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Get things done hands-free with a Google Nest Hub Smart Display TL;DR: Take control of your day without lifting a finger with the Google Nest Hub Smart Display for $89.99 at Lowe's a $40 savings. (But hurry: This sale only lasts through July 2.) If you are slowly but surely tranforming your house into a smart home, it won't really be complete with....

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Google is quietly killing the Pixel 3a, its $400 Android phone that ended up being one of the best smartphones of last year (GOOG, GOOGL) Google is discontinuing the $400 Pixel 3a, the more affordable version of its Pixel 3 phone that it launched last spring. The company said it had "completed sales" of the phone in a statement to Android Police. The phone was widely acclaimed by critics for offering some of the Pixel 3's ....

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Google's Fitbit takeover probed by EU regulators The EU questions whether Google's takeover of Fitbit will harm competition or give it too much data.....

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YouTube now lets creators respond to comments with AI-generated smart replies Google is making it easier for YouTube creators to engage with their audience and quickly reply to comments under their videos. The company is rolling out Smart Reply — an AI-powered feature designed to help users generate appropriate replies without actually typing — to YouTube Studio. Here's w....

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Google's cheap Pixel 3a is sold out and discontinued If you were in the market for a cheap Pixel phone, your options just got narrower. Google has confirmed to Android Police that it has discontinued the Pixel 3a. "Google Store has sold through its inventory and completed sales of Pixel 3a. For people who are still interested in buying P....

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Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Sundar Pichai will all testify before Congress in an antitrust hearing Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, Apple's Tim Cook, and Amazon's Jeff Bezos will all testify before Congress in an antitrust hearing in late July. The news was confirmed by Democratic Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island. Zuckerberg, Pichai, and Bezos had all reportedly ....

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Chrome OS will get Steam as part of new Linux virtualization environment Support will likely first come to 10th-gen Intel CPUs Back in January, we exclusively reported that Google wants to add Steam to Chrome OS and introduce more powerful Chromebooks, possibly running on AMD silicon. Now further details have emerged. 9to5Google found a new Linux emulator in the Googl....

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Be the talk of the water this summer with an over-the-top pool float Tired: Swimming in a pool. Wired: Lounging atop a gorgeous inflatable float for hours on end. Swimming is hard to beat in the summer activity department. But pool floats remain a tried-and-true trend each year, as people search for fun, fanciful, and (fine) Instagram-worthy ways to spend their summ....

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10 things in tech you need to know today Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Thursday. Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said Facebook is 'not gonna change' its policies on policing hate speech, in response to a boycott by more than 500 advertisers over the company's hate speech policies. Major brands like Coca-Cola, Fo....

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Google and Apple boot 59 banned Chinese apps in India from their app stores Two days after India banned 59 Chinese apps over security and privacy concerns, these apps are removed from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. These apps included some major names such as TikTok, WeChat, UC Browser, and SHAREit. Just after the ban, Bytedance pulled out its apps, TikTok a....

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Google discontinues its popular Pixel 3a phone — but where's the Pixel 4a? Google has discontinued its last year's mid-range phones the Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL. However, there's no word on whether the company is launching the Pixel 4a any time soon. The search giant told Android Police — which first reported the development –that the product is available through s....

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Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google CEOs Agree To Jointly Testify Before Congress In Antitrust Case The chief executive officers of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), and Google pa read more....

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Gmail down in India, company working on a fix New Delhi: Google users had a harrowing time in India as Gmail and other internet services went down for Airtel users for hours on Wednesday evening. Users in India and in some other countries went to social media platforms complaining they were unable to access Gmail and other Google services. Po....

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Google Messages adopts bubble notifications for Android 11 Beta users Popping pop-up texts, ahoy! Google Messages appears to be rolling out support for bubble chatheads as provided for in Android 11 Beta 1. The company promised this adaptation a few weeks ago. Going into the app's settings, users may find a new Bubbles item. Selecting it will take them to a s....

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Pixel 3a and 3a XL have been discontinued, Pixel 4a may be near All good things must come to an end, they say, and as far as the recent Pixel lineup is concerned, the Pixel 3a siblings may have been one Google’s better ones. Despite the less powerful specs, it was generally better received than the Pixel 3 and definitely more than the Pixel 4. Now, however....

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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google CEOs to testify in historic antitrust hearing The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have committed to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee as part of its ongoing antitrust inquiry, which will mark the first time the four tech bigwigs have appeared together before Congress, Fox News has confirmed.....

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Chrome OS might soon run Steam games too It is increasingly becoming evident that Google is grooming Chrome OS to be something like a dumping ground for anything and everything it can cram into what was originally a glorified Chrome web browser. From that modest beginning, Chromebooks have grown up to support not just Android and Linux app....

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Gawk at the boatloads of cash Google is throwing at Apple to maintain its search monopoly According to a recent report by the UK Competition and Markets Authority, Google paid £1.2 billion (or around $1.5 billion) across 2019 to secure its place as the default search engine in devices across the market, the "substantial majority of which" was paid to Apple. That's a huge sum,....

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UK regulators take aim at Apple's deal with Google to make it the default search engine on Safari Google's payments to Apple to be the default search engine on Apple's Safari web browser create "a significant barrier to entry and expansion" for Google's rivals in the search engine market, the UK markets regulator said in a report released on Wednesday. Enforcement authorities should be give....

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YouTube Studio picks up Smart Replies Apparently now branded as just one word: SmartReplies In a post to its (always fascinating) AI Blog, Google has just revealed that its Smart Reply feature, previously present on apps and services like Messages and Gmail, has come to comment replies for YouTube content creators. Built right into Y....

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The Pixel 3a may be discontinued, goes unavailable on Google Store This could be the end of the line for the 3a The official US Google Store listing for the Pixel 3a shows the phones as "Unavailable" for purchase as of this afternoon. Previously, as late as yesterday, the phone was listed only as "Out of stock." The change in language generally denotes when a pr....

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An exclusive Montenegro resort island was an influencer obsession last summer — and it just reopened amid the pandemic. Take a look inside. Courtesy of Aman Sveti Stefan Aman Sveti Stefan, a luxury resort and island in Eastern Europe's Montenegro, reopened on July 1. It can cost up to $6,000 to stay there for a week during high season. Influencers were snapping photos there throughout all of summer 2019. Nestled between a forest a....

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A remote Wyoming ranch's award-winning spa resort is offering buyout packages for as much as $175,000 a week. Take a look inside the luxurious retreat. Magee Homestead, an award-winning luxury spa resort in southern Wyoming, is offering week-long buyouts costing up to $175,000 per week for 29 guests. Part of the 30,000-acre Brush Creek Ranch, the homestead consists of nine luxury cabins, a private lodge, and on-site spa. The buyout package in....

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Google delays reopening U.S. offices until September When the coronavirus pandemic first started to take hold back in March, tech companies quickly shifted to getting as many employees to work from home as possible. Google was one of those companies, and it planned to get people back in the office this month, but not anymore. As Reuters reports, Goog....

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MIT removes huge dataset that teaches AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs MIT has taken offline a massive and highly-cited dataset that trained AI systems to use racist and misogynistic terms to describe people, The Register reports. The training set — called 80 Million Tiny Images, as that's how many labeled images it's scraped from Google Images — was created in 200....

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Google Duo has new rainbow-filled AR filters to celebrate LGBT pride When a rainbow's on a filter, you can celebrate pride anytime! Pride Month is over, but the rainbow arcs over yonder. As such, Google is beginning to roll out some colorful new filters to its video calling app, Duo. One of them is an update to an existing augmented reality filter featurin....

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I tried Hey, the $99 a year email app that Apple threatened to remove from the App Store, and it completely changed the way I look at my inbox forever Hey is a new email app from Basecamp that's designed to help you get the most out of your email. It lets you sort emails into categories for newsletters and shipping notifications, and makes it possible to screen emails just like you screen phone calls. The email provider, which was initially ....

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Android Auto for phones gets a new Maps interface with better landscape support The directions and settings don't take up the whole screen anymore Last year, Google was planning on sunsetting the on-device Android Auto experience in favor of Assistant Driving Mode, but things didn't go as planned. The replacement experience that relies on Assistant stalled and eventuall....

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Exclusive deal: 4 LED smart bulbs that work with Alexa and Siri for less than 1 Philips Hue bulb Philips Hue's multicolor LED smart bulbs are terrific, but you'll have to pay a whopping $50 per A19 bulb and that's ludicrous. If you want the same quality bulbs with all the same key features for far less money, we've got a fantastic exclusive deal for you to check out on Amazon. Use the coupon ....

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Google is testing Smart Compose on WhatsApp and Telegram It looks Google's exploring new ways to turn us all into robots. Users of Gboard beta have spotted Smart Compose popping up in Google Messages, Telegram, and WhatsApp, 9to5Google reports. The feature's been making writing suggestions as you type for a couple of years now, but never before in messa....

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Google delays reopening its US offices amidst coronavirus surge Google is backtracking on its plans to reopen its US offices after coronavirus cases across the country have surged exponentially over the past couple of weeks, Bloomberg has learned. In an internal memo sent to employees, the company said its offices will remain closed at least until September 7. E....

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Samsung Galaxy S20 series updates with July patch now rolling out in Europe With camera zoom and video stablization improvements among other smaller fixes Update Europe rollout underway Samsung used to be known for updating its devices notoriously late, but gradually, it has become one of the most active....

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Google Meet's impressive live noise-cancellation is rolling out to more countries Now in Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, and New Zealand Update Updated with more details on availability. We've all been in a video conference where background noise coming from someone's microphone ruined the entire conversation....

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Gmail's spam filter is broken for some A Nigerian prince needs your money to access his frozen assets Spam filters are a thing we rely on every single day to protect us from an overwhelming amount of unwanted messages, but we rarely think about the technology behind it when everything works. When the algorithms behind them do....

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Google buys smart glasses company North Despite the failure of Google Glass to go mass market, the tech giant remains keen on smart glasses.....

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Gboard beta is getting Smart Compose for chat apps Looking forward to eerily on-point suggestions like in Gmail and Docs Last year, Google rolled out Smart Compose and autocorrect to Gmail and the G Suite version of Google Docs. The feature automatically suggests words based on your writing patterns and common phrases, and it's eerily good at it.....

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OnePlus sells out first batch of Nord units before the phone is shown to the world OnePlus Nord is the official name of the affordable, mid-range OnePlus handset that will launch in July in several markets. The company started teasing the new handset via social media, where it's publishing a multi-part documentary about the making of the Nord. Separately, OnePlus sold ou....

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Sign in with Apple has hidden problems says AnyList app dev The deadline for affected apps to implement Apple’s new single sign-on or SSO experience has now passed. Announced mid-2019, the system was praised for its privacy-focused implementation compared to what the likes of Facebook and Google have been offering on apps and services for years. While ....

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Chrome 86 removes the last remaining website forced dark mode flag The feature won't see the light of day after all Google has been working on a forced dark mode for Chrome on Android, giving each and every website a black-and-gray makeover, regardless of whether it has a native dark theme or not. Over the last year, the company has poured tons of resources....

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D2C or marketplace? Wix, Jellyfish & Ruby Love debate e-commerce strategies While most countries are beginning to restart economic activity, for many businesses the last few months have been tough, as lockdown measures cut into supply chains, retail channels and working practices. In response, brands of all size and digital maturity have rushed to find new ways to access cu....

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10 things in tech you need to know today Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. Facebook has banned hundreds of groups and accounts linked to the far-right boogaloo movement. The social media giant said it removed 220 Facebook accounts, 95 Instagram accounts, 28 pages, and 106 groups linked to the boogalo....

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Make sense of SEO with this heavily discounted training bundle TL;DR: The Complete SEO Certification Training bundle is on sale for £24.41 as of July 1, saving you 96% on list price. It's been said that attention to detail is the determining factor in whether something is great or just good. That's certainly true when you're dealing with search engine o....

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Google confirms acquisition of smart glasses maker North There's probably more to Google's interest than just glasses, though Update Google confirms acquisition Google is acquiring smart glasses manufacturer North Inc., reportedly to the tune of $180 million, shori....

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The Facebook boycott is gaining steam, but the real impact might not be felt for another year Hello! Welcome to the Advertising & Media Insider newsletter, your weekly fix of industry news. I'm Lucia Moses, deputy editor here. You can sign up for this newsletter here. Facebook fallout For years, industry experts have been saying Facebook's ad business will be untouchable as long as it ....

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Google Stadia Controller wireless Android update and July's free games Today we’re taking a peek at the latest update for Google Stadia, complete with a bump for the Stadia Controller. The official Stadia Controller previously required a USB connection to an Android device in order to play Stadia games on an Android device. Now, with this latest update, users can....

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 247: Trust & Safety Has A Posse As the debates about content moderation rage on, it is becoming increasingly clear that most people don't know a whole lot about how large internet platforms actually handle these decisions — namely, that they have teams of people who have been working and studying under the "trust and....

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YouTube TV bumps its price to $64.99 after adding eight new channels Google announced on Tuesday that YouTube TV is increasing its price from $49.99/month to $64.99/month, marking the biggest price hike in the service's history. YouTube TV's price is going up because ViacomCBS channels BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, TV Land, and....

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Google Search gets realistic Jurassic World dinosaurs with AR Google users on mobile can now experience a realistic dinosaur in their own environment using the Google Search app. With this new experience, Google offers AR dinosaurs based on the movie Jurassic World to let users experience the extinct creatures in an entirely new way — and, of course, usi....

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The Most Important Privacy Case You've Never Heard Of One of the most important privacy cases you've never heard of is being litigated right now in a federal district court in Maine. ACA v. Frey is a challenge by the nation's largest broadband Internet access providers to a Maine law that protects the privacy of the state's broadband Internet users. ....

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The best TV deals for the Fourth of July include $400 off LG's brand-new CX 4K OLED TV To celebrate the Fourth of July, several stores are now offering big discounts on various TV models. We'll update this page with new deals as more sales are announced. Right now, LG's new 65-inch CX OLED 4K TV is $2,399.99 — that's $400 off its original price, and one of the best....

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The Home Depot is bundling Google's Nest thermostat, mini smart speaker, and 2 temperature sensors together for $120 off Home Depot has a deal on a bundle that includes the Nest Thermostat (3rd-gen), Google Home Mini, and two Nest Temperature Sensors. You can get it for $228, which is $120 off of the full retail price of $348. The Nest Thermostat (3rd-gen) lets you control your home's temperature vi....

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