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Google Chrome's third-party cookie phaseout begins on January 4
Google will begin to restrict third-party cookies in Chrome starting on January 4, 2024.
Apple now needs a judge's order to hand over push notification records
Law enforcement will now need a judge's consent in order to obtain push notification data from Apple.
Google Maps will let you store your location on your phone instead of the cloud
It also has new data deletion features.
Google's superfast 20Gbps Wi-Fi 7 Fiber plan costs $250 a month
If you've been thinking about hosting your own mini data center or need to stream 1,333 Netflix 4K programs at once, Google Fiber has the answer.
Google begins shifting users from Play Movies & TV ahead of its January shutdown
Google details where you can access purchased content in preparation for the complete phaseout of Google Play Movies and TV.
Google loses antitrust trial against Epic Games
A jury has sided with Epic Games in its antitrust lawsuit against Google.
Google Messages APK suggests you may soon able to edit messages after they're sent
A recent Google Messages beta included code fragments suggesting that users will be able to edit texts after they're sent.
Google's AI-infused NotebookLM note-taking app is open to everyone in the US
Google’s NotebookLM, a AI-powered note-taking app, is now generally available to everyone in the US. You can instruct the tool to only look at information from specific sources, which can help with research and taking notes.
Google admits that a Gemini AI demo video was staged
Google admits that it staged part of a Gemini AI demo video, in which there was actually no voice interaction as implied.
Here's how to move your subscriptions off Google Podcasts before it shuts down
Google's new migration tool will help users move their podcast subscriptions from Google Podcasts to YouTube Music.
Google's Pixel Tablet falls back to an all-time low of $399
The Google Pixel Tablet is back on sale for $399 at various retailers, matching the lowest price to date for the versatile Android tablet.
Apple and Google are probably spying on your push notifications
Push notifications, the dings you get from apps calling your attention back to your phone, may be handed over from a company to government services if asked. But it appears the Department of Justice won't let companies come clean about the practice.
Google's answer to GPT-4 is Gemini: 'the most capable model we’ve ever built'
Google unleashed its new Gemini AI platform on Wednesday, in hopes of clawing back market share from dominant rival OpenAI's GPT-4.
Google announces new AI processing chips and a cloud 'hypercomputer'
It also has a new AI accelerator, the Cloud TPU v5p
Google's Pixel Watch 2 falls to a new low of $300
Google's Pixel Watch 2 just came out in October but we're already seeing the first substantial discount.
Google is reportedly pushing the launch of its Gemini AI to 2024
A new report by The Information says Google has pushed back the launch of its next-gen AI, Gemini. The company was reportedly planning to introduce the new foundational model in events scheduled for next week, but has quietly delayed it until January after finding it needed to work on its responses to non-English queries.
Google’s new AI experiment composes abstract musical clips inspired by instruments
Google’s new generative AI experiment lets you create music “inspired by” over 100 instruments worldwide. It will spit out a 20-second sound clip as a starting point to compose soundscapes that may or may not include the instrument you entered.
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers
YouTube's dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there's an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.
Google's latest Android update includes AI-created image descriptions and animations for voice messages
Google has rolled out a trio of updates for Android, Wear OS and Google TV, bringing new features like AI image descriptions, redesigned Emoji stickers and a spate of free TV channels. All told, the updates bring 11 features, some more noteworthy than others.
Google Messages now lets you choose your own chat bubble colors
Google is rolling out a number of updates for Messages, including the option to customize the color of chat bubbles.

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