Sources: Google laid off 200+ employees from its Core teams, including IT and its Python developer team, and plans to move some roles to India and Mexico
unless it's your smartphone Ann Resuma / International Business Times : Google Lays Off 200 ‘Core’ Employees; Eyes Shifting Some Roles To India, Mexico Alice Nunwick / Verdict : Google lays off 200 US...
Google plans to integrate Gemini into its Performance Max ad placement tool, helping brands generate longer headlines, after adding Gemini into Google Workspace
and it could be the AI-boosted help you never knew you needed James Hercher / AdExchanger : Performance Max Takes Its First Steps Into Auto-Generated Video Matthew Finnegan / Computerworld : Google's ...
Google doubles the cost of some legacy Nest Aware subscriptions internationally, including in Canada, while some modern plans are getting prices hiked by 25%
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : Forums: Slashdot and Ars OpenForum Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : International Nest Aware Subscriptions Jump in Price, as Much As 100% Ars OpenForum : Google is doubling the...
Google's fix for a Pixel phone storage bug, the second one in the past four months, is a very technical manual process requiring access to developer tools
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Google upgrades Gmail's spam filters with RETVec, a text vectorizer that understands “adversarial text manipulations” like emojis, typos, and special characters
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Humane's Ai Pin seems like a bizarre cross between Google Glass and a pager, the lack of apps feels extremely limiting, and the $699 price is hard to understand
and more importantly their team—a massive disservice. I would be devastated if I was an employee. It's low energy. … Casey Newton / @crumbler : I tried out Humane's long-awaited new AI pin. While t...
Qualcomm announces developing a Snapdragon RISC-V chip for Wear OS in partnership with Google, in what could be the first mass-market RISC-V Android SoC
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SpaceX plans to offer its Starlink Direct to Cell service to LTE phones, starting with texting in 2024, and adding voice, data, and IoT device support in 2025
what you need to know Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : SpaceX details Starlink-for-phones plan, launching in 2024 Andrew Tarantola / Engadget : Starlink's satellite cell service is set to launch in 2024, b...
Canalys: Q2 smartphone sales in North America fell 22% YoY, with Apple down 20% and Samsung down 27%; Google's sales rose 59% YoY and market share doubled to 4%
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Google Wallet rolls out support for US state IDs, starting with Maryland, and plans to add IDs from Arizona, Colorado, and Georgia in the coming months
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