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Google on Thursday said it will give people more information on wildfires when they search for them on the tech giant’s home page and maps app, an update that comes as California and Colorado battles blazes raging across their states.  The company is adding maps that outline the boundaries of a wildfire, as well as …

When they hit stores back in April, the Google Pixel Buds 2 earbuds got a lot of attention for their eye-catching Mentos-esque design. And while Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Live are the wireless earbuds of the moment — at least in terms of their innovative design — the Pixel Buds 2 may get some renewed attention thanks to the arrival of new …

IBM has doubled the performance of its quantum computers compared with last year’s model, a key step in delivering on the promise of the revolutionary machines. But it’s only an early step, and rivals are breathing down Big Blue’s neck. The fundamental data processing element in a quantum computer is called a qubit, and having more of them is better. …

Nvidia GeForce Now and Google Stadia are among the leaders of the pack for cloud gaming — technology that renders and streams supported games from data centers to your phones, PCs and Macs so you can play on devices that might otherwise not be able to run them. Among high-profile newcomers there’s also Microsoft’s Project xCloud, which launches next month but has the advantage …

Gmail appears to be working again Thursday after people worldwide reported disruptions to a number of Google services over about seven hours.  A widespread outage of the popular Google services began shortly after 9 p.m. PT Wednesday. People reported issues in the US, Europe and parts of Asia including India, Japan, Singapore and Australia, according to outage monitoring site DownDetector. …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Just two years ago, Wall Street investors pushed Apple to a trillion-dollar market capitalization, making it the most valuable tech company in the world. Now, even in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the market says Apple is worth twice as much. At around 7:53 …

Huawei has confirmed its older phones will continue getting security and software updates after its Google license expired this month. In response to a Huawei Nova 5T user on Twitter, Huawei said “there is no impact on existing devices.” “We will continue to share security and software updates to our devices, as we always have,” Huawei tweeted Monday. Hi there, …

Google Meet will soon be arriving on Google Chromecast and Chromecast-enabled smart TVs, the company said Wednesday. The update will be rolling out all over the next couple days.  “Earlier this year, we launched Google Meet on Nest Hub Max, and it just felt right to expand Meet to even more screens in your home,” Google said in a community post Tuesday. …

Facebook said Wednesday that it’s adding videoconferencing apps Zoom, BlueJeans, GoToMeeting and Webex to its Portal video chat devices in September, a move that the social media giant hopes will entice people to use their products while they’re working from home. Video calling has become more popular because people are spending more time at home to slow the spread of …

Australia’s competition watchdog on Monday accused Google of sharing “misinformation” about a proposed law that would require the search giant to pay media companies for news content. The response comes after Google published an open letter saying that the code would “hurt how Australians use Google Search and YouTube.” “A proposed law, the News Media Bargaining Code, would force us to provide you …