Google announces the Android 12 Developer Preview

Enlarge / This green circle (we added the background) is the Android 12 logo, I guess. Google is launching the first developer preview of Android 12 on Thursday. This is the beginning of a seven-month beta process that should end with a final release sometime around September. System images will be out today for the Pixel line (if these links are broken, check back later). Support is being cut for the Pixel 2 this year; for phones, the… Source link

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Android 12 developer preview is available now with many under-the-hood updates

Google is releasing a developer preview for the next version of Android, Android 12, for Pixel devices today. As is the norm for Google, the very first previews of Android are full of a lot of developer-facing changes. Android 12 has updates to how the OS handles images, video, and future security updates. It’s also the norm for Google to hold some of the major UI changes in reserve for its Google I/O conference, typically held in May. Although this developer preview does include some… Source link

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Apple TV app now available on the latest Google Chromecast

The Apple TV app is now available for Google’s 2020 Chromecast. It was announced in December that Apple’s streaming app, which offers access to its Apple TV Plus originals, would be coming to the awkwardly named Chromecast with Google TV. Starting today, owners of the excellent $50 device can download Apple TV and start using it. Apple TV originals like Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, and For All Mankind will appear in Google TV’s recommendations and search results. Of note, you’ll… Source link

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This is your chance to be featured on Google

Any doodlers out there? Even if you’re just a casual artist, Doodle For Google is a pretty cool contest that you should most certainly consider entering. Yes, the annual art contest is back again, and it’s running now through Feb. 26. So you still have just more than a week to get those entries in! So if you’re a student, or you know a student, in grades K-12, you’re invited to create a doodle. One winner’s artwork will be displayed on Google.com for a day. He or she will also receive:

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Google is restructuring its AI teams after Timnit Gebru’s firing

Google is reorganizing its responsible AI teams in the wake of Timnit Gebru’s firing. The ethical AI team will now roll up to Marian Croak, a prominent Black executive in the engineering department. Croak will also oversee employees focused on engineering fairness products, according to Bloomberg. She will report to Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI efforts. The ethical AI team was not aware of the reorganization until news broke Wednesday night. In a blog post confirming… Source link

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Why Google caved to Australia, and Facebook didn’t

On February 16th, I wrote that Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code threatened to splinter the internet. On February 17th, the splintering arrived: Google cut a deal with News Corp. that will ensure its services continue to be provided in Australia, and Facebook walked away from the bargaining table and began preventing people from sharing news links from Australian publishers around the world. I think Facebook basically did the right thing, and Google basically did the wrong thing,… Source link

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A guide to the ‘GameStop’ hearing

On Thursday the House Financial Services Committee will heat up the grill for five players in l’affaire GameStop (GME), late January’s stock market spectacle that saw the stock of the video game retailer skyrocket from the teens to well over $300 — and back down again to the mid-$40s. There has been a lot of confusion, conspiracy theories, complex market dynamics, loss, gain, and drama, and Congress hopes to clear up some of these things. Expect questions about conflicts of interest,… Source link

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Yandex (YNDX) Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Rise Y/Y – February 18, 2021

Yandex N.V. (YNDX Quick QuoteYNDX – Free Report) reported fourth-quarter 2020 adjusted earnings of 23 cents per share, whereas the Zacks Consensus Estimate was pegged at a loss of 4 cents per share. However, the figure declined 14.8% sequentially and8% year over year. Revenues of $969.2 million (RUB 71.6 billion) lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.02billion. In ruble terms, the figure rose 39% on a year-over-year basisand 22.8% from the previous quarter. The… Source link

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Yandex to spend $400-500 million on e-commerce

Russia’s Yandex, which on Tuesday reported a 2% rise in 2020 net profit, plans to spend $400 million-$500 million on an e-commerce push this year to help annual revenue reach 305-320 billion roubles ($4.1-4.3 billion), its finance chief said, Reuters reports. Yandex’s core advertising business took a hit during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, but surging interest in online transactions allowed other segments of its business to flourish, including food delivery and… Source link

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