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Google detailed this morning that as of this week, all RCS conversations inside of Google Messages, including group chats (first launched in beta earlier this year), are now end-to-end encrypted. That means the texts between you and your friends are private, which is probably for the best. Google is going one step further and enabling … Continued
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Los Angeles Times (non-paywalled source): When police questioned Marvin Margolis following the murder of Elizabeth Short -- who became known as the Black Dahlia -- he lied about how well he had known her. The 22-year-old Short had been found mutilated in a weedy lot in South Los Angeles, severed neatly in half with what detectives thought was surgical skill. Margolis was on the list of suspects. He was a... Read more ›
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Ukraine uses ground robots to fire at Russian targets and attack positions while its own soldiers stay at a safer distance. Read more ›
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The mystery second December update that arrived on Pixel phones earlier in the week remains mostly a mystery today, but at least we have factory image files for it. The new December update first popped up on Pixel devices running on Verizon’s network, with the Pixel 8, Pixel 9, and Pixel 10 series devices all … Continued Read the original post: Google Confirms New December Pixel Update Read more ›
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You may have forgotten the timeline, but Google was pushing to force all off of Google Assistant and onto Gemini by the end of this year. Like with all things AI, the timing hasn’t quite worked out and they are instead “adjusting” that previous timeline to a later date within 2026. Google made the short … Continued Read the original post: Google Decides That Google Assistant Can Stick Around a... Read more ›
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Google is pulling out all of the promos from several services to try and get you to buy one of their new Pixel 10 series phones. We saw the Google Play $200-off deal earlier in the week that stacked on top of their current holiday offers, and now, we’re seeing YouTube Premium subscribers get a … Continued Read the original post: YouTube Premium Kicking 40% Off Pixel 10 for Subscribers Read more ›
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While we typically recommend buying phones unlocked and without a contract that ties you to a carrier, there are some exceptions that still put you on a carrier without all of the grease that comes with a contract. That might be confusing, but there is a Mint Mobile deal on the Pixel 10 Pro XL … Continued Read the original post: There’s a Way to Get $700 Off a Pixel... Read more ›
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We did it, y’all. The multi-year battle is over. We won. Google has finally given in and is letting us fully turn off the “At a Glance” widget on Pixel phones and reclaim the space as our own. I almost can’t believe it. For those not familiar with what I’m referring to, Google has included … Continued Read the original post: Pixel’s At a Glance Can Finally Be Turned Off... Read more ›
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Google may have released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 at the worst possible time of the day, but we’re still going to dive into it and share all the big new stuff. As the next quarterly update that will fix a whole bunch of bugs, this also has the potential to be a big feature … Continued Read the original post: What’s New in Android 16 QPR3 Beta: At a... Read more ›
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Pixel owners recently took to the (un)official home of #TeamPixel on reddit, voicing much displeasure with the state of AI-ification of the Google Pixel lineup. Naturally, this conversation also led to people voicing displeasure with all sorts of things, such as RAM prices and the AI-ification of basically everything in life right now. It’s AI … Continued Read the original post: Owners Voice Displeasure With AI-Ification of Pixel Phones Read more ›
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The latest OnePlus flagship device, OnePlus 15, is now up for general sale in the US. We posted our review of this device one month ago on November 13, but hopefully OnePlus hasn’t lost too much steam waiting to launch it. OnePlus 15 Review: Battery Warriors, Your Phone Awaits The phone is awesome, to put … Continued Read the original post: OnePlus 15 Now Up for Sale in US, the... Read more ›
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The Google Home app continues to see improvements everyone week so with a new update from Google rolling out today. Google pushed out a new changelog, saying that there are big improvements to Familiar Face detection, animal identification, Home Brief, and more. Below, we have the full list of changes from Google. You can see … Continued Read the original post: Google Home App Gets 5 Sweet Improvements Read more ›
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