Five years after Google released the first version of Android Go, its mobile operating system for entry-level devices, the program has now crossed the mark of 250 million monthly active devices. Last December, Google announced the milestone of 200 million Android Go monthly active users. So manufacturers have shipped more than 50 million lightweight Android devices this year. The search giant also announced the new Android 13 (Go Edition) with new features. The… Source link

Attorney General Paxton has sued Google, alleging that the tech giant has unlawfully captured and used the biometric data of millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so.  The lawsuit alleges that Google, in yet another violation of Texans’ privacy, has collected millions of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry, from Texans through its products and services like Google Photos, Google… Source link

Google’s first Pixel smartwatch is finally here after years of waiting, integrating the company’s Fitbit health-tracking tech and hoping to take on Samsung and the dominant Apple Watch. The Pixel Watch costs £339 ($350/A$549) and, while designed as a companion for the company’s smartphones, it will work with most Android phones with access to the Google Play Store but not with Apple’s iPhone. It runs Google’s Wear OS software based on Android but is heavily integrated with Fitbit… Source link

Grayscale Investments filed its first brief last week in its legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the agency’s refusal to let it convert its bitcoin fund into an exchange-traded fund. In an interview Monday for Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit, Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein says that the litigation transcends its own attempts to launch a spot bitcoin ETF. “We really feel that this lawsuit isn’t about bitcoin,” Sonnenshein told Yahoo Finance’s… Source link

Tesla (TSLA): Shares dropped after the company’s third-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates. Tesla reported adjusted earnings of $1.05 per share on sales of $21.45 billion. The company also reaffirmed that it still expects to see 50% average annual growth rate on vehicle deliveries, despite logistics volatility and supply chain bottlenecks. IBM (IBM): IBM boosted its full-year revenue forecast and posted better than expected third-quarter results, sending shares up more than… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) shares closed 13% higher on Wednesday following the company’s huge third-quarter earnings report. The platform delivered a beat on both the top and bottom lines, in addition to 2.41 million net subscriber additions — crushing estimates of 1 million. “This company is clearly back on track,” Geetha Ranganathan, senior media analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, told Yahoo Finance Live as analysts begin to separate themselves into optimistic and not so optimistic buckets. Following… Source link

In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don debate if the Carolina Panthers will decide to trade star RB Christian McCaffrey before the trade deadline this season, and discuss possible landing spots if Carolina does decide to make the move. Video Transcript [YAHOO FANTASY INTRO SOUND EFFECTS] MATT HARMON: Do you think he gets traded, Christian McCaffrey? I tend to not think. I don’t think– I think there’s like a 0% chance D.J. Moore gets traded, but I think there’s… Source link

In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Dalton Del Don debate if the Carolina Panthers will decide to trade star RB Christian McCaffrey before the trade deadline this season, and discuss possible landing spots if Carolina does decide to make the move. Video Transcript [YAHOO FANTASY INTRO SOUND EFFECTS] MATT HARMON: Do you think he gets traded, Christian McCaffrey? I tend to not think. I don’t think– I think there’s like a 0% chance D.J. Moore gets traded, but I think there’s… Source link

This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 The pandemic rubber band is hitting the tech industry. Microsoft (MSFT) made headlines this week when reports emerged that it slashed nearly 1,000 jobs, making it the latest tech giant to respond to economic turmoil. The company characterized its layoffs as “structural… Source link

This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 The pandemic rubber band is hitting the tech industry. Microsoft (MSFT) made headlines this week when reports emerged that it slashed nearly 1,000 jobs, making it the latest tech giant to respond to economic turmoil. The company characterized its layoffs as “structural… Source link