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Google is shutting down its Assistant-powered Driving Mode

Google is shutting down its Assistant-powered Driving Mode

After announcing it at I/O 2019, teasing it in 2020 and finally launching it officially last year, Google is shutting down the Assistant Driving Mode dashboard, 9to5Google reported. The feature gives users an Android Auto-lite experience on their smartphone while driving, and was effectively a replacement for the Android Auto smartphone app, which itself was killed last year. Assistant Driving Mode shows a home screen-style page with Google Assistant up top, a music player and volume controls… Source link

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Ornstein: Tottenham and Google in talks over stadium naming rights, Leeds’ Gakpo move in doubt

Ornstein: Tottenham and Google in talks over stadium naming rights, Leeds’ Gakpo move in doubt

It is now three and a half years since Tottenham Hotspur moved into their new home, a £1billion state-of-the-art stadium built on top of the old White Hart Lane. But despite chairman Daniel Levy confirming back in 2019 that the club would be interested in securing a “naming-rights deal” with the “right brand, on the right money”, no such agreement has been struck. That could be about to change. Because The Athletic has learned that Tottenham are in meaningful talks with Google over… Source link

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Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

A blue, 27 minutes agoHow iPhones lack innovation? Because they didn’t change design every year as chinese do?Nothing to do with design, every apple features were stolen from android, which apple fans users said our features were gimmicks, and now you can’t live without them. A blue, 25 minutes agoUnder display camera is nothing new, and its performance is poor. No innovation for ZTE. A be… moreHello iBlue, Where’s your iMate trix?

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Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

In typical Google fashion, leaks of Google’s next-generation hardware were aplenty, only this time Google didn’t wait to reveal its fall lineup – instead teasing early renders during Google I/O in May. The Pixel event wrapped Thursday morning, but there were no surprises left to announce if you were following leaks in past few weeks. We have a new Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and we got a glimpse of Google’s upcoming Pixel Tablet. The launch event took place live… Source link

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Epic Games and Match Group want to bring additional antitrust allegations against Google

Epic Games and Match Group want to bring additional antitrust allegations against Google

Epic Games and Match Group are attempting to expand their lawsuits against Google to include additional allegations against the search giant. In a motion filed on Friday with a federal court in the Northern District of California, the two companies accused Google of paying off developers that had the means and ability to create competing Android app stores. Specifically, Epic and Match point to agreements like Project Hug. The initiative, later called the “Apps and Games Velocity… Source link

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Twitter gets an Edit button, Instagram increases ads, Google gets serious about wearables • TechCrunch

Twitter gets an Edit button, Instagram increases ads, Google gets serious about wearables • TechCrunch

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by the pandemic has slowed down. But overall, the app economy is continuing to grow, having produced a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and… Source link

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Google On The Use Of AI Images

Google On The Use Of AI Images

In a recent Search off the Record podcast, Google’s Lizzi Sassman and John Mueller discussed the use of AI generated images on websites. Some of their opinions might seem surprising given how AI generated text content is treated by Google. John Mueller highlighted inherent limitations in the AI image generator technology. Automatically Generated Content Automatically generated text content is prohibited for Google search within the limited context of the use of it for manipulating the… Source link

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Google Warns Red Team Hackers Not To Chloroform The Security Guards

Google Warns Red Team Hackers Not To Chloroform The Security Guards

Google has released a documentary video series on YouTube called Hacking Google. No, it’s not a masterclass in breaching security defenses at Google, but rather an insight into how security teams within Google protect the business from cyber attacks: the Threat Analysis Group, Project Zero, and the Red Team. The latter actually does hack Google, or attempt to, using the same techniques that real attackers would. There are six episodes in all, none of which run for longer than 20… Source link

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