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Your Google Wallet may soon be able to carry your passport

www.ocregister.com

Google expects that being able to store passports digitally in your Wallet will save "time and stress at the airport when traveling domestically."

Your Google Wallet may soon be able to carry your passport

www.twincities.com

Google expects that being able to store passports digitally in your Wallet will save "time and stress at the airport when traveling domestically."

How to Download Your Google Maps Directions Before You Lose Your Signal

lifehacker.com

Don't forget to download your directions before your big road trip.

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‘Google’ settings on Android get Material You redesign [Gallery]

9to5google.com

The Android 15 QPR1 Settings app redesign on Pixel moves the “Google” menu to the top of the list. All other devices are now seeing a big Material You overhaul of “Google services.”

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Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma, who spent years as a doctoral fellow at Google before joining OpenAI's founding team as a research scientist (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Durk Kingma, who spent years as a doctoral fellow at Google before joining OpenAI's founding team as a research scientist — Durk Kingma, one of the lesser-known co-founders of OpenAI, today announced that…

EDC east of Austin reacquires land previously planned for 'Google-like' fintech company HQ

www.bizjournals.com

It marks a long-awaited revelation regarding the status of the Moca Financial Inc. headquarters project in Bastrop, which in 2021 was said to bring 700 jobs, three buildings and a "Silicon Valley vibe," with water features, bike trails and…

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Exclusive: Health startup Roon is raising $15 million from Sequoia to replace 'Dr. Google'

Roon is raising a $15 million funding round at a $65 million pre-money valuation for its site that aims to replace "Dr. Google."

BUSTED: Guess How Deep in Search Google Buried US-Based ‘Lean Right’ News on 2024 Election

www.newsbusters.org

Google is at it again, forcing users to dig through 13 pages of search results before finally finding a story by Fox News in one search, and 14 pages before finding a story by the New York Post in another. These two results were the first…

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Epic Games launches ‘dangerous’ lawsuit against Samsung and Google

metro.co.uk

Epic Games is back with another litigation, this time taking on two of the biggest companies in the world, claiming Google and Samsung are colluding against third party apps.

Epic Games Starts A New Battle With Google And Samsung

www.benzinga.com

The video game maker Epic Games kicked off the week with a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL)-owned Google and Samsung, accusing them of conspiring to block third party competition on Samsung devices.

Can someone please make a game for Google's bizarre Möbius strip keyboard

For reasons that seemingly amount to japery, Google have unveiled a double-sided, endlessly looping keyboard design – but only in Japan, and they’re not actually making it. However, the blueprints for 3D-printing it are freely available on…

Pebblebee’s new item trackers works with both Apple and Google 'Find My' networks

www.engadget.com

Apple’s Find My network and Google’s Find My Device are both smart tracking solutions to help us prevent losing our items, but devices made for one aren’t typically compatible with the other. However, Pebblebee is changing this by…

Chromecast vs. Google TV Streamer: Are the upgrades enough? [Video]

9to5google.com

Two years after the launch of the 1080p-only Chromecast with Google TV and four years after the 4K launchpad for Google TV, we have the highly anticipated Google TV Streamer. Is it the upgrade we’ve waited for or a misfire for home…

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Microsoft says it will start rolling out Click to Do, akin to Google's Circle to Search, and AI-enhanced Windows search improvements for Copilot+ PCs next month (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Microsoft says it will start rolling out Click to Do, akin to Google's Circle to Search, and AI-enhanced Windows search improvements for Copilot+ PCs next month — Microsoft is using AI models to greatly improve Windows search on its new…

Google Play brings Search tab to tablets, wastes screen real estate

9to5google.com

Following phones in August, Google is adding a Search tab to the Play Store on Android tablets and foldables in a design that completely misses the point of large-screen UIs.

Google's AI podcast tool transforms your text into stunningly lifelike audio - for free

www.zdnet.com

I've been studying AI for years, and Google's new and oddly hidden AI podcast tool still astonishes me. Seriously, you have to hear this to believe it. But humans will beat the machines in the end. Here's why.

Google Pixel 9a leak shows a drastically different look

mashable.com

Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 9a look a lot different than even the Pixel 9.

It’s ‘no dough’ for third-party cookies, according to latest Google announcement

Will hospitality face another Google challenge now that the search engine has changed its approach to eliminating third-party cookies?

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Pebblebee’s trackers now work on Apple’s or Google’s networks

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Pebblebee’s Universal trackers work with Apple’s Find My and Google’s Find My Device networks. | Image: Pebblebee

Microsoft Copilot can talk now: 3 new features that make it more like ChatGPT and Google Gemini

mashable.com

Microsoft just announced several new features coming to Copilot, including new voice capabilities.