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Tech News for Thursday June 29, 2017Today marks the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. If you, like me, think it feels like we just celebrated the 10th anniversary you'd be right. On January 7th of this year, we celebrated the birth of the iPhone because that's when Steve Jobs stood on stage and…

This Week's Stories Pixel 4 event confirmed for October 15th, may include Pixelbook 2 Facebook announces its final rules for the Oversight Board. Facebook Portal wants to take over your TV Facebook wants to trademark the word "Book" Google uses AI to diagnose skin cancer…

The Google Assistant adds Podcasts and recipes to its Snapshot feature, the NBA is using the Oura smart ring to detect COVID-19 symptoms in players, and Apple has a whole host of updates for the smart home.SMART TECHGoogle adds Podcasts, recipe cards to Assistant Snapshot | 9to5Google: https://bit…

Rich Communication Services aims to improve messaging on AndroidHuawei loses its ability to use Google services on its new phonesDark theme fever hits the app development worldSundar Pichai is named the CEO of AlphabetPremium smartphones that cost $1000 aren't dominating as muchAndroid 10 releases…

I am a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, where I have worked for 11 years. I was working in the Borg/Omega team when the idea to make a Borg-like product arose. Brian and I (both on the internal “cloud” team) helped drive the effort to scope a product in this space, and joined on with a…

Migrating media libraries from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Upgrading or fixing an old plasma-screen TV. Troubleshooting an HP all-in-one with a CMOS error. Maintaining 400 or more IoT devices on a network. Disabling “Dynamic QoS” on the Netgear Nighthawk router. Understanding Microsoft's new Dev…

Leo's thoughts on the Google Pixel 7 Pro, resetting your Mac password, Microsoft 365 alternatives, switching from Windows to Mac, recovering files from a hard drive that can’t be mounted, how to improve your home network for Zoom meetings, and more. Plus, conversations with Scott Wilkinson, Johnny…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Ron Richards (00:00:00):This week on All About Android, we welcome back Matteo Doni to the show, and he's got the ridiculous Unihertz…

Microsoft Buys GitHub, users promptly freak outApple Screen Time vs Google Digital WellbeingGoogle cancels Pentagon drone program after protestsLarry Page's flying car takes offGoogle's Project Oasis puts the world's weather on your coffee tableApple and Facebook's privacy spatWhatsApp founders and…

What's Wrong with Google Stadia?Google Stadia: Built for YoutubeApple Event: What to ExpectMicrosoft Pivoted to Services. Can Apple?Devin Nunez' Cow Gains Half a Million FollowersThe World of Hate on Twitter and InstagramFacebox Stored Your Password in Plain TextGoogle Kills off G+, Allo, Inbox,…

YouTube TV Crashes during the World CupAT&T's Ultimatum for HBOGoogle may face record EU fines for AndroidGoogle and Walmart take on Amazon Prime DayHow to get Linux on your Chromebook with Project CrostiniWSJ vs GoogleFCC will charge you $225 to complainGoogle gets into console gaming?Tips and…

Facebook soothes our privacy fears by launching a dating service. Cambridge Analytica shuts down. GDPR is going to be a mess. What will Google show at I/O? Signs point to Assistant updates, Maps, and social gaming. Google launches secure .app domains. NBC and Google team up to create VR shows…

New HomeKit-enabled panel lights from LifeSmart, Amazon's Alexa Live event brings with it a bunch of new Alexa improvements, and Netflix finally comes to the Google Nest Hub line. Wink's subscription plan kicks off July 27 | CNET: https://cnet.co/2OXNSiWWyze has learned what Wink didn't |…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Jason Howell (00:00:00):Coming up on All About Android. It's me, Jason Howell. I'm back here with Ron Richards and Mishaal Rahman. We got…

[Top TN2 Animation ]Tonight! China is blocking more outside services including Google, Beats’ future with Apple is up in the air, and is HTC going to make the new Nexus tablet?Tech News 2Night is Next! …

Articles 11 and 13 are Back & Worse than Ever What if Google Won't Pay Fines?Amazon Buys Eero: Is this the PanopticonApple's Plans to Screw Over PublishersLife Without Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and MicrosoftNYPD Hates WazeShould Facebook Ban Anti-Vaxxers?Google to Open Offices in 24…

Hands-on the Samsung Galaxy Fold with PocketNow's Jaime Rivera, Ron's review of the Moto G7s, LG wants to add a transparent screen, your Android phone can be used for 2FA and more!Ron - Goalify (FREE) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onebytezero.GoalifyFlo - Notenger https://play…

Ray-Ban Stories, Amazon's new TVs, Roomba's poo updateFacebook’s Ray-Ban Stories make the case for smart glassesAmazon is officially making its own smart TVs Luna's Couch feature enables co-op play even if your friends aren't subscribers Flic Twist is Coming Fi Series 2 smart collar…

Facebook says post that cast doubt on covid-19 vaccine was most popular on the platform from January through March.Zeynep Tufekci Joins The New York Times as an Opinion Columnist.OnlyFans no longer plans to ban porn, saying in abrupt U-turn that it wants to be a 'home for all creators'.Richard J…

Pre-Techlash era & background to the TechlashHow did the election of Donald Trump usher in the TechLash? How did Big Tech respond?Is there a new kind of honesty and transparency for big tech companies right now?Google abandons individualized tracking for adsMicrosoft Ignite Keynote 2021The…

How to Work From Home Forever Zoom fatigue is a real thing Twitter employees can work from home forever - do you want to go back to the office? Google employees are charging their shelter-at-home lunches to their expense account Pixel shake-up - top members of the Pixel team…

On this episode of Smart Tech Today with Mikah Sargent and Matthew Cassinelli: Amazon's Super Bowl advertisement for Alexa: http://bit.ly/2UmVU8R Google's Super Bowl advertisement for the Google Assistant: http://bit.ly/2RYwyNj The Amazon Echo Show can scan your barcodes: http://bit…

Netflix declines, CNN+ folds, Pixel Watch rumors, Moonbirds NFT, salty chopsticksNetflix Q1 net subscribers unexpectedly decline, revenue misses expectations.Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Sells Entire Netflix Stake, Taking $400 Million Loss.Netflix Says 100 Million+ Non-Paying Households Use…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Jason Howell (00:00:00):Coming up next on All About Android. It's me, Jason Howell, my co-hosts Ron Richards and Huyen Tue Dao. And we've…

This week, we discuss the official release of Android Pie, Moto Z3 hands-on, Sony Xperia ZX2 Premium review, Turing's crazy Hubblephone, skipping the Play Store for profit, your voicemail, and more!Read our show notes here.Jason - Ground (FREE)https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com…

Take that old device and give it a job using Action Blocks.If you have a smart home and an old Android phone or tablet gathering dust, put it to use as a home automation control center! Jason Howell walks through how to use Action Blocks to do just that.Preparing the tablet or phone for Action…

Google offers cash for those who discover flaws in Android, Google overhauls Chrome's password manager to become part of its new Smart Lock service, a possible solution to Android Wear not working well with the developer preview of Android M, Google launches site to help you find the right Android…

Tech News for Wednesday July 19, 2017Apple just launched a new machine learning site at machinelearning.apple.com. Volume 1, Issue One of the Apple Machine Learning Journal is available to read now if you're interested in how using large data sets can increase the set of your neural net. Russ…

Android 12 Beta 3 with scrolling screenshots and moreVerizon will switch to Android Messages for RCS default appGoogle redesigns a lot of emojiSamsung's Ultra-Thin Glass may be used on the Google Pixel foldable Only 2 years of Android updates for Sony Xperia 1 IIIIt will be easier to find Wear…

Huawei CFO gets bail in Canada, awaits extradition to USChina detains Canadian ex-diplomat in retaliationMarriott breach blamed on ChinaNo Chinese spy chips found on Super Micro servers Google CEO tells Congress "No plans" for Chinese search enginePichai also explains that Google doesn't make…

On Windows Weekly 458, Paul Thurrott shares a tip for using Chrome to make web apps work more like native apps. All you need to do is navigate to a web app like Google Play Music, Google Inbox, Google Calendar, etc. Then save that page as a shortcut to your desktop. Now, when you run that shortcut,…

This Week's Stories:  Goodbye Larry and Sergei What "Other Bets" should Google kill? Google's biggest challenge for the next 10 years: the death of advertizing How would you break apart Google? Fired Google employees sue Everything you need to know about Amazon re…

This Week's Stories: YouTube Rewind and Google's 2019 Year in Search Google Glass Explorer Edition gets its final update Magic Leap isn't there yet Twitter funding decentralized social media Fortnite vs Google, The Information vs Apple Pixel Feature Drop Google AI…

Tech News for Wednesday May 3, 2017Facebook says they'll hire 3,000 people to review reports of people hurting themselves and others, and posting it on Facebook. The community operations team around the world already includes 4,500 reviewers of the millions of reports the company gets every week…

Please be advised this transcript is AI-generated and may not be word for word. Time codes refer to the approximate times in the ad-supported version of the show.Jason Howell (00:00:00):Coming up next on All About Android. It's me, Jason, Howell my co-host Huyen Tue Dao and our guest Adam Doud from…

Richard Branson reaches space on Virgin Galactic flightBBC plays cricket with Sundar (video)Google (GOOG:US) Fined $593 Million By French Antitrust AgencyBen Evans tweet re amount of fine v. value of newspapersMurdoch's Knewz -- his Google News -- shuts downWhat's in Stacey's homeRay Ozzie's Blues…

Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee AllianceWith Tile deal Amazon’s Sidewalk network just became more interestingUS passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attackGoogle Plans to Double AI Ethics Research StaffYouTube will pay $100 million to people who make popular videos…

It's This Week in Tech with Jason Howell, Mikah Sargent, and Ant Pruitt hosting in the absence of Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte. PG&E may force a power outage at TWiT Eastside Studio to help reduce the risk of wildfire in surrounding areas.Facebook Launches News Section to Compensate…

Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena.US detains crypto-exchange exec for helping Ryuk ransomware gang launder profits.Stacey hates her Pixel 6!Be your own genius: Apple to Launch Self-Service Repair Program in Early 2022.Google allegedly won’t release a new Pixelbook in 2022.A Former…

Qualcomm announces the new premium Snapdragon 888 SoC.Jason reviews the Acer Chromebook Spin 713.Android Runtime will become a Mainline module in Android 12.RCS finally begins to get end-to-end encryption.Google's Best of Play awards for 2020 are decided.Netflix is absent from the Google TV app…

Zoom Fixes Security, EARN IT is Evil, Tor in TroubleZoom gets big-name help with security fixesGoogle updates Chrome to v81.0.4044.113 to squash a critical flawFTP in Chrome lives another day! Google “undepreciates” FTP.Windows Patch Tuesday for April 2020 fixes 113 vulnerabilities“Basic…

The case against the New York Time's "The Case Against Google"They write:"Consider Microsoft. The government spent most of the 1990s suing Microsoft for antitrust violations, a prosecution that many now view as a complete waste of time and money. When Microsoft’s chief executive, Bill Gates, signed…

Tech News for Monday November 14, 2016The adult dating websites AdultFriend Finder, Cams.com, and Penthouse have been hacked, revealing personal details from the accounts of more than 400 million users. That's the largest known breach of personal data this year. Read more at engadget.com.Just when…

Tech News for Wednesday August 23, 2017Samsung announced the new Galaxy Note 8 today — a 6.3 inch screen smartphone with an infinity display reminiscent of those Instagram photos you've seen of infinity pools in people's backyards or on their fancy vacations. And since the phone starts at over $900…

Taco Bell launches Taco Lover's Pass subscription nationwide with 30 days of tacos for $10.You can safely ignore Web3 by Mike Elgan.Web .0000012 by Jeff Jarvis.My first impressions of web3 by Moxie Marlinspike.Signal: New year, new CEO.Casey Newton: How Signal is playing with fire w/untraceable…

Google IO dates are announced.Features for Android Q include a new face-detection API.Google makes a big hire that is all about bringing Fuchsia to market.Gmail for Android gets a redesign but it still isn't Inbox. What happens when you cut every piece of Google out of your life?Apple took a…

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Doogee X96, Huawei Media Pad Pro, AT&T and RCS, Pokemon GoPeople Who Hate Walled Gardens Aren’t Going to Like Where Google’s Taking the Play Store. OnePlus commits to 3 years of Android updates by merging OxygenOS with Oppo’s ColorOS. Doogee X96 Pro first look. Huawei’s New…

France fines Google €50M for GDPR violations, Google appeals.Amazon issues workers vests to keep robots from harming them.Millions of mortgage docs leak online.Viacom buys Pluto TV for $340M.Microsoft Edge mobile browser alerts users to fake news.Google buys Fossil smartwatch tech.Google powers US…

Google Debit Card, Zoom Burnout Google is working on a debit card to rival Apple card Google posts testing center maps Zoom burnout is now a thing Microsoft: how to preserve privacy while tracking COVID-19 Amazon shuts down 6,000 accounts for price gouging Twitter…