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Pre-orders are open for the entire new Pixel device line-up, including for the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL. There are deals to be had too, because Google is ready to push the new line-up of phones it has created that look like Google reaching a whole new level of quality. … Continued
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In the name of music preservation, pirate group Anna's Archive has scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify's library, representing around 37% of all songs but 99.9% of all listens. It's essentially everything on Spotify packaged into torrents to be distributed illegally, analogous to how the group has made books available for free. Read more ›
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The Indie Game Awards has stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of two major awards, including Game of the Year and Debut Game. This is due to developer Sandfall Interactive's use of generative AI, as reported by Mashable. This looks to be fairly cut and dry. The awards ceremony clearly states in its FAQ that any game that uses generative AI in the development process would be "strictly ineligible" for nominations.... Read more ›
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Chrome's AI Mode is evolving beyond simple chat interfaces. Soon, the browser will be able to reference your recent tabs and answer questions about content you opened earlier. Read more ›
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Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame said the US needs to shift away from "power-hungry" chips, but Nvidia has a "death grip" on the sector. Read more ›
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A group of activists has scraped Spotify's entire library, accessing 256 million rows of track metadata and 86 million audio files totaling roughly 300TB of data. The metadata has been released via Anna's Archive, a search engine for "shadow libraries" that previously focused on books. Spotify described the activists as "anti-copyright extremists who've previously pirated content from YouTube and other platforms" and confirmed it is actively investigating the incident. The... Read more ›
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A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United States. Read more ›
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The company made 80 times as many reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first six months of 2025 as it did in the same period a year prior. Read more ›
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Before we tell you know what we think, and before we get to what you think, we thought we'd do something a little bit different this as part of our usual end-of-year celebrations. What, we wondered, do the people who actually make the games think? As so we've chatted with the developers behind some of our favourite 2025 releases to find out which new games have resonated most with them... Read more ›
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Nick Woolsey spent his 20s living in Japan. He figured it would be easier to raise his children back in the States, but now he's returning to Japan. Read more ›
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Paramount and Netflix's bidding war for WBD heats up as Paramount revises its offer with a $40.4 billion guarantee from Larry Ellison. Read more ›
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Kate Winslet became"very famous very quickly," after starring in "Titanic" in 1997, and the press was quick to body shame her. Read more ›
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Trump is touting tariff revenues and a shrinking trade deficit as his economic accomplishments ahead or midterms, but economists say it's complicated. Read more ›
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YouTube TV cancellations spiked to the highest level in a year during the Disney blackout. Its rivals also saw surges, however. Read more ›
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The world's largest asset manager is promoting its underperforming bitcoin fund over higher-fee winners, signaling long-term commitment. Read more ›
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The Big Four professional services firms — PwC, Deloitte, EY, and KPMG — are becoming increasingly embedded in the tech world as AI evolves. Read more ›
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I make the best peppermint chocolate chip cookies every year for the holidays. I'm a professional baker, but the recipe is so easy anyone can make it. Read more ›
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Time-travelling psychological horror game Cronos: The New Dawn is finally getting an additional, easier difficulty mode for people who want less of a gameplay challenge. Read more Read more ›
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The AI data center build-out, as it currently stands, is dependent on two things: Nvidia chips and borrowed money. Perhaps it was inevitable that people would begin using Nvidia chips to borrow money. As the craze has gone on, I have begun to worry about the weaknesses of the AI data center boom; looking deeper […] Read more ›
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Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature. Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's activity across other apps and websites for personalized advertising, as part of a feature named App Tracking Transparency. If a user selects the "Ask App Not to Track" option,... Read more ›
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Beverly Hills High School has deployed an AI-powered surveillance apparatus that includes facial recognition cameras, behavioral analysis software, smoke detector-shaped bathroom listening devices from Motorola, drones, and license plate readers from Flock Safety -- a setup the district spent $4.8 million on in the 2024-2025 fiscal year and considers necessary given the school's high-profile location in Los Angeles. Similar systems are spreading to campuses nationwide as schools try to stop... Read more ›
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It was earlier this year when Meta announced the Conversation Focus feature for its AI glasses. This week, that feature is detailed to be rolling out in the Early Access Program for Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses in the US and Canada. If you didn’t hear about this, the AI glasses amplify the voice of the person you’re talking … Continued Read the original post: Meta AI Glasses Get... Read more ›
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Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 released. Google shipped Android 16 QPR2 to stable channels this month as the December Pixel update, bringing an end to several months of testing of beta software for many of us. What do we all do next? Well, Google almost always releases the next quarterly build in beta following that … Continued Read the original post: Android 16 QPR3 Beta Program Goes Live for Pixel... Read more ›
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All of Google’s still-supported Pixel devices received a huge QPR2 update in early December with new features and tons of bug fixes. We all assumed this would be the last update of the year and have mostly been waiting around for Google to give us a QPR3 beta to test out. And then this morning, … Continued Read the original post: Verizon Pixel 8, Pixel 9, and Pixel 10 Devices... Read more ›
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Google Labs has opened the waitlist for its latest experiment, CC. CC is powered by Gemini, and after granting it access to your Google account, it will begin summarizing your upcoming day and sending you a daily email with everything on your agenda. And by everything, we mean everything. It will remind you of meetings, … Continued Read the original post: Google Labs Launches CC, AI-Powered Experiment That Summarizes Your... 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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Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel Launcher home screen worked. Because this change was not an improvement in the eyes of many, they immediately took to places like reddit to question this change by Google and … Continued Read the original post: Google Makes Controversial Pixel Search Bar Change Read more ›
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Google is sending out $200 in credit towards the purchase of a Pixel 10 Pro or Pixel 10 Pro XL to eligible members, which can be combined with savings already taking place. The phones are already discounted by up to $300, meaning there’s a free max of $500 in savings waiting for eligible buyers. Combined … Continued Read the original post: Google Sends Out $200 Credit Towards Pixel 10 Pro,... 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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Find Hub went live for Android devices earlier this year, ditching the beta tag that was previously attached. The app has now gained support for select Pixel Watch models, adding to its growing ecosystem. Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Watch 4 models are supported, but older models don’t have support. Whether they lack the necessary … Continued Read the original post: Find Hub App Comes to Select Pixel Watches Read more ›
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