Rebecca Grossman floored her high-powered Mercedes SUV on a quiet residential street, speeding up to 81 mph and barely braking before fatally striking two boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk, a veteran crash investigator testified at the L.A. socialite’s murder trial Wednesday. Grossman tapped the brakes a second and a half before she slammed into Mark and Jacob Iskander, traveling 73 mph in a 45-mph zone, according to Michael Hale, an investigator with the Orange County district attorney’s… Source link
Read More »Auto Tab Discard: How a free extension speeds up Google Chrome
Regular readers will know that I’ve been on a campaign for a few years now to try to make Google Chrome better. I’ve been tweaking settings, streamlining the installation, installing extensions, deleting extensions, and I even paid for a service to try to make it more usable. The results were mixed, to say the least. What I needed was something that basically allowed… Source link
Read More »Google Pixel 6 appears to fall short of expected 30W charging speeds
When Google released the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, it boasted about the devices’ fast-charging capabilities. Plugging a Pixel 6 series device into its $25 30W Fast Charger — which isn’t even included in the box — is supposed to take full advantage of the phone’s fast charging speed, juicing it up to 50 percent in just 30 minutes. We all can agree that this is an impressive spec, but unfortunately, it may not be totally realistic. Android Authority put the Pixel 6’s fast… Source link
Read More »Google speeds partial office reopening and puts limits on remote work
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters Google, one of the first major U.S. companies to send employees home last year because of the coronavirus, is setting new remote work guidelines as it speeds up plans to get staffers back to the office. As millions more Americans get vaccinated by the day, Google is accelerating reopening plans in some parts of the U.S. on a volunteer basis… Source link
Read More »Google speeds up its release cycle for Chrome – TechCrunch
Google today announced that its Chrome browser is moving to a faster release cycle by shipping a new milestone every four weeks instead of the current six-week cycle (with a bi-weekly security patch). That’s one way to hasten the singularity, I guess, but it’s worth noting that Mozilla also moved to a four-week cycle for Firefox last year. “As we have improved our testing and release processes for Chrome, and deployed bi-weekly security updates to improve our patch gap, it became… Source link
Read More »Google Fiber adding 2-gigabit speeds in Atlanta
“With so many people working and learning from home, they need extra speed that allows everyone in their house the freedom to do what they need and what they want to do online all at the same time,” Google said. Atlanta offers 1-gig service across through several Internet providers, including Comcast and AT&T. Comcast also offers 2-gigabit service. Source link
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