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You have another chance to get a Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro at their lowest respective prices. The 6.4-inch Pixel 6 is $100 off, costing $499 unlocked at Amazon, Best Buy, or through the Google Store. The pricier Pixel 6 Pro has a 6.7-inch display, a higher-res screen, more RAM, and most notably, a telephoto lens with 4x optical zoom on its rear that sets it apart from many flagship phones out there. It normally costs $899, but you can get it for $649 through Amazon, Best Buy, or at the Source link

Taliban fighters patrol in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) The chaotic departure of U.S. troops from Afghanistan obscures an important national-security development: The American counter-terrorism effort of the last 20 years has generally worked, while getting more efficient and much cheaper over time. U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago to root out the al Qaeda terrorists who perpetrated the Sept…. Source link

Jio Platforms, run by India’s richest man (Mukesh Ambani), and Google on Thursday unveiled the JioPhone Next, an affordable Android smartphone, as the top Indian telecom operator makes further push to expand its reach in the world’s second largest internet market. The Indian firm, which secured $4.5 billion investment from Google (and another $15.5 billion from Facebook and others) last year and shared plans to work on low-cost smartphones, said the JioPhone Next is aimed at… Source link

DETROIT – The philanthropic arm of tech company Google will help the city of Detroit to build a search tool that helps people find affordable housing. Officials announced Monday that the city of Detroit has been chosen to participate in Google.org’s Fellowship Program, through which Google employees will support the city as it works on the affordable housing locator tool free of charge. The goal of the tool is to simplify searching and applying for affordable housing in Detroit by listing… Source link

SAN JOSE — Some unassuming properties that Google bought in downtown San Jose near the Shark Tank are poised to provide land to “jump-start” an affordable housing site made possible by the search giant’s transit village. During 2018, in multiple transactions over a span of seven months, Google bought three properties on North Montgomery Street and North Autumn Street. At the time, the transactions raised eyebrows because the properties were outside of the emerging footprint of the… Source link

SAN JOSE — Some unassuming properties that Google bought in downtown San Jose near the Shark Tank are poised to provide land to “jump-start” an affordable housing site made possible by the search giant’s transit village. During 2018, in multiple transactions over a span of seven months, Google bought three properties on North Montgomery Street and North Autumn Street. At the time, the transactions raised eyebrows because the properties were outside of the emerging footprint of the… Source link

Pumping more money into affordable housing projects, Google and the nonprofit Housing Trust Silicon Valley on Thursday announced nearly $30 million in loans for three new, subsidized housing developments in the Bay Area. The loans will back two South Bay developments, in Mountain View and Santa Clara, and part of a sprawling San Francisco redevelopment. The funds will go toward the construction of a 100-unit apartment complex in Mountain View, a 150-unit building in Santa Clara, and 880… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW — The 20-year timeline to build a Google village that would transform suburban office parks of the East Whisman neighborhood as well as the tech giant’s plan for meeting the city’s affordable housing requirements raised eyebrows this week among city commissioners who are eager to build housing more quickly. As part of several other massive housing projects across the South Bay, Google’s Middlefield Park project would create a new neighborhood of 1,900 homes, about 1.2… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW — The 20-year timeline to build a Google village that would transform suburban office parks of the East Whisman neighborhood as well as the tech giant’s plan for meeting the city’s affordable housing requirements raised eyebrows this week among city commissioners who are eager to build housing more quickly. As part of several other massive housing projects across the South Bay, Google’s Middlefield Park project would create a new neighborhood of 1,900 homes, about 1.2… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google has filed a new set of proposals for two new neighborhoods in northern Mountain View, an ambitious endeavor that would create thousands of new homes — and represent the largest residential project in that city’s history. Two new neighborhoods of houses, office buildings, shops, restaurants, open spaces, and public areas would sprout north of U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, according to Google’s preliminary master plan proposal for North Bayshore that the… Source link