The European Commission slapped Google with a record fine of 4.34 billion euros ($5 billion) on Wednesday over antitrust violations related to the Android mobile operating system. The European Union is concerned that Google’s agreements with phone makers such as Huawei, Samsung and LG put those companies at a disadvantage because they’re completely dependent on …
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Google launched an AI game for Tencent’s WeChat app on Wednesday, pushing its way further into the Chinese market. The game, whose name translates roughly to “Guessing Little Songs,” has players team up with an AI partner guess what their human rivals (and their accompanying AIs) are drawing, according to Google’s Chinese blog. You can add the game to WeChat …
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There are over 130 million iPhone users in China, and their data is now being stored by a Chinese government-run company. China Telecom, a state-owned carrier in China, is now in control of storing Chinese users’ iCloud data, it announced on Tuesday. It takes this duty from Guizhou-Cloud Big Data, who controversially gained operation control over Apple’s iCloud business in …
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Google Assistant will now pull together curated personal information, like flight times, restaurant reservations, scheduled meetings, expected package deliveries, reminders and more, and lay them out in a single overview you can scroll through. Announced on Monday, the new feature will be available on Android and iOS phones starting this week. Your overviews are updated throughout the day, and you …
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For 29 years, Her Majesty’s Submarine Ocelot quietly patrolled the Atlantic. Many of her missions are still classified to this day, nearly 30 years removed from her decommission in 1991. For months at a time, her crew of 69 men would stealthily listen and track enemy subs and ships using advanced sonar arrays. She covered over 90,000 miles in her …
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Klutzes, rejoice. Your next smartphone should be able to survive multiple drops. On Wednesday, glass maker Corning unveiled its newest technology, Gorilla Glass 6, which it says should survive repeated drops from heights of 1 meter (3.28 feet). In its tests, the glass lasted through 15 drops, twice as many as Gorilla Glass 5. Normal glass failed on the first …
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Google’s latest endeavor into streaming music services has a slight learning curve, only because it takes some inspiration from YouTube in how it handles your music. If you’re wondering just what YouTube Music is, and how it differs from YouTube Premium or Google Play Music, we lay it all out here. Three main sections Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET When you …
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The Google Cloud Platform experienced problems on Tuesday, causing outages for Google Cloud Networking, App Engine and Stackdriver. Services like Snapchat, Pokemon Go and Spotify were also affected. At 12:34 p.m. PT, Google said it was “investigating a problem with Google Cloud Global Loadbalancers returning 502s,” referring to a message indicating server issues. Google posted the statement on the Cloud Status Dashboard. At …
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Update, July 18: Prime Day officially ended at midnight PT (3 a.m. ET). Nearly all the deals featured below have now expired. Check out our roundup of Prime Day deals still available for a curated list of the best remaining bargains. Our original story continues below: There are still a few hours to go until the close of Amazon Prime …
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At $700, the Essential Phone didn’t make sense. At $500, it was worth a look, for the right person. But today, for Amazon Prime Day, the Essential Phone is just $250 — and that’s an incredible deal. See the Essential Phone at Amazon ($250) We’re talking about a phone with issues, yes — read my five-months-later-review — but also an unlocked …
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