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TNW ·
Google cleared an estimated 250,000 trees at its planned data centre site in Muhos, northern Finland, before finishing the required environmental assessment. Miranda Bryant reported this for the Guardian from the site. The clearing...
Android Authority · · Unconfirmed
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority We’ve recently seen several changes to Google Messages , with more rumored features on the way. That’s far from the only Google app getting some love right now, though. Google Wallet not only got a...
MEDIANAMA ·
Access Google’s Privacy Policy here. On October 16, Google updated its privacy policy to permit ad personalisation using data from Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos, but only for users who allow other Google services to access this...
Medianama ·
Pune police have asked Google and Apple to remove Rapido’s app from their app stores to shut down its unlicensed bike taxi service in the city. “We have already sent communications to Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store to put down...
Help Net Security ·
Google has open-sourced the Elephant-Goldfish Model plugin, an internal tool that makes an AI coding agent write and defend a design document before it touches any code. The plugin hands that document to fresh AI sessions that have...
Android Authority ·
Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Long-time Pixel users say clean Android, timely updates, and seamless Google services are among the biggest reasons they keep choosing Google’s phones. Features such as Call Screen, spam filtering,...
Engadget ·
Chrome is known for being a memory hog, but it may be more urban myth than reality. Here's how Google Chrome manages RAM.
TechSpot ·
The change sits in Google's updated privacy policy, which took effect on October 16 and was first spotted by Android Authority. The policy has long said, "We don't show you personalized ads based on your content from Drive, Gmail, or...
BGR ·
Now that Samsung has discontinued its Samsung Messages in the U.S. market, Google messages is the default texting app on Android smartphone.
Engadget ·
There's plenty an old Chromebook can do, even if it's not your main computer.
BGR ·
While signing in with Google is a handy shortcut on new sites, that convenience comes with a catch that most people don't consider until it's too late.
TelecomLead ·
Which 5G smartphone offers the strongest network reception in 2026? Mobile performance testing shows that the most expensive or newest smartphone does not always deliver the fastest mobile data speeds or most reliable connectivity. Best...
The Verge ·
This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more about AI's impact on the web, follow Emma Roth . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET.
Android Authority ·
I’ve been a Gemini user for a couple of years now. I use it mainly for learning new skills and summarizing concepts. It’s well-integrated with whatever Android smartphone I use, giving me helpful features like Circle to Search and...
Android Authority ·
As someone who uses WhatsApp for family communication and sundry, I simply don’t care about RCS . I can absolutely appreciate its benefits and why many of our readers use it, but my circumstances simply don’t require it. What I do need...
TNW ·
This time I’m not doing it… Oceans are different, sir.” That is what Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said when Donald Trump asked him to rename the Atlantic Ocean, according to Trump. The president told the story at a rally in...
Android Authority · · Unconfirmed
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority The Google TV Streamer was a big swing when it arrived in 2024, marking the end of the company’s Chromecast legacy. It not only dropped the Chromecast name, but also delivered a much more premium...
Phoronix ·
Linus Torvalds merged the "char/misc" changes for the Linux 7.4 kernel driver on Saturday. Most notable this cycle for char/misc is what's being removed: Google's C-written Binder driver has left the kernel with the Rust-based modern...
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
For over a year, Android devices have quietly initiated a process that automatically attaches the active SIM card’s phone number to every Google account signed in on the hardware. This includes primary, secondary, and even enterprise...
Android Authority ·
I remember the pain of firing up Samsung’s TouchWiz on my Galaxy phones. The software was laggy, unintuitive, and rarely updated. Quarterly security patches on flagship phones would be unacceptable in 2026, but that was the norm for...
Hacker News ·
Engadget ·
Adding a new SIM to your phone links it to all Google accounts, and any new Google accounts you add all inherit your phone number.
Digital Trends ·
Google’s pledge to keep Gmail and Photos out of ad targeting now has an exception for connected AI search data.
MEDIANAMA ·
Major Unified Payments Interface (UPI) apps PhonePe and Google Pay together accounted for 77.8% of UPI transactions in September 2026, noticeably down from their market share of 78.3% in the previous month, reveals the National Payments...
"technology OR cybersecurity OR artificial intelligence Jersey" - Google News ·
Data Scientists Say It’s Not You, It’s Google, In Flap Over AI-summarized Search Results NJIT News
Hacker News ·
TechRadar ·
Google raised a generation on Chromebooks – now comes the hard part
Android Authority ·
Googlebooks are a new category of Android-powered laptops, and I’ve been using them for two weeks. While I primarily tested the Acer Googlebook 14 , I also took the Dell XPS Googlebook for a spin. During the first week, I used...
The Hacker News ·
Google has updated its privacy policy to spell out that using personalized artificial intelligence (AI) features in Search or Gemini could allow the company to serve targeted ads to users based on their activity on other connected...
Android Authority ·
Credit: Shimul Sood / Android Authority Google Photos is easily the most feature-rich gallery app on Android. I love using it, but it can sometimes feel like too much. There’s a certain kind of fatigue that comes from seeing all those...
Digital Trends ·
Suspicious texts and dangerous links are about to have a harder time slipping through Google Messages, thanks to a new layer of AI-powered security.
Fast Company Tech ·
As anyone who travels frequently knows, airfare costs around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays can be significantly higher than those for the same route at other times of the year. It’s little surprise why: the year-end holiday...
Fast Company Tech ·
We’ve got two competing realities when it comes to tracking down info online these days: Getting answers has never been easier, between all the artificial intelligence chatbots in front of us and the unavoidable smearing of “AI...
Ghacks Technology News ·
Google has promoted ChromeOS 156 to the Stable channel, according to the Chrome Releases blog, bringing most supported Chromebooks to platform version 16836.19.0 and browser version 156.0.8078.42. The update adds Gemini-powered Talk to...
Hacker News ·
Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·
Google’s push to make artificial intelligence more personal is raising new questions about how it uses people’s private information. A privacy policy update effective October 16, 2026, introduces an exception allowing data from Gmail,...
Ars Technica ·
Using Google's products and services has always been fundamentally precarious—doing so gives the world's largest advertising company a lot of juicy personal data. Google has long said it won't use the sensitive data from products like...
SlashGear ·
This is the Acer Googlebook 14 -- it's like a better Chromebook, but is it ready to run Android like you hope it would?
Tech In Africa ·
Google and the Elba Hope Foundation, established by British actor Idris Elba, have partnered on a $1 million initiative aimed at expanding access to artificial intelligence tools for creative professionals across Africa. The programme...
Android Authority ·
TL;DR Google Health version 5.11 is rolling out now on Android and iOS. The update makes changes including an overhaul to automatic activity detection. More than 100 workout types can now be automatically logged on compatible wearables,...
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