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Some of the most high-profile, hyped video games of 2019 are arriving this November. But that pales in comparison to the biggest news of the month, which is that Google is entering the video game market. And how does the search engine behemoth plan to win the modern-day console wars? In counterintuitive fashion: by eliminating […]
Google has announced that it’s acquiring Fitbit, one of the world’s top maker of wearable fitness activity trackers. The deal is worth around $2.1 billion and is one of Google’s biggest purchases, CNN reports. The tech company has previously had a hard time breaking into the smartwatches and wearable device market, but buying Fitbit could […]
Earlier this year, John Legend’s voice graced Google Assistant in a limited capacity, and now Issa Rae is making a cameo, too. Issa Rae’s voice in Google Assistant will be able to read the weather, news, and tell jokes. She will also offer what Google promises are “motivational messages.” Users will be able to access a number […]
Apple is pushing back on a recent Google report that detailed more than a dozen iPhone security flaws. Last week, Google researchers confirmed they had found 14 vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS, resulting in a “sustained effort to hack the users of iPhones in certain communities over a period of at least two years.” Analysts for […]
The Federal Trade Commission has settled federal privacy charges against YouTube. While the terms of the settlement are vague, Google will reportedly pay fines between $150 to $200 million, according to The Verge. The charges derived from data collection and targeting practices by YouTube, which consumer groups claimed breached the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Details of the […]
If you’re using Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, or some other virtual subordinate to call a business for you, then you may be opening yourself up to scammers adapting to an ever-dependent-on-technology-world, at least according to a warning from the Better Business Bureau. As the BBB describes it, the con could play out if you refer […]
YouTube, Discord and Gmail all experienced outages today, due to apparent problems with Google’s Cloud service. The disruption effected not only Google‘s own properties in the G Suite (Drive, Gmail, Hangouts and other applications) but also took down prominent websites that run on the Cloud service on the backend, like Snapchat and Vimeo. The Verge reports […]
When it came to the general public, Google Glass didn’t fare so well. Turns out it was better in theory than practice (more on that below). But the tech giant is doing their best to adjust to that unfortunate (for them) development, and has instead switched it up to market itself as a tool designed […]
During Google‘s I/O developer conference, the company announced two new smartphones: the Pixel 3a and the 3a XL. Image via Google Coming in at $399 and $479 respectively, the new phones are half the price of their older siblings. CNN notes the 3a and 3a XL are meant to be budget-friendly alternatives to their predecessors, with global […]
The death of physical video game media draws ever closer. Brick and mortar stores like GameStop are closing up. We no longer buy video game discs and cartridges, used or otherwise; we download our games to our consoles via high-speed wireless connections and curate digital libraries. Eventually, we’ll subscribe to and stream our games from […]
