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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Maps with an “immersive view”, which combines Street View and aerial shots, for select cities, and will let third-party apps use Live View's AR — At Google I/O 2022, the company unveiled improvements for Google Maps including a new “immersive view” …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google announces Workspace updates, including AI-powered tools to control how users look and sound on Meet and automated transcriptions of Meet meetings — Making your Meet meetings a little better — There's a good chance you've spent much of the last two-plus years sitting at home …
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The Keyword, ZDNet, Android Central, ScreenRant, and Engadget
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Google Translate with support for 24 additional languages, including regional dialects from India, South America, and Africa, used by 300M people — Google Translate has today confirmed support for a further 24 new languages and dialects on its online translation service.
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The Keyword, Google AI Blog, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, Engadget, Associated Press, and The Economic Times
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google confirms that Messages for Android will get end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats, rolling out “later this year” in open beta — While it wasn't mentioned on stage during Google I/O 2022 today, the company did announce a big new feature coming to Google Messages.
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Engadget, The Keyword, Android Police, and Android Central
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils the $449 Pixel 6a, with its Tensor chip, 6.1" OLED screen, in-display fingerprint sensor, 12.2MP wide and 12MP ultra-wide rear cameras, and more — During the annual I/O Developer conference Google has officially launched the affordably-focused Pixel 6a which acts …
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YouTube, The Verge, BetaNews, Input, The Register, Thurrott, Android Authority, Neowin, SlashGear, Laptop Mag, and CNET
Tweets: @jaypeters, @stshank, and @richontech
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google plans to launch an Android-based Pixel Tablet in 2023, with speakers and a rear camera, after killing its Chrome OS-based Pixel Slate in February 2021 — Offering a sneak preview of the Pixel 7 wasn't enough, so Google's really leaning in. Today at I/O, the company announced …
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, ZDNet, 9to5Google, CNET, The Verge, Input, Android Authority, Android Police, and CNET
Tweets: @madebygoogle, @bzamayo, and @ihnatko
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Google announces the Pixel Buds Pro with ANC, pass-through, and spatial audio coming later in 2022 via an OTA update, available for preorder on July 21 for $199 — This year at Google I/O 2022, Google is focusing on bringing us brand-new hardware. One product of this year's event is Google's …
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The Keyword, YouTube, The Verge, ZDNet, MacRumors, Neowin, Android Police, Digital Trends, and Protocol. Tweets: @rsgnl
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google teases an early look at lightweight AR glasses that can display the text of a conversation, transcribed and translated in real time — The consensus has long been that Google Glass was ahead of its time. But in recent years, much of the world has since lapped the company in the AR department.
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The Verge, YouTube, Social Media Today, 9to5Google, and Mashable
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
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| CoinDesk: |
Sources: Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon pseudonymously co-founded Basis Cash, a failed algorithmic stablecoin set up in 2020 that peaked at $174M total value locked — Basis Cash, an algorithmic stablecoin project founded by the anonymous “Rick” and “Morty” in 2020, was actually the work of Terraform Labs employees.
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
A US appeals court rules 2-1 to let Texas enforce a social media law stopping Twitter, Facebook, and other services with 50M+ users from moderating content — A judge blocked a similar law in Florida on First Amendment grounds — The controversial Texas social media law HB 20 …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Google adopts the 10-grade Monk Skin Tone Scale to teach diversity to its AI, replacing the six-tone Fitzpatrick Scale; the first results hit the US this week — You'll notice the Monk Skin Tone Scale in beauty related searches, but Google is also building it deeply into its AI infrastructure, it says at Google I/O.
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The Keyword, The Keyword, Axios, PetaPixel, Search Engine Land, 9to5Google, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @timnitgebru, @google, and @google
| Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the SEC is probing Elon Musk's late filing about his Twitter shares on April 4, 10+ days after his stake passed the 5%+ trigger point for disclosure — SEC is investigating Tesla CEO for tardy notification after buying 5% of Twitter's stock; FTC has separate probe under way of purchase reporting| James Vincent / The Verge: |
The European Commission proposes regulation that would require tech companies to scan for CSAM and “grooming”, worrying privacy experts and threatening E2EE — The proposal has been called unworkable and invasive by privacy experts — The European Commission has proposed controversial …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
In a first, Meta withdraws its policy guidance request from the Oversight Board about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over “ongoing safety and security concerns” — Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday said it would be withdrawing its earlier request for policy guidance …
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The Verge, Meta, The Hill, and Platformer
Tweets: @oversightboard, @etbrooking, @etbrooking, @oversightboard, @caseynewton, @jason_kint, @b_fung, and @oversightboard
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney's streaming subscribers hit 205.6M globally in Q2: Disney+ added 7.9M subscribers to reach 137.7M, Hulu added 300K to 45.6M, and ESPN+ added 1M to 22.3M — Hulu added 300,000 subscribers to reach 45.6 million subs and ESPN+ added 1 million subscribers to reach 22.3 million.
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CNET, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Axios, Hot Movies News, dot.LA, Variety, Deadline, The Week, Ad Age, MarketWatch, New York Post, CNN, Barron's Online, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, Reuters, The Verge, UPROXX, IndieWire, 9to5Mac, and Financial Times. Tweets: @mattbrownep
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches Flutter 3, making the multiplatform UI development framework generally available on Linux and macOS, as well as adding support for Apple Silicon — At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of Flutter 3, the latest version of its open source … | Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Andrew Bosworth told Reality Labs staff that Meta plans to cut or delay some projects and details will come within a week; Meta says there won't be layoffs — Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division, a strategic unit at the center …
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