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A recording of the Made by Google 2024 keynote, with updates on Google AI and Pixel devices, including the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold — Watch now for updates on Google AI and the newest Pixel devices, including the #Pixel9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. To watch this keynote … | Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Google announces the $999+ 6.3" Pixel 9 Pro and $1,099+ 6.8" 9 Pro XL, with 120Hz “Super Actua” displays, Tensor G4, 16GB RAM, 45W fast charging, in four colors — The Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL have officially been unveiled as the first Pro-series split in the history of Google's smartphone lineup.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils the Pixel Watch 3 in 41mm and 45mm sizes, with a 2,000-nit display and around 16% smaller bezels compared to the Watch 2, starting at $349 — Besides being offered in a bigger size, the Google Pixel Watch 3 looks exactly like last year's wearable, with software and under …
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| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Google announces the $799+ Google Pixel 9, with a Tensor G4 chip, a design with flat sides, a bigger 6.3" screen, AI features, more, on sale starting August 22 — The Pixel 9 is Google's new baseline flagship device, but it packs a serious punch backed by Google's AI suite at a reasonable $799 price tag.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts the $1,799+ Pixel 9 Pro Fold, its second take on the category with larger 8" and 6.3" inner and outer displays, 4650 mAh battery, shipping Sept. 4 — Pixel Phones dominated Tuesday's Made by Google 2024 event. In addition to a full refresh for the Pixel 9 line … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Hands-on with Gemini Live: conversationally, a big step forward, but functionally, a step back in some ways, largely because it works entirely in the cloud — Google's Android chief told our columnist the voice assistant was designed to impersonate humans, but he doesn't want anyone getting romantic with it
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Google debuts Gemini Live, a voice chat mode for Gemini Advanced users, initially available in English on Android, with more languages and an iOS version coming — Google says that conversations with Gemini Live can be “free-flowing,” so you can do things like interrupt an answer mid-sentence …
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| The Verge: |
A source at X says the Donald Trump interview crash was not the result of a DDoS attack; another X employee said there was a “99 percent” chance Musk was lying — Elon Musk's “conversation” with former President Donald Trump got off to a rocky start.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that geofence warrants are “prohibited by the Fourth Amendment”, at odds with a recent Fourth Circuit ruling — A federal appeals court has ruled that geofence warrants are unconstitutional, a decision that will limit the use … | Alice Hancock / Financial Times: |
After Thierry Breton's letter to X before the Trump interview, the EU says the “timing and the wording of the letter were neither co-ordinated or agreed” upon — Internal market commissioner's warning to owner of social media site X was not approved
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
On August 6, hackers leaked almost 2.7B records of people in the US, such as names and SSNs, allegedly from National Public Data, which collects and sells data — Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names …
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| New York Times: |
How Tether co-founder Brock Pierce's plan to use crypto to revitalize Puerto Rico's economy became mired in legal disputes and fights with his business partners — On sun-drenched days in 2022, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Brock Pierce liked to take his friends sailing to the island of Vieques …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Twitch rolls out video stories, which can be up to 60 seconds long and set to expire after one, 12, 24, or 48 hours, to challenge Instagram and TikTok — After launching photo and text stories last year, Twitch is now introducing video stories. Streamers can now film 60-second videos …
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| David Bauder / Associated Press: |
Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton's emails in 2016 — At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD Vance as a vice presidential candidate.
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| Canalys: |
Canalys: AI PCs made up 14%, or 8.8M, of all PCs shipped in Q2; nearly 60% of AI PCs were Apple computers, and Windows PC shipments priced over $800 grew 9% QoQ — According to the latest Canalys data, 8.8 million AI-capable PCs were shipped in Q2 2024. These devices are defined as desktops …
More: PCMag, Tom's Hardware, Reuters, TechSpot, Benzinga, Apple Must, and MacDailyNews. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI said “there's a new GPT-4o model out in ChatGPT since last week”, but gave few other details; some users claim new step-by-step or multi-step reasoning — OpenAI continues to push the envelope on generative AI. Yesterday, without much fanfare or warning …
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