Discovered in 1947, but written up to 24 Centuries ago between the third and first Century BCE, theDead Sea Scrollsinclude the oldest Biblical manuscripts known to exist along with the insights into life in ancient Jerusalem. Now The Israel Museum in Jerusalem hasworked with Googletobring these historic documents online. The images of the Scrolls are taken in resolutions of up to 1,200 megapixels, allowing users to zoom deep into the text, to the point where it’s possible to examine the animal skin one of them is written on....

Google today announced that it has seen 190 million activations of Android devices worldwide during itsquarterly earnings call. Google hasreported record earningsof just shy of $10 billion that have exceeded estimates by nearly $1B. In May of this year, Googleannouncedthat there had been 100 million Android devices activated and in June it said that it wasactivating500,000 devices a day across 36 OEMsand 215 Carriers. At that time, they said that there were 450,000 Android developers and 200,000 apps available to consumers....

Google’s new strategy for search is to provide you with answers, not just links, said the company’s executive charmainEric Schmidtin an interview withWalt MossbergandKara Swisherat the D9 conference today. “We can literally compute the right answer,” said Schmidt, referencing advances in artificial intelligence technology. Instead of looking for links, he said, we’re at a point in technology where many answers to search queries can be computed, rather than simply returning a list of links from an index....

Google’s $349 Pixel 4a is finally here — but is it too little too late? Specifications The company is releasing just one size this time, so there’s no Pixel 4a XL. It says that the design team managed to cram 5.81-inch of the screen in a relatively smaller body. So there wasn’t any need for a larger phone. Even after that, thick bezels on the front are visible and daunting....

It’s been almost a year and a half since Google announced its acquisition of travel information specialists ITA Software, evenlaunching its first ITA-powered product– Google Flights – in September, but today the search giant’s purchase has been given federal approval after it agreed to conditions imposed by the U.S Government. In April, some nine months after Google made its bid to acquire ITA, the Justice Department approved the transaction. Today, U....