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Google chief executive Sundar Pichai met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and assured his support to making an open and connected internet that works for all. He also hailed "the rapid pace of technological change" under PM Modi's leadership.

YouTube is currently testing the subscription-based model -- Courses -- with few partners and creators and planning to launch it in the first half of 2023. YouTube hasn't revealed any official launch month or date for Courses yet.

Sundar Pichai tweeted saying that Google Search registered its highest-ever traffic in 25 years since its origin, thanks to tremendous interest generated during the nail-biting FIFA World Cup final. Search has been around for decades and events like these shows it real value to billions of internet users across the globe.

The goal was to make reporting issues quick, accurate, and simple. According to the company, the dashboard will report on widespread issues that have occurred in the last seven days, along with some details and the current incident status.

Google has rolled out a new security feature for Chrome. Now, users can log in with passkeys. Passkeys is a unique digital identity that can be stored in your devices, including your computer, phone, or other devices like a USB security key to help you with easy and secure access. Here are the details.

India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu handed over the award to the Google CEO and said that his "inspirational journey reaffirms Indian talent's contribution to global innovation".

Google awarded apps the Google Play's Best of 2022 across different categories. The award recognises the best apps and games on the Google Play app store for Android devices.

Amber Heard has become the most-searched celebrity on Google of 2022. She has been in news following her high-profile defamation trial against her ex-husband Johnny Depp. Amber topped the list as the most-searched celebrity of 2022, with reportedly an average of 5.6 million searches every month in the US.

The alert from the search engine giant comes ahead of the holiday season, which always marks an increase in the number of fraudulent activities online.Google shared this warning in its blog post titled “5 scams to watch out for this holiday season.”

Alphabet has a workforce of nearly 187,000 employees and is yet to comment on the reported mass layoffs that may hit the company in days to come or early next year. According to the new approach, managers must identify 6% of workers, or around 10,000 individuals, as low performers based on their significance to the company.