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...
Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, continuing to drop products outside of Google Home
but there's a happy ending for users Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : RIP to Dropcams, Nest Secure: Google is shutting down servers next year Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet : Google announces the end of multiple Ne...
Android 13 review: a small update, but 2022's second after March's tablet-focused 12L update, finally brings a task manager, notification permissions, and more
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Google will wind down Currents, the paid and private Google+ for enterprises, starting in 2023; Google shut down the consumer version of Google+ in April 2019
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