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by: Olafimihan Oshin, The Hill Posted: Jan 25, 2023 / 05:29 PM PST Updated: Jan 25, 2023 / 05:29 PM PST (The Hill) – More than two dozen in-house massage therapists were reportedly part of the latest round of layoffs that happened at Google last week.  According to filings reported by CNBC on Tuesday, 27 in-house massage therapists were among the 1,845 employees to lose their jobs with the company in the state of California.  Twenty-four of… Source link

Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet. A spokesperson tells TechCrunch via email that the majority of the Area 120 team has been “winded down,” and that only three projects from the division will graduate later this year into core Google product areas. The spokesperson wouldn’t say which specific… Source link

BENGALURU, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google is pausing its policy that requires app developers to use its Google Play billing system for buying digital goods and services in India, following a ruling by the country’s antitrust body. Google had previously set an extended deadline of Oct. 31 for developers in India to comply with its payments policy. The search engine giant should not restrict app developers from using third-party billing or payment processing services in India,… Source link

If you look around Google’s Mountain View, CA offices, you’ll see Windows machines, Chromebooks, Macs — and gLinux desktops. G what, you ask? Well, in addition to  relying on Linux for its servers, Google has its very own Linux desktop distribution. You can’t get it — darn it! — but for more than a decade, Google has been baking and eating its own homemade Linux desktop distribution. The first version was Goobuntu. (As you’d guess from the name, it was… Source link

Google is finally making its own in-house smartwatch that’s set to launch in 2022, according to a person familiar with the matter and a new report from Insider. While Google has made its own smartphones for years under the Pixel line (which has since extended to other accessories, like wireless headphones), the company has never designed its own smartwatch, despite the fact that Google has had a companion wearable platform for Android since 2014. The watch is being worked on by… Source link

The self-driving company founded by Russian technology giant Yandex said its new generation of vehicles will rely on an in-house lidar system to better see the road in the country’s often harsh driving conditions. The software-defined lidar solution is capable of seeing 500 meters (547 yards) away and operating in frigid weather will be the main sensor on new cars from the Yandex Self-Driving Group, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. Yandex said its cars were previously equipped… Source link

Google’s Pixel 6 phones. Google The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6… Source link

Google’s Pixel 6 phones. Google The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro made a… Source link

Google’s Pixel 6 phones. Google The Pixel 6 and… Source link

Google’s next Pixel flagship — the presumably named “Pixel 6” — will reportedly feature a Google-designed GS101 “Whitechapel” SoC (system on a chip), a first for the company, as reported by 9to5Google and XDA-Developers. 9to5Google’s report claims Google is working on two phones that will feature the Arm-based GS101 — presumed to be a flagship device to succeed last year’s Pixel 5 and a Pixel 4A 5G follow-up. XDA’s report, meanwhile, goes into further detail on the… Source link