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  1. Google Wallet’s receipt scanning has already won over most of you

    Android Authority ·

    Google Wallet , over the years, has evolved into much more than a simple app that lets you store your digital payment cards. The app also lets you store and tap your local transit passes , save loyalty and gift cards, store supported...

  2. Google’s latest health upgrade is sleeping on Fitbit support

    Android Authority ·

    TL;DR Fitbit Edge and Air owners are discovering that Google’s new sleep breathing quality feature isn’t supported on their trackers. Google’s own online store comparison confirms the omission, even though both trackers support the...

  3. Google Support Pages Start Defaulting to AI Chatbots

    Slashdot ·

    Google is beginning to replace traditional support articles with "Ask Google Help," a Gemini-powered interface that summarizes documentation and lets users troubleshoot through a chatbot. 9to5Google reports: "Ask Google Help" will...

  4. Acer Googlebook 14 review

    TechRadar ·

    Matt Hanson is a technology journalist who, despite his youthful looks, has been doing this for almost 15 years. He joined TechRadar all the way back in 2014, and over the years has climbed to become Managing Editor, Core Tech, leading...

  5. Google Offers Gemini Agent to Government Workers

    PYMNTS.com ·

    After introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) agent for workers in the private sector, Google is shifting its focus to public employees. The tech giant on Tuesday (Oct. 20) announced the preview of its Gemini agent for government...

  6. Google Mandates Further Verification for US and Canada Financial Ads

    PYMNTS.com ·

    Google is bringing to the United States and Canada a Financial Services Verification program that already protects 2 billion internet users in 42 countries from financial scam ads, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) blog post...

  7. Google may add your number to all your accounts: How to stop it

    Malwarebytes Labs · · Medium severity

    As Android Central reports , users have received unexpected emails telling them their phone number has been verified for secondary Google accounts. Like me and many others, you may have one Google account for everyday use, another for...

  8. Google Cloud says a 'power event' caused today's outage

    The Register ·

    Google Cloud has blamed a “power event” for taking down multiple online products for customers in Western Europe, and is pledging to restore normal service within the hour. The unplanned downtime for customers began at 0608 UTC when...

  9. Google Cloud outage takes down C and other banks in UK

    Latest InfoTech News, IT, Information Technology News | The HinduBusinessLine ·

    Alphabet Inc.’s Google said its London-region services “are experiencing issues” on its status page, with no further details on the cause

  10. Android 17: Eligible Google Pixel Phones

    Innovation Village | Technology, Product Reviews, Business ·

    Google Pixel users are looking ahead to Android 17, Google’s latest Android operating system, which brings new multitasking tools, privacy improvements, security enhancements and performance updates. Google released Android 17 on June...

  11. Google outage hitting EU, UK hard

    AppleInsider · · Unconfirmed

    If you're in the EU or UK, the internet may not be working right this morning. Across the board, Google services including DNS, cloud, and ad serving are struggling. https://status.cloud.google.com Continue Reading on AppleInsider |...

  12. The Googlebook work test: Can an Android laptop get the job done?

    Computerworld ·

    In a weird way, I’ve been thinking about the idea of a Googlebook for well over a decade now — despite the fact that such a product has only officially existed for a matter of months. I’m relatively unusual in the world of tech...

  13. Google Cloud outage hits London region as Revolut also goes down

    TNW ·

    Dozens of Google Cloud services failed in the company’s London data centre region on Tuesday morning, and hit firms that run their systems there. The same morning, customers of fintech Revolut could not use its app or pay by card. A...

  14. Some Google Home Speakers caught downloading hundreds of gigs of data

    The Verge ·

    Google says a fix is rolling out that should solve the issue. | Photo: Jennifer Patison Tuohy / The Verge Some Google Home Speaker owners are currently experiencing an issue in which hundreds of gigabytes of data are being continuously...

  15. How I turned my Pixel into the Nest Hub Google never made

    Android Authority ·

    Google’s smart speaker lineup is going through a rough patch. There has been no new smart display launched in over half a decade, and the only new device announced was the Home Speaker, which has nothing special about it except that it...

  16. Google Cloud's London zones takes a nap, multiple services disrupted

    The Register ·

    Google Cloud customers in Western Europe are waking up to severe disruption affecting multiple services and, as yet, there is no estimated time of recovery. The europe-west-2-b is one of three local availability zones in the London...

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