Googles quarterlyFeature Drop became available on Mondayto users with the Pixel 3 series and later. you’re able to then easily drop them into places like Messages or Maps. A Heads Up feature also has been added to the Digital Wellbeing options. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Contributor Android also detailed 14 security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices.
Google Duo’s latest update is fairly big. Google has started rolling out a new home screen to the video app. With Duo receiving a simplified home screen, it is unclear if that is still a concern or not. Google Google says the changes were inspired by feedback from the community.
Googleparent Alphabet posted weaker-than-expected second-quarterearningsTuesday as the search giant experienced a choppy economy that has already weighed onadvertisingrevenue atSnapandTwitter. The company reported $1.21 in earnings per share, missing the $1.31 forecast. The weak results come as advertising, the company’s revenue driver, faces headwinds from a slowing economy. CFO Ruth Porat said 2021’s strong numbers made for difficult comparisons this year. Porat added that year-on-year growth rates were likely to slow for the rest of the year....
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. I suspect a few of you are looking forward to being robots. Who wouldn’t be fascinated by the idea of becoming someone other than themselves? We do get so tired of being the same dull soul every day. What kind of robots will we be? Happily, I can provide an answer. For more than a curt while, he’s been keen on humans going over to the bright side....
What Is Google Family Link? Google Family Link is an Androidparental controlapp. Family Link requires that each member have a Google account. Designed for kids 13 and under, Family Link works with Android and iOS 9 devices or later. Begin the process on theGoogle account signup page. when you land an account, download the Google Family Link app, which is free. Each group can have up to six family members....
If you have a 5G-compatible iPhone runningthe new iOS 16.4and use Google Fi for your phone service, you are finally able to connect to 5G. After not offering the capability for years, Google confirmed this week that Apple’s devices on its MVNO web link gained the new capability with Apple’s latest software release. iPhone users FiGet fast 5G coverage on all 5G-compatible phones on Fi - now available for iPhone.Learn how to turn it on https://t....
Google Fiberis expanding again. Mesa, Arizona, andOmaha, Nebraska, will receive the new services. Google Fiber is talking to city leaders to see where to bring service next. Google says it looks at existing internet availability and services when deciding where to expand the service. Locating local internet providers Google Fiber also hopes to offer service in Colorado Springs, Colorado, according toGovTech. The planned expansion follows alaunch of Google Fiber services in West Des Moines, Iowa, in March....
Google launched a new beta ofPicasaon Tuesday [news story]. Its biggest new feature is the capability to post pictures directly from the app to a Google-hosted Web album. It’s about time. I was one of those people. At first blush, integration appears quite good. It couldn’t be simpler. The albums get nice human-readable URLs and sharing them is a snap. Other Picasa users can download images (if you allow it) into their own Picasa libraries....
He also questioned whether the technology had been fully tested, the paper reported. In a statement to the Times, Google defended its research paper and practices. The superhuman claims were made in a Nature paper last year. Google said rebuttal paper didnt meet its standards. One of Nature papers authors said fired researcher harassed her and impugned the work. The fired researchers lawyer said he was maintaining scientific integrity. Chatterjee’s dismissal follows two high-profile firings within Google AI....
Per benchmarks on LMArena, Gemini 2.5 is leading in reasoning, science, math and agentic coding. It’s not winning in all tests, however. For example, OpenAI o3-mini still leads it in LiveCodeBench v5. Gemini 2.5 is rolling out to paid Advanced users now. Some users onRedditare reporting that they needed to delete and reinstall the Gemini app for 2.5 to show up. On desktop, Gemini 2.5 can be found onGoogle AI Studio....
Dropcam user instructions ForDropcamowners, Google has two different offers. TheNest Camis Google’s least expensive camera, but it doesn’t lack in features. In our review, we called it a great little camera. It should serve as a solid upgrade to the outgoing Dropcam. Nest Secure user instructions Nest Secureusers also have two options when it comes to migration. Google will handle the bill, provided that the system costs less than $485,according to PCMag....
That same year also brought vertical measurements to the app, though development appeared to slow shortly after. The idea behind Measure was simple. Users could use their camera to point and measure different items by drawing lines on the screen. Google
This is the second fine for Google by India in less than a week. The commission said Google forces app developers to exclusively use its Google Play billing system. App developers also can’t direct people to a separate webpage with alternative payment methods. It also noted that Google’s massively popular YouTube video site doesn’t use the Google Play billing system. India ordered Google to not restrict app developers from using third-party billing systems....
