. https://t.co/nUA5hQCqKr
Varun Puri, a rewarded fugitive (director of Universal Builder) wanted in more than 45 cases of cheating, arrested by Special Cell (SWR)
He cheated 485 buyers approx. in the name of building and delivering flats
@LtGovDelhi@DelhiPolice