Credit: 9to5Google The tweet was promptly removed a few minutes later, so it was clearly a mistake. Or, if you’re a conspiracy theorist, Google’s marketing department is pulling some shenanigans. The tweet is light on details, although it does confirm the new headphones are called the ‘Pixel Buds A-Series’ as opposed to just the ‘Pixel Buds A’ as previously supported, and it does mention that the headphones support fast pairing....
We can answer these questions thanks to Google. It has released data on people’s movements gathered from millions of mobile devices that use its software (Android, Google Maps and so on). Never before has this level of detail been available. For infamous pandemics in history even basic facts are disputed (for example the number of deaths from the Black Death). The Google dataset seems to be of such quality that several scientific questions can finally be resolved....
In a blog post, Google president of commerce Bill Ready said that starting next week all search results in the Shopping section will consist mostly of free product listings — whether a seller advertises on its platform or not. [Read: How to simplify your shopping routine with these handy apps] “With hundreds of millions of shopping searches on Google each day, we know that many retailers have the items people need in stock and ready to ship, but are less discoverable online,” Ready said....
Google really wants you to know this fact. I present to you the most passionate description of a 3.5mm orifice you’ll see today: And I love every second of it. Strong Apple vibes. Can we get this Jony Ive impersonator to do every Pixel ad? Thanks. That said, considering the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro probably won’t come with a headphone jack, this feels just a little ironic. But hey, marketing departments have gotta do their jobs....
You might be angry that Googlekille off another super handy feature. But there are no free lunches. So what are your options? We’ll address all your questions such as exporting your data and choosing an alternative service in this article. How much stuff have you got on Google Photos? Before you storm out of Google’s image storing service, you need to know how much stuff you’ve stored on the service....
Update (5:36PM IST / 1:06PM CET): Google Search is up and running now. Other services are still down. Our original report follows. Yup, it’s not just you — many Google services, including Gmail, G Suite, and YouTube are unavailable across many countries around the world right now. The cause of the outage is presently unclear. We’ll update this post as we learn more. That means more than 2 billion users are currently locked out of their email inboxes, cloud storage, documents, and Watch Later playlists....
That’s according to a new study by Google, which found that approximately 1.5 percent of all sign-ins used across the web involved credentials that have been already hacked. The findings come from a telemetry analysis of its Password Checkup Chrome browser extension that it launched earlier this year. Google is presenting details of the study this week at the USENIX Security Symposium in Santa Clara, California. “We scanned 21 million usernames and passwords and flagged over 316,000 as unsafe — 1....
The newly-formed union issued a statement on the “retaliation” against AI ethics lead Margaret Mitchell, whose corporate account was recently suspended by the Big G. Mitchell had reportedly been using automated scripts to find messages showing mistreatment of her former colleague Timnit Gebru, whose forced departure in December sparked a backlash among Google staff. [Read: How Netflix shapes mainstream culture, explained by data] In a statement, the AWU described the actions against the two researchers as “an attack on the people who are trying to make Google’s technology more ethical....
The prototype device uses AI to diagnose patients and a thermal camera to take their temperatures. It can also provide social stimulation and talk therapy, Reuters reports. The robot could provide some support to overworked medical staff and people feeling lonely during the pandemic. But, at best, it will augment rather than replace human carers. Social robots are already widely used in Japan — and some users clearly love them....
The Cowboy is a Belgian electric bike. Here’s a haiku about it: Panther-lithe, sexy Too. Pedal power slick, but no mudguards? “Wet ass.” Read the full review here.
One of the sections of the chipset announcement I look forward to every year is to discover the new processor’s camera feature support. While final images depend a lot on a manufacturer’s software, Qualcomm’s chip gives them a platform to improve photo and video capturing prowess. Snapdragon 888 is Qualcomm’s first chip with three image signaling processors (ISPs). These three ISPs enables triple camera concurrency and parallel processing. Fancy words, but what do they mean?...
There’s nothing better than being rewarded for doing the right thing for the right reasons. You don’t need the grateful little old lady to give you $20 for finding and returning her lost purse. But that $20 definitely feels sweeter because you put good karma out into the universe — and that good deed found its way back to you. That being said…how does $5,000 worth of good karma sound to ya?...
The Business of Mobility is an Urban Mobility Company series highlighting some of the most successful new businesses in the mobility sector. Featuring a closer look at the way in which companies stand out, CEOs, Directors and other c-level executives elaborate on what it takes to turn a great idea into a great company. Yann Arnaud is President of the Steering Committee on AVs for a Movin’On Community of Interest project....
It’s no easy task, but with modern technology, like artificial intelligence and big data analysis tech startups are able to give a helping hand and contribute to making our cities greener. In Europe especially, the European Commission has focused on climate as a key action point for emerging technologies. The Data Market Services program, of which TNW is a partner, is focused on supporting data startups in the EU addressing this pressing contemporary challenge....
The scenario may one day come true. In five billion years, the sun will run out of fuel and expand, most likely engulfing the Earth. A more immediate threat is a global warming apocalypse. Moving the Earth to a wider orbit could be a solution – and it is possible in theory. But how could we go about it and what are the engineering challenges? For the sake of argument, let us assume that we aim to move the Earth from its current orbit to an orbit 50% further from the sun, similar to Mars’....
Errata 18:30 UTC, June 27: Unfortunately, Hard Fork made an error in the calculation of the 2020 stock portfolio featured in this article, namely: we failed to accommodate for “stock splits,” which occurred for almost every stock featured in our hypothetical dot com bubble portfolio. We’re really sorry. We’re leaving this article up because it’s okay to make mistakes, and Hard Fork is already working on a corrected version, so stay tuned!...
When Satoshi Nakamoto built Bitcoin, design choices were made that effectively limits the number of Bitcoins that will ever exist to (roughly) 21 million. A fixed supply limit certainly gives Bitcoin anti-inflationary properties, but the reason it was set to 21 million is hidden in personal correspondence between Nakamoto and software developer Mike Hearn. 21 million was an educated guess According to an email shared by Hearn, Nakamoto intended Bitcoin’s unit prices to eventually align with traditional fiat currencies, so that 0....
In the struggle for gender equality, women have already proven they are capable of doing anything — including conquering space, showing that not even the sky is the limit for their success. [Read: Meet Alyssa Carson, the 18-year-old training to become the first human on Mars] “The first all-women spacewalk at the International Space Station was carried out in October of 2019 and many other milestones have already been accomplished by women astronauts....
Applying that model to computers, why not save all that depreciation cash by buying a used computer at a steal of a price? You can do just that right now with this deal on a refurbished Samsung Chromebook. It’s a $599 value priced for the budget-conscious (read: everybody) at just $99.99 right now from TNW Deals. For anyone looking for a powerful, efficient and portable device to handle all your web-based tasks, the Chromebook has your bases covered....
These and other electronic devices have since been refined to make computers many times more powerful again, not to mention much cooler and more energy efficient – enabling everything from MP3 players to the smartphones of today. Intel and Google began unveiling quantum processors last year, and Samsung and Everspin launched MRAM (magnetic random access memory) chips a few months ago. This new technology is expected to substantially improve computing performance – by one estimate, for example, the potential reduction in power requirements could be over 99%....
