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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google debuts 5.7" Pixel 4 for $799+ and 6.3" Pixel 4 XL for $899+ with gesture recognition, two rear cameras with a telephoto lens, no notch, coming October 24 — The most-leaked phones ever are now official — You've seen them, you've read plenty about them, and now Google's latest smartphones …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says the Pixel 4 won't support its Daydream mobile VR platform, which is being phased out as it also stops selling the Daydream viewer — Google's Daydream, Android's built-in virtual reality platform, is as good as dead. Following the company's annual hardware event today …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
With the Pixel 4, Google is debuting its first voice recorder mobile app, which can transcribe speech in real time without an internet connection — Google is debuting a new voice recorder app on the Pixel 4, and it has some features that very much set it apart from traditional recorder apps.
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Pixel 4's dual camera system adds better zoom capability, live-view HDR+ to fine-tune shots, revamped portrait mode, and extends Night Sight to astrophotography — Over the last three years, Google's Pixel phones have earned a well-deserved reputation for photographic strength.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Pixel 4 and 4 XL: while its camera improvements are nice, the focus is on face unlock, radar, over-the-phone hand gestures, faster voice commands — Face unlock, new screen tech, faster voice commands, and radar — If you follow tech, you probably already know about the new features in Google's Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google unveils Pixelbook Go, a laptop with 16:9 13.3" display, a 4K option, Intel CPUs, and up to 256GB SSD; pre-orders open today in US and Canada for $649 — It's small, it's cute, it's $650 — For the first time, Google is making a Chromebook that actually approaches a reasonable price …
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| Sandeep Waraich / The Keyword: |
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Nest Wifi Router, which is mesh-capable but lacks Wi-Fi 6, coming in Nov. for $269 for a two pack, and Google Assistant-enabled Nest Wifi Point — If you're in the market for a new router, good news: Google just announced a replacement for its long-in-the-tooth Google Wifi.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Kids keep finding ways around Apple's Screen Time parental lock, often sharing tips and tricks online; frustrated parents say the company is slow to respond — Apple's Screen Time is meant to give customers a way to control their kids' devices, but intrepid youngsters have exploited bugs and workarounds.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Fortnite's “black hole” hiatus ends after nearly two days, as Chapter 2 arrives with new maps and gameplay features, like fishing, swimming, and new vehicles — It took a while, but the black hole did its job — For two years now, Fortnite's ever-changing battle royale island …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Level Home emerges from stealth with $71M and debuts $249 Level Lock, which makes existing dead bolt locks smart, and partners with Walmart for in-home delivery — As companies like Google, Amazon and Apple hone their strategies to build the brain that helps you use the smart home of the future … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google says its Stadia cloud gaming service will launch on November 19 for those who spent $130 on the Founder's Edition package — It streams games to the Pixel 3, Chromecast Ultra, and Chrome web browsers — and likely Pixel 4 — Google's Stadia cloud gaming service is right around the corner … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook should ban political ads and let candidates communicate via their pages since it doesn't need the money and doesn't want to police political speech — Permitting falsehood in political advertising would work if we had a model democracy, but we don't.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Sources: Google staff are having a fiery debate on a mailing list about banning a Hong Kong protest game from Play; the issue also came up at an all hands — Many in Hong Kong want autonomy from the Chinese government. Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images| Ed Pilkington / The Guardian: |
How AI-powered algorithms are transforming social welfare programs in the US, UK, Australia, and India, while offering victims of errors little recourse — In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the tech revolution transforming the welfare system worldwide - while penalising the most vulnerable
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Layer1 raises $50M from Peter Thiel and others at $200M valuation for a planned wind energy-backed bitcoin mining operation in Texas using custom cooling tech — When it comes to producing Bitcoin, China is the pre-eminent power in the world. The People's Republic boasts the largest mining companies … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Algolia, which provides search-as-a-service for websites and apps like Twitch and Slack, raises $110M Series C led by Accel, bringing its total raised to $184M — Algolia, one of the group of startups that provides search as a service for websites and apps as an alternative to Google …
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