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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 3a review: great price with an excellent camera and a 3.5mm headphone jack but a slower processor, no wireless charging, and isn't water resistant — At $399 and $479, respectively, the Pixel 3A and 3A XL are great deals — I am going to break an unwritten rule of tech reviews …
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The Keyword, New York Times, XDA Developers, CNBC, 9to5Google, Android Police, Mashable, Android Police, Bloomberg, TechSpot, BetaNews, Android Authority, Digital Trends, iMore, Gizmodo, TalkAndroid.com, Softpedia News, and ExtremeTech
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness, @bxchen, @backlon, @dcseifert, @jacknicas, @gartenberg, @stshank, @vladsavov, @dcseifert, @gartenberg, and @markgurman
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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The Verge, 9to5Google, CNET, TechCrunch, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, Thurrott, and Android Police
Tweets: @stshank, @wired, @lanceulanoff, @ow, and @wmaxeddy
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
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Cell Phones, The Verge, 9to5Toys, Mashable, CNET, and Android Authority
Tweets: @chriswelch and @drakenic
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google unveils the Google Nest Hub Max, a 10-inch smart display with a built-in camera that can act as an indoor security camera, coming this summer for $229 — It can detect your face, too — The Google Nest Hub Max is a big Google Assistant smart display with a camera on top that you can use …
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The Keyword, Financial Times, The Verge, BuzzFeed News, BuzzFeed News, SiliconANGLE, BetaNews, Thurrott, Google Developers, CNET, Droid Life, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Inquirer, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, Mashable, Marketing Land, Adweek, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Police, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @9to5google, @benwood, @stshank, @google, @geoffreyfowler, @canterrain, @lanceulanoff, @inafried, and @markgurman
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Google to replace its “Works with Nest” program this summer with “Works with Google Assistant”, which would give vetted partners access to customer data — As Google is further integrating the Nest brand, it is also introducing some significant changes to the way Nest products will work.
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AppleInsider, Digital Trends, CNET, Nest, The Keyword, Android Central, and Engadget. Tweets: @jank0. Thanks:@jank0
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google expands its Flutter mobile app SDK, previously focused on Android and iOS, to the web, desktop, and embedded devices — At its I/O 2019 developer conference today, Google launched version 1.5 of Flutter, its open source mobile UI framework that helps developers build native interfaces for Android and iOS.
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Google Developers Blog, Flutter, TechCrunch, GitHub, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, and 9to5Google
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
To curb tracking, Google says anti-fingerprinting tech is coming in Chrome and devs must explicitly opt-in for cookies that are meant to be used across sites — Google today announced a major new initiative around its Chrome browser that will, in the long run, introduce significant changes …
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Chromium Blog, New York Times, The Verge, web.dev, Marketing Land, Wall Street Journal, The Keyword, PCWorld, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, ZDNet, CNET, Adweek, and AdExchanger
Tweets: @googleads, @pkedrosky, @techcrunch, @chromiumdev, @campuscodi, and @chromiumdev
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Unlike Facebook at F8, Google didn't just talk about its commitment to privacy at I/O, it showcased features that were either ready to ship or ready to demo — F8 and I/O, night and day — Mark Zuckerberg: “The future is private”. Sundar Pichai: ~The present is private~.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
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TechCrunch, The Verge, XDA Developers, TalkAndroid.com, and MacRumors
Tweets: @google, @jeffjarvis, @alexjamesfitz, @caro_milanesi, and @geoffreyfowler
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
First look at Android Q: dark mode, better gestures, Live Caption, improvements to OS security updates via Project Mainline, Focus Mode, and more — It isn't about what's new, it's about what's better — A full release is expected this fall, but Google is announcing new major features …
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The Keyword, Android Developers Blog, The Verge, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, Engadget, CNET, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Google, Firstpost Tech, Android Police, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, Droid Life, SamMobile, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, Android Authority, Android Central, Thurrott, MSPoweruser, Liliputing, Lifehacker, Gizchina, and Gotta Be Mobile
Tweets: @google, @dcseifert, @stshank, @neiltwitz, @robpegoraro, @lanceulanoff, @google, @willoremus, @cgartenberg, @ryanwhitwam, @dcseifert, @sdw, and @bloomtv
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says Android now has 2.5B+ active devices, compared to 2B+ it had in May 2017 — At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced that Android now runs over 2.5 billion devices. That's up from 2 billion the company announced two years ago. — This means overall Android … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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9to5Google, TalkAndroid.com, Android Police, Android Authority, Variety, Geek News Central, and CNET
Tweets: @google, @zackwhittaker, @sriramvsharma, @markhachman, @jank0, @tomwarren, @larrymagid, and @raywongy
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google says its next-gen Assistant is 10X faster and includes more app-specific functionality, coming to Pixel phones later this year — After three years, the voice-activated helper gets its biggest update yet. And it shows just how much Google already knows about you.
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The Keyword, OneZero, ZDNet, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @joshconstine, @stshank, @edbaig, @google, @caseynewton, @outonalumb, @akwired, @benbajarin, @larrymagid, and @lanceulanoff. Thanks:@akwired
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
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Tweets: @google, @geoffblaber, @mulligan, @jeffjarvis, @androidpolice, @richardjnieva, @gartenberg, @reneritchie, and @willoremus
| Jordan Palmer / Android Police: |
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Binance says it discovered a “large scale security breach”, with hackers withdrawing ~$41M in bitcoin and taking user API keys, 2FA codes, and potentially more — Hackers stole more than 7,000 bitcoin from crypto exchange Binance, the world's largest by volume, the startup reported Tuesday.
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Binance, TechCrunch, The Block, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, ZDNet, DataBreaches.net, Decrypt, SludgeFeed, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, CryptoGlobe, Cointelegraph, Ethereum World News, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, Bitsonline, FutureSin, and Mashable
| New York Times: |
At Google I/O, Sundar Pichai pitched privacy for everyone, going against the company's history of data collection, one week after a similar push from Facebook — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google, the company that may know the most about our digital lives, is now preaching the gospel of privacy.
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The Keyword, The Keyword, South China Morning Post, Gizmodo, Wired, Android Authority, Quartz, Android Police, and Fast Company
Tweets: @sundarpichai, @caro_milanesi, @daiwaka, and @privacyproject
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Google Lens coming to Google Search; some search results to include 3D models for an AR view of what you searched for; Lens translation coming to low-end phones — Imagine you're thinking about chairs, and you Google up some to try out in your living room.
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The Keyword, YouTube, Engadget, and PCWorld
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @lanceulanoff, @sydell, @dcseifert, @jetscott, @ow, @jdolcourt, @stshank, @lanceulanoff, and @9to5google. Thanks:@jasonhiner
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
Waymo says it will make 10 Waymo self-driving vehicles with safety operators available via Lyft in Phoenix for eligible rides over the next few months — Initial service offered by ride-sharing startup and Google unit involves 10 vehicles with safety operators
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Waymo, Financial Times, CNBC, Mashable, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, and Telegraph
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google demonstrates Project Euphonia, its effort to improve Google Assistant's voice recognition for those with speech impairments — As in year's past, the Google I/O 2019 keynote has taken time to focus on Google's latest accessibility tech. One of this year's demos, Project Euphonia …
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The Keyword, ZDNet, ALS Therapy Development …, The Verge, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @google, @ewaccess, @googlemexico, @una, @stevesi, @fredericl, @peard33, and @sqcai
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Several people suspected of involvement in running Deep Dot Web, a site facilitating access to dark web sites, arrested by FBI and others in several countries — The FBI have arrested several people suspected of involvement in running Deep Dot Web, a website for facilitating access to dark web sites and marketplaces.
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The Times of Israel, Gizmodo, The Register, CoinDesk, SiliconANGLE, BleepingComputer, and The Daily Dot
Tweets: @j0hnnyxm4s and @zackwhittaker
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Lyft reports Q1 revenue of $776M, up 95% YoY, and an adjusted net loss, excluding stock-based compensation, of $211.5M, down from $228.4M YoY — SAN FRANCISCO — The ride-hailing company Lyft went public in March in a blaze of hype. But it stumbled quickly and its shares slid below …
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Lyft, Inc., CNET, Reuters, Crunchbase News, CNN, Xconomy, and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @felixsalmon
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