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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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Tweets: @markgurman, @stevesi, @bxchen, @jacknicas, @backlon, @dcseifert, @gartenberg, @stshank, @dcseifert, and @gartenberg
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, both going on sale this week for $399 and $479 respectively — In October 2018, during a press event in New York City, Google took the wraps off the latest additions to its three-year-old Pixel smartphone lineup: Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
| 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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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google unveils Live Caption, coming with Android Q, which shows a real-time transcription of any video or audio a user plays on their phone — It even works when using video chat apps — Google waited until I/O 2019 to demonstrate one of the most impressive features of Android Q. It's called Live Caption …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
| 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, ZDNet, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and 9to5Google
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Google announces Duplex on the Web, less focused on mimicking speech, can now handle car rentals and fill online forms with your info, coming to Android in 2019 — Last year, Google stoked intense controversy when it announced Duplex, a technology that uses eerily human-sounding artificial …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant is getting a driving mode, with large touch-friendly shortcuts to navigate, make a call, and more, available this summer on Android phones — Google Assistant is already available in Google Maps, but it's now getting an optimized phone mode. This presents a feed of suggestions like directions and music.
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| 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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Tweets: @google, @9to5google, @benwood, @stshank, @geoffreyfowler, @canterrain, @lanceulanoff, and @inafried
| 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, PCWorld, Engadget, The Daily Dot, Android Police, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, and 9to5Google
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| 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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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
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Tweets: @google, @alexjamesfitz, @jeffjarvis, @caro_milanesi, and @geoffreyfowler
| 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, Engadget, Android Police, The Verge, ALS Therapy Development …, CNET, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @google, @googlemexico, @una, @fredericl, and @peard33
| 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, Telegraph, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, and Business Insider
| Bloomberg: |
Current and former employees discuss how Apple's stores changed during Angela Ahrendts' tenure, with challenges around customer service festering — Web Smith's recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, has been an exercise in frustration.
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iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacRumors
Tweets: @sarahhalzack, @business, @shiraovide, @markgurman, @jeffmacke, @business, @damanr, and @a_riley17
| 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, CoinDesk, BleepingComputer, The Verge, The Daily Dot, and DataBreaches.net. Tweets: @j0hnnyxm4s
| Ju-min Park / Reuters: |
Samsung says it cannot confirm the shipping date for Galaxy Fold and will cancel pre-orders, unless told not to, if they do not ship by May 31 — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it cannot confirm the shipping date for its foldable device Galaxy Fold yet and apologized …
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Tizen Help, Engadget, Cult of Mac, TalkAndroid.com, Android Beat, Thurrott, ZDNet, TechSpot, Inquirer, iPhone Hacks, and Gizchina
Tweets: @mgsiegler and @martinsfp
| 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, TechCrunch, CNN, TechCrunch, Axios, Silicon Valley Business …, and Reuters. Tweets: @felixsalmon
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
US Department of Energy says AMD and Cray will build the world's fastest supercomputer, dubbed Frontier, by 2021, with 1.5 exaflops of processing power — Dubbed Frontier, the supercomputer expected to go online in 2021 with 1.5 exaflops of processing power
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