Unless you’re a cat, there’s actually lot to like, as long as you’re OK with puns and craziness.
The world’s biggest search engine has spoken: this is Japan’s number-one ikemen (but not because of this photo).
Admission is free – just ask the friendly Google ghost you didn’t know was hiding inside your smartphone.
The adorable breed of dogs introduces the Internet to its home in Japan’s northern Akita Prefecture.
Free online translation programs have come a long way, but they’re still far from perfect.
After seeing Google’s artificial intelligence system “AlphaGo” beat one of the best Go players alive last week, I decided to try the popular game myself.
Studies show that only 60 percent of Japanese 20-somethings are able to correctly solve this math problem, compared to a whopping 90 percent 30 years ago.
Since 2001, the Google Street View truck has been rolling through neighborhoods all over the world, taking photos of our towns and city streets in order add to its parent company’s enormous library of 3D street-level images. In the search for the perfect panoramic image, however, Google doesn’t always have time to wait around for the streets they’re mapping to clear, leading to the occasional unintentional photobomber.
Luckily, Google also has a pretty advanced facial technology recognition system, used to blur out the faces of those caught on camera as a way of protecting their privacy. The only caveat is that sometimes it works a little too well, and to hilarious results.
Nintendo may be ditching its historic proprietary operating systems (OS) and instead using Android to power its next games console, according to Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Kotaku reported.
If true, this could be a big win for Google, while helping to boost Nintendo’s flagging sales.
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