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Google I/O 2021 live updates: The news from Google’s developers conference

Pixel Watch, Pixel Buds A-Series, WearOS We’ve been hearing rumors about a Pixel Watch for years. Could Google I/O finally be the event to showcase Google’s first branded wearable? A leak in April from Jon Prosser showed a circular watch likely powered by a new version of WearOS. The renders show a watch without a bezel around the screen, no physical buttons, interchangeable watch straps and indications the watch will have a heart rate sensor. This is also the first major… Source link

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Google I/O 2021 developer conference will feature Android 12 and maybe a Google watch

Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the 2019 Google I/O conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 07, 2019 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) annual I/O developer conference kicks off on Tuesday after being shut down entirely last year due to the pandemic. But this time around, rather than packing the Shoreline Amphitheater outside the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, the show will be an all-virtual… Source link

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Google’s virtual I/O developer conference kicks off on May 18

After canceling its I/O developer conference last year instead of hosting it virtually, Google is ready to bring back its I/O developer conference this year. CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the show will run from May 18th to the 20th, following a tweet this morning from the Google Developers Twitter account sending users to a series of puzzles. Engadget is still attempting to crack all of them, but we have the solutions for at least the first two stages if you’re… Source link

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Tech transparency conference suspends Google sponsorship over transparency concerns

The Association for Computing Machinery nixed Google as a sponsor for the fourth annual Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency, happening this week online. The association had been facing pressure to address recent events at Google — namely the departure of two female computer scientists who called out bias in artificial intelligence and within the company. Conference sponsorship co-chair Michael Ekstrand, assistant professor of computer science at Boise State University,… Source link

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Should teams play in their conference tournaments?

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp involved in personnel, free agency meetings Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp is taking a hands-on approach to rebuilding the team’s roster. Chris Spielman, who joined the Lions’ front office in December, said this morning on 97.1 The Ticket that Hamp is involved in the Lions’ meetings as they discuss improving their personnel. “[Hamp] has been involved by being in all these [more] Source link

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NFL conference championship picks: A pair of rematches

On one hand, it makes sense that playoff rematches would look similar to the regular-season result. There’s usually a reason one team beats another. That doesn’t magically disappear in the playoffs. Since 2002, when the NFL started its current divisional format, teams that won a regular-season meeting are 63-44 in the playoff rematch according to the Washington Post. In the championship round, there have been nine rematches from the regular season over the past seven seasons and the team… Source link

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Breaking down conference title races

There won’t be too much conference championship drama in the final week of the college football regular season. Thirteen teams have already clinched spots in the 10 conference title games set to take place over Dec. 18 and 19. That includes No. 1 Alabama after the Crimson Tide wrapped up the SEC West in dominating fashion with a 55-17 win over defending national champion LSU. The Alabama passing game carved up LSU as wide receiver DeVonta Smith caught seven passes for 219 yards and three… Source link

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Tom Brady makes quick exit from press conference after question about coaching

Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady faced the virtual music with reporters after Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs. But he didn’t face it for very long. The post-game press conference ended after less than two-and-a-half minutes, with this question from Jenna Laine of ESPN.com prompting a polite answer and a quick exit. “Hey, Tom, as you head to your bye week, there have been some folks who have had some chatter about, you know, you still look like you are running someone else’s offense,”… Source link

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Trump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with white nationalists to commission that preserves Holocaust memorials

Former White House speechwriter Darren Beattie. (Darren Beattie via Twitter) WASHINGTON — A former speechwriter fired from the White House in 2018 for attending a conference at which white supremacists were also present has been appointed to a commission tasked with preserving Holocaust-related sites across Europe. The former speechwriter, Darren Beattie, will join the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, according to a press release sent by the White House on… Source link

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