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Catch up on the latest in tech, business and startups - all in 5 minutes. [Newsletter Banner] Daily News Roundup Welcome to today's edition of the NextBigWhat Daily News! Today's top stories include a BS6-compliant hybrid Toyota Innova, AI Sport Writing suspension, and Google introducing BigQuery Studio. 🤖 Help us reach your your friends and colleagues! Share the NextBigWhat newsletter. [Tweet it]( [Whatsapp]( Google Introduces Paid Duet AI for Workspace Productivity Apps - Google is integrating Duet AI, a virtual assistant, into Workspace productivity apps such as Docs, Gmail, and Sheets for professional users. - Duet AI offers tools to generate email drafts, provide meeting summaries, and even attend meetings on a user’s behalf. - The service will cost large organisations $30 per user per month after a free trial, with pricing for smaller businesses yet to be determined. India Unveils World’s First BS6-compliant Hybrid, Ethanol-Powered Toyota Innova - Union Minister Nitin Gadkari makes the world’s first unveiling of BS6-compliant ethanol-powered Innova, highlighting government’s commitment to environmentally friendly vehicles. - The new Innova, developed by Toyota and Automotive Research Association of India, runs on both petrol and ethanol, offering a flex-fuel option. - Expected to be fueled with ethanol sourced from excess food grain and biomass, the innovative vehicle supports both reduced carbon footprints and the agricultural economy. Leading with empathy | Keith Yandell (DoorDash, Uber) | Podcast Summary [NBW Newsletter Ad]( SAVE TIME. GET KEY IDEAS FROM THE PODCAST ON ATOMICIDEAS Keith Yandell started at DoorDash as Chief Legal Officer and during his tenure has also led the HR, Customer Support, Marketing, and now Corporate Development teams. [Get it]( Food Delivery Workers Earn More, Live Precariously: NCAER Report - An NCAER report shows food delivery workers in urban areas earn more income than the average male urban worker, despite high fuel prices and inflation eroding their savings. - Although making more than in previous jobs, they face precarious conditions due to high operational costs and lack of social safety nets, with only 14.8% retaining their delivery roles for over 2 years. - The report, funded by Prosus, the largest shareholder of food delivery platform Swiggy, was based on interviews with 924 food delivery workers across India. Google Integrates Generative AI into Security Tools - Google uses generative AI to enhance its security products, allowing users to search vast amounts of security data by posing plain language queries. - Features include AI summaries of threats, pattern identification in security data, and suggested proactive actions to improve security posture. - Three new products, Duet AI for Mandiant Threat Intelligence, Chronicle Security Operations, and Security Command Center, are now in preview and will be released later this year. Get NBW News: The short news app for busy professionals. [App Store]( [Google Play]( Google introduces BigQuery Studio for streamlined big data and AI workings - Google’s new service, BigQuery Studio, aims to simplify big data analytics and machine learning workloads for organizations. - BigQuery Studio allows users to explore, analyze, and predict data, and provides ‘enterprise-level’ governance, regulation, and compliance. - The service aligns with Google’s strategy to drive AI adoption in the cloud, expecting AI to account for up to 50% of total public cloud services revenue by 2025. Amazon acquires command line autocomplete startup Fig - Amazon has purchased Fig, a developer tool startup, with its technology and employees, including co-founders, joining AWS. - Fig specializes in tools that provide autocomplete suggestions for command line users, aiming to enhance the developer experience and save time. - Post-acquisition, Fig’s paid features have been made free for existing users, but it is not currently accepting new signups while integrating with AWS. Quora Introduces Bot Search and Plans Enterprise Package for Poe Chatbot - Quora’s AI chatbot, Poe, now enables search for custom bots and announces a future corporate group subscription package. - Recent updates include extensions to Japanese availability, temperature control for custom bots, and separate conversations with same bot. - Poe’s iOS was released in February followed by the Android version in May and a native Mac app in July. GalaxEye Space Develops Synthetic Aperture Radar System for Drones - GalaxEye Space, an Indian spacetech start-up, has crafted an advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for its satellite systems and aerial drones. - The Bengaluru-based firm is the only private company in the country to develop this technology, which is capable of detailed, all-weather imaging. - The technology has a myriad of applications, including insurance, surveillance, precision agriculture, and property tax estimations. The company plans to launch its first satellite, the Drishti Mission, in mid-2024. WhatsApp Rolls Out Native App for Mac, Features Enhanced Video and Audio Calling - The new Mac app allows up to eight participants in video calls and 32 in audio calls. - Reworked design focuses on ease-of-use for Mac users, introduces drag and drop file sharing and extended chat history. - The app, currently downloadable from WhatsApp’s site, will soon be available on the Apple App Store. Generative AI startups prefer Google’s cloud services, says Alphabet - Over 50% venture-backed generative AI startups use Google’s cloud platform, with 70% of those valued over $1 billion. - Former Google employees helm about one-third of these startups, extending the firm’s influence in the sector. - Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai pointed out that over 2,000 startups have been created by ex-staff, who sometimes become customers or return to Google. Pragyaan Rover Discovers Sulphur on Moon’s South Pole; Search for Hydrogen Ongoing - ISRO confirmed that Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan rover has detected sulphur on the Moon’s south pole using its Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer. - Presence of sulphur, a relatively rare moon element, could indicate water ice trapped in the region’s permanently shadowed craters. - The rover, using its onboard Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope, is conducting an ongoing search for Hydrogen with other elements such as Aluminum, Calcium, and Iron already identified. AI Sport Writing Suspended by Columbus Dispatch Due to Quality Issues - The Columbus Dispatch, owned by USA Today’s publisher Gannett, halts AI efforts after publishing robotic and erroneous sports articles. - The AI, provided by startup LedeAI, circulated poorly generated content about local high school sports, including some unfinished articles. - Gannett has paused the project amid evaluations to ensure their content meets high journalistic standards. © 2023 Zakti Techmedia Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. | [Unsubscribe](