Google’s Phil Harrison (you may remember him from his days at Sony). The Stadia interface. Specs for Google’s Stadia data centers. How many screens can you play Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on? Stadia on a laptop. Stadia on a smartphone. Stadia on, well, another system. The logo for Google’s new gaming service. Google CEO Sundar Pichai […]
As Notre Dame burned on Monday, the internet was ablaze with conspiracy theories. Trolls made baseless claims that the flames ravaging Paris’ iconic cathedral were the result of an act of terrorism, and pushed familiar Islamophobic narratives. One vlogger suggested France’s government had ignited the fire as a so-called false flag, and warned that President […]
Hi all, This was a hard email to write. Google is retaliating against several organizers. We are among them and here is what’s happening to us: Meredith Just after Google announced that it would disband its AI ethics council, I was informed my role would be changed dramatically. I’m told that to remain at the […]
The Pixel 3 XL. Ron Amadeo Miles of notch. The back. The top is glossy and hard, the bottom is matte and soft-touch. Ron Amadeo The soft-touch back stops before it hits the sides. Ron Amadeo There’s still a fingerprint reader and a two-tone color on the back. Ron Amadeo The camera sticks out just […]
Enlarge / The Fire TV Cube is a small Fire TV with an Echo Dot baked into it. It has a shiny black finish around the sides, with a matte black top. Jeff Dunn Feuding tech giants Amazon and Google have come to an agreement on their streaming services. After over a year of absence, […]
Alexa. Cortana. Google Assistant. Bixby. Siri. Hundreds of millions of people use voice assistants developed by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, and Apple every day, and that number is growing all the time. According to a recent survey conducted by tech publication Voicebot, 90.1 million U.S. adults use voice assistants on their smartphones at least monthly, […]
Google’s teaser #1. Teaser #2. The mid-range Pixel 3. Rozetked The back has this strange “C” logo. Rozetked A headphone jack! Rozetked These slots on the bottom edge are new. With the missing bottom-front speaker grille, at least one of these is probably a speaker. Rozetked A neon power button. Rozetked A few years have […]
It looks like Google could be working on a way to change how system updates are delivered to Android phones. While users have long had to head into the Settings app to check for system updates, code discovered by 9to5Google suggests that Google could soon deliver updates to Android phones through the Google Play store. […]
Republicans led by Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday pilloried Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations they censor conservative users and news sites online, threatening federal regulation in response to claims that Democrats long have described as a hoax. The tensions played out early at a Senate hearing where Cruz, the leader of the Judiciary Committee’s […]
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The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. Ron Amadeo Google has discontinued the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, the company’s flagship smartphones from last year. As first spotted by Android Police, the Pixel 2 has been scrubbed from the Google Store page, and the old Pixel 2 URL now redirects to the Pixel 3 […]
At the Game Developers Conference 2019 this week, Google stole the show by announcing Stadia, its on-demand streaming service for video games. Set to launch later this year, Stadia promises to revolutionize gaming by streaming blockbuster games using any TV with Chromecast, computers running a Chrome browser, and any Android device — no console required. […]
Enlarge / This controller attachment was shown in Microsoft’s Xcloud promo video, and Bluetooth wireless controller support is also planned. Microsoft Microsoft announced its Xcloud game-streaming service last August, with the ambition of streaming console-quality games to gamers wherever they are—on their tablets, smartphones, PCs or even consoles. Yesterday, Google joined the streaming gaming fray […]