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Oct 6 (Reuters) – Facial recognition returned to the latest Google Pixel phones on Thursday after a short hiatus due to challenges on cost and performance, according to three former employees at the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit knowledgeable about the efforts. The feature on the new Pixel 7 is not as good Apple Inc’s Face ID unlocking mechanism, as it can struggle in low light and is more vulnerable to being spoofed. In addition, Google has said it is not secure enough to enable signing into… Source link

Google launched Carbon, an experimental language, last week, but industry skepticism clouds its future as a C++ replacement. C++ is a mainstay of enterprise development, but it has drawbacks, and some developers have argued that it needs a replacement. The reasons for this are many, including code that is difficult to learn and read, issues with safety mechanisms and lack of suitability for modern hardware architectures and environments, said Chandler Carruth, principal software engineer… Source link

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Speaking to students at the University of Virginia on Tuesday night, former Vice President Mike Pence sounded like a man comfortable in his own skin. He laughed his way past a questioner who wanted him to sign a Joe Biden tank top. And when asked what he would say to one of his children if they came out as gay, Pence replied, “I would look him in the eye and say, ‘I love you.’” He was even humorous at times, flashing some of the dry, deadpan “dad humor” that… Source link

Google today announced a new version of Workspace, the company’s productivity service that you probably still refer to as G Suite. With the new — and free — Google Workspace Essentials plan, Google wants to bring more business users onto the platform by offering them the basic Workspace productivity tools — with the exception of Gmail. Until now, in order to use Workspace with a non-Google email address, you had to sign up for the $6/month/user Business Starter account after a… Source link

Consumers may be getting less “bang for their buck” as companies have begun to offer fewer services in lieu of raising prices, Alan Cole, former staff for Congress’ Joint Economic Committee and policy director at Full Stack Economics. Generally, inflation occurs when the price of a good increases, so that consumers pay more for what they could previously purchase for a cheaper price. “But there’s another way that inflation can happen, and that’s when you’re paying the same amount, but… Source link

The trial of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes officially begins next week — and there’s more at stake than the fate of a disgraced biotech entrepreneur, and a company that’s now become synonymous with fraud. Indeed, there’s at least some element of Silicon Valley that’s also being put on trial, and at least a few entrepreneurs believe the fallout could outlast the trial headlines, particularly for female startup founders. The tech sector’s mantra of “move fast and break things,”… Source link

The historic lawsuit will be an underlying theme, both in the short and long term, when Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, +1.63% GOOG, +1.58% Google announces third-quarter results on Oct. 29 — the same day as Facebook Inc. FB, +2.39%, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +0.88%, Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.61% and a raft of other tech companies. Antitrust story lines abound. On Oct. 28, Google… Source link