When Google employees learned the company was working on a secret drone project for the US government that could weaponize their AI research, thousands protested the so-called Project Maven — and some employees reportedly quit. Now, The New York Times reports that 1,000 employees are protesting another secret project — one that would produce a …
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Google says it’s trying to be clearer about how it tracks users on certain apps. On Thursday, the search giant updated a help page for its location tracking tools, after the company’s data collection practices had come under fire for being what some critics called misleading. Previously, the help page said: “You can turn off Location History at any time. …
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Sorry Tweetbot, Twitterrific and the host of other third-party Twitter apps, the social network is moving on without you. Fan-favorite apps like Tweetbot, which offers an alternative way to access your Twitter feed, have lost several core features thanks to changes made to Twitter’s platform. Tweetbot specifically lost instant timeline streaming on Wi-Fi, and push notifications for likes, retweets, follows …
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It’s a trip down memory lane or, rather, the annals of Infinite Loop. A Redditor named Nucleam posted links to a pair of Google Photos albums of — as far as I can tell — every single wallpaper Apple has ever released for iOS and MacOS (and before it, OS X). It’s amazing. Here’s the iOS Wallpaper album. And here’s …
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Motorola’s new high-end Moto P30 6.2-inch phone has launched in China, looking uncannily like the Apple iPhone X — but with a cool ceramic and glass gradient back that helps it stand out from the notch-filled crowd. Motorola Top-of-the-line for Motorola, a budget-phone biggie, means something different to Moto than it does to Apple, though — the P30 (English translation) starts at …
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Now Google One’s cloud storage is open to all. Google One is the new way you’ll buy online storage from Google, taking over from the company’s previous Google Drive storage plans. While Google One was announced back in May, it was previously only available to people with paid Google Drive plans. Google just announced that now anyone can sign up for a Google …
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Leica is to the photography world what Rolex is to watches. It’s synonymous with a heritage of high-quality cameras, lenses and romanticised photographic experiences in exotic locales. It’s also a name that the Huawei P20 Pro phone proudly bears on its back. In 2014 the two companies partnered to fine-tune the imaging process and optics on Huawei phones. But it wasn’t Leica’s involvement that …
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Google’s latest OS update, Android 9 Pie, is heading to a Motorola phone near you. On Wednesday, Motorola shared its list of phones that’ll get Android Pie: Moto Z3 Moto Z3 Play Moto Z2 Force Edition Moto Z2 Play Moto X4 Moto G6 Plus Moto G6 Moto G6 Play Now playing: Watch this: Change these 3 Android Pie settings right away …
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Do you wish you had a personal trainer to whip you into shape? What about an AI one? Google is reportedly working on a wearable health and fitness assistant called Google Coach, according to Android Police. Google Coach will do more than just track your exercise, says Android Police, it’ll also use AI and the data it learns from you …
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Google is bringing its Android 9 Pie update to even more phones with Android Pie Go edition this fall, the company announced today. Ironically, that means a $30 phone might get it before you do! Google’s Android Go program is designed to bring fast and smooth performance to entry-level phones all over the world. But a side effect of the …
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