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2020
Google services experience a major outage
Google services, including Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube, were experiencing issues, while Google Search continued to work normally.
2020
Google services experience a widespread outage
Google services, including Search, Docs, Drive, Gmail and YouTube, were reported not to be working in Sri Lanka and several other countries, with reports also coming from Europe and the US.
2020
Google authentication outage disrupts services
Google experienced an authentication-system outage for approximately 45 minutes, causing high error rates for services requiring sign-in. Google said the issue was resolved and services were restored.
2020
Google launches Google Health Studies app
Google launched Google Health Studies, an Android app that connects people with medical research studies. It launched with a respiratory health study in collaboration with Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
2020
Google launches Google Health Studies app
Google launched Google Health Studies, a free Android app that enables people to participate in medical research. It launched with a respiratory health study in collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
2020
Samsung releases GameDriver app
Samsung released its GameDriver app, which lets Galaxy device users receive GPU driver updates and bug fixes through the app.
2020
France fines Google and Amazon over advertising cookies
France's data privacy watchdog fined Google 100 million euros and Amazon 35 million euros, saying their French websites saved advertising cookies without prior visitor consent and did not provide clear information about their use and refusal.
2020
Google launches Google Health Studies app
Google unveiled Google Health Studies, a smartphone app that lets Android users participate remotely in medical studies.
2020
Google's Fuchsia operating system surfaces publicly
A report described Google's Fuchsia as a new operating system, while noting Google's statement that it was not ready for general product development.
2020
Google introduces Look to Speak app
Google developed the Look to Speak app, which lets users select and customize phrases with eye movements on a smartphone and have the phone read them aloud.
2020
Google acquires Dataform
Google’s Google Cloud division acquired UK startup Dataform. The terms were not disclosed.
2020
Google CEO apologizes and announces review after Timnit Gebru’s departure
Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized to employees for how Google handled Timnit Gebru’s departure and said the company would review the circumstances. Gebru said she was terminated after a dispute over a research paper; Google said she resigned. Gebru also alleged that the company’s statement implied its failure was not discrimination or retaliation.
2020
Google rolls out Health Studies app
Google rolled out its Health Studies app, which connects people with virtual studies; it initially offered a respiratory-illness study.
2020
Google acquires Dataform
Google acquired UK startup Dataform through its Google Cloud division. The article also reports that Dataform Web was being offered for free going forward.
2020
Google launches Travel Insights with Google
Google announced the launch of Travel Insights with Google, a travel analytics website intended to help tourism businesses better understand travel demand.
2020
Google announces December Pixel Feature Drop
Google announced a December Pixel Feature Drop that adds new features to Pixel phones, including Adaptive Sound and Adaptive Connectivity for supported models.
2020
Google launches JournalismAI training course
Google said JournalismAI was launching a new machine-learning training course with Ukrainian data journalism agency Texty. The course was to be available through the Google News Initiative Training Center in 16 languages.
2020
Google launches JournalismAI Festival
Google announced a week-long online JournalismAI Festival, running December 7–11, to help address challenges including using AI to understand, identify and mitigate newsroom biases and increase audience loyalty.
2020
Google employees demand explanation for Timnit Gebru's departure
More than 1,400 Google employees joined an online letter demanding that Google explain Timnit Gebru's dismissal and the request that she withdraw her research. Google AI division leader Jeff Dean responded publicly, disputing aspects of the account and saying the company accepted and respected her decision to resign.
2020
Realme begins rolling out Realme UI 2.0 update for X50 Pro 5G
Realme announced that it had started rolling out Realme UI 2.0, based on Android 11, for its Realme X50 Pro 5G smartphone.