We run through Google’s hardware launch event, including Pixel 2 and Home Mini.
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Lifelogging once seemed like an inevitability. Between social media and the increasing ubiquity of cameras, we were all clearly moving toward a sort of constant documentation of our lives’ events. Or at the very least, missing important moments seemed destined to become a thing of the past.
Thing is, lifelogging solutions have either flat out sucked or contained some sort of fatal flaw. Read More
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Yes and no, says Denis Villeneuve, director of “Blade Runner 2049”.
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Senior Editor Patrick Holland unboxes the new Google Home Mini and shows us what’s inside.
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Google’s next-gen Pixels are here, with a single rear camera and no headphone jack.
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That means Google’s digital helper could get inroads in schools, where Google’s laptops are popular.
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An image of Seattle Seahawks Michael Bennett burning the flag went viral last week. It’s totally fake. But that didn’t matter.
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The reason you have an Amazon Alexa sitting on your coffee table or by a couch is because it needs to be able to hear you clearly when you speak. Too near the TV and it’ll go ordering strange things whenever someone says “Alexa!” What is required is the kind of sophisticated technology that can listen for a human voice while ignoring all the other noise around. Read More
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Another domino has fallen in the march toward a post-headphone jack world. Today Google became the latest company to drop the once ubiquitous port from its phones, though it hardly devoted any time to its own courageous move. The driving motivation for dropping the jack is pretty clear after a quick survey of the mobile landscape: the Pixel is moving to an edge-to-edge display. “The… Read More
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Randall Stephenson says his wireless carrier will use targeted advertising to change the TV market and lower prices for consumers.
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