Even for someone who has designs on a career in filmmaking, Gwenna Gentle couldn’t believe it. After sitting on the side of the highway for several minutes during what she thought was a routine traffic stop, Gentle said a sheriff’s deputy in Liberty County, Georgia, got on the charter bus she and her Delaware State lacrosse teammates were riding in and started rambling about human trafficking and drugs. “When he said, ‘What we’re looking for is lost children that are returned to families and… Source link

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel and editor-at-large David Pierce discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. On Wednesday, we saw Google announce a whole bunch of products and features from their keynote live stream — from updates to the Nest Hub Max to previewing a 2023 Pixel tablet. So, on The Vergecast, we’re focusing a chunk of the show on Google’s… Source link

While Google’s I/O developer conference isn’t exclusively dedicated to the digital workplace, there are enough announcements on workplace technologies to make it worthwhile taking a deeper dive, so that will be the focus of our news wrap up this week.  Google made a number announcements this year which look liked interesting additions to any organization operating in Google environments, particularly for those operating in a hybrid environment. So with no further ado, five… Source link

Google is opening its second physical store this summer. It will be located in Brooklyn. (Photo Courtesy, Google) Google is opening its second retail store. The brick-and-mortar Google Store will be located at 134 N 6th St., in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. It is set to open Thursday, June 16. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. Source link

This year’s Google I/O keynote was filled with hardware announcements, which is unusual considering it’s typically a software and services-focused affair. Of these, the most exciting was the news that Google plans to return to the Android tablet market next year and that it’s also releasing its first smartwatch — the Pixel Watch — later in 2022. Google gave a couple of different reasons for its change of heart. But the most interesting of these was a comment from Google’s VP… Source link

Brian Chesky co-founded Airbnb (ABNB) in the midst of the Global Financial Crisis, and he remembers Y Combinator Co-Founder Paul Graham warning him that “there might be no investors” when Airbnb presented at the Spring 2009 Demo Day. These days, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index in the midst of its worst sell-off since 2008, Chesky told Yahoo Finance Live (video above) that “this might be the end of a moment. But there’s always the next moment. If you’re building something… Source link

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 13, 2022. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow airport in February after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Brittney Griner appeared at a hearing in a Russian… Source link

Google and Amazon devices haven’t always played nice with each other, but it looks like that’s changing. Google recently announced a new Alexa Skill that brings the search giant’s Nest cameras to Amazon’s Echo Show and Fire TV line of devices. That means you can ask Amazon Alexa to bring up your Nest Doorbell’s video feed to see who is at your door or ask to see your living room camera to make sure the dog isn’t sleeping on… Source link

Google Search Console had added “translated results” to the search appearance filter in the performance reports today. This filter lets you drill down to how searchers who get translated results interact with your content in Google Search. How to access this filter. You can access this filter by logging into Google Search Console, clicking on your performance report and then clicking on the “+new” filter and selecting the search appearance for “translated results.” Here is a… Source link

At the end of its I/O presentation on Wednesday, Google pulled out a “one more thing”-type surprise. In a short video, Google showed off a pair of augmented reality glasses that have one purpose — displaying audible language translations right in front of your eyeballs. In the video, Google product manager Max Spear called the capability of this prototype “subtitles for the world,” and we see family members communicating for the first time. Now hold on just a second. Like many… Source link