Coral reefs cover only 0.1% of the ocean's surface, yet they host 25% of all known marine species. A new AI tool is being developed to help monitor coral reef health using ecoacoustics, which involves analyzing the natural sounds of an ecosystem. The 'Calling in our Corals' project, in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, has been collecting audio recordings from around the world to build a bioacoustic data library on reef health.

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Condé Nast's Corporate Photography Director and former Photography Director of Vogue have worked with the archive's Visual Editor to select favorite photographs and stories. The magazine's Archive Editor highlights early illustrators and favorite fashion moments, including the New Look and Miniskirt. Iconic photographers are featured.

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Felipe Pantone, a multimedia artist, is featured in the Grand Palais Immersif's exhibition Loading: Urban Art in the Digital Age, which explores the impact of digital technologies on street art. Pantone's work uses bold colors and geometrical patterns, and he collaborates with Google Arts & Culture to create an augmented reality artwork. The exhibition is an immersive experience that traces the history of urban art.

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Summer has officially arrived in the U.S., marking the start of the countdown to summer sales, when retailers release their biggest discounts of the year. Online searches for 'deals' have spiked in mid-July, surpassing search interest in 'vacation'. 44% of shoppers say that deal days prompt them to shop more than they normally would. Google has new and expanded shopping tools to help find the lowest prices across retailers and figure out what's a good deal.

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Google is committed to making AI helpful for everyone, especially in the classroom, by providing tools like Gemini to help teen students learn responsibly and confidently. Gemini offers guided support, in-the-moment assistance, practice materials, and real-time feedback to help students learn more confidently. The company has released a responsible Gemini experience for teens using their personal Google Accounts, consulting with child safety and development experts.

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Google has launched NotebookLM, a research and writing assistant, in Brazil and Portuguese. The tool uses Gemini 1.5 Pro to create summaries, FAQs, study guides, and more based on uploaded documents. James Manyika, Senior Vice President of Research, Technology & Society, discussed AI opportunities in Brazil, including an AI accelerator program for startups. Google is also using AI to increase the security of products, such as Gmail's AI-powered defenses.

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Google Lens and Circle to Search can be used to gather information about vacation destinations and products from social media and phone screens. Google Lens can be used to identify unknown locations in photos, while Circle to Search allows users to learn about products and services without switching apps.

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Google celebrated its 25th birthday by hosting the Doodle for Google contest, where tens of thousands of K-12 students from the US submitted imaginative Doodles based on their wishes for the next 25 years. The top 55 Doodles were announced, and the votes are in, with five national finalists selected. The submissions were judged on their artwork, written statement, artistic merit, and creativity.

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Google has introduced a simplified signup process for Android Enterprise, allowing IT admins to sign up using their corporate email address instead of a personal Gmail account. This reduces the risk of lost or deleted accounts and improves credential management. The new process also enables central setup tasks through the Google Admin console, such as syncing users and configuring settings.

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Google has released a new feature drop, which includes Gemini Nano coming to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a as a developer option, and Car Crash Detection to Pixel Watch 2. Gemini Nano is Google's most efficient AI model built for on-device tasks. The features will begin rolling out to devices today and will continue over the next few weeks.

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