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Android getting new ‘local file backup’ feature via Google Drive

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According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive.

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Whoa, Google's Pixel-exclusive 'Now Playing' is rumored to get an app with 'more features'

www.androidcentral.com

Rumors alleged that Google is looking to make "Now Playing" a proper app for Pixels in the Play Store.

Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean about the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, coding agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more (Latent.Space)

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Q&A with Google Chief AI Scientist Jeff Dean about the evolution of Google Search, TPUs, coding agents, balancing model efficiency and performance, and more — From rewriting Google's search stack in the early 2000s to reviving sparse…

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Google secretly handed over student journalist’s financial data to ICE without court order

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(NaturalNews) Google complied with an ICE administrative subpoena, providing British journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson's private data—including credit card nu...

I went back to Apple Maps for a week and here's how it really compares to Google Maps

www.pocket-lint.com

Apple doesn't seem too interested in going toe-to-toe in navigation.

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Klarna Brings Pay Later Options to UK Google Pay Users

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Klarna says its pay later options are now available on Google Pay in the U.K. With this offering, Google Pay users in the U.K. have the choice of using Klarna’s interest-free payment options at checkout, the Swedish FinTech announced…

Google responds to claim that it stole NPR hosts voice

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Radio personality David Greene alleges that Google copied his voice for NotebookLM, and now he's suing.

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Why you should (and shouldn't) claim that free Google Pixel 9a from T-Mobile's Presidents' Day sale

www.androidcentral.com

Add a line with most data plans at T-Mobile and the Big Three carrier will give you a Google Pixel 9a for free! But with the release of the Pixel 10a just around the corner, is last year's phone still worth it?

Google is prepping a dedicated app to identify songs playing around you

www.digitaltrends.com

Google is preparing a standalone app for Pixel’s Now Playing feature, making it easier to identify songs playing around you

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Update Google Chrome now to fix this zero-day vulnerability

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The issue allowed attackers to "execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox".

Ex-NPR Host Sues Google, Claims It Used His Voice for AI

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David Greene says the company’s NotebookLM tool left him “completely freaked out”

How to make LeedsLive your preferred Leeds news source in Google search

www.leeds-live.co.uk

Finding Leeds news in Google has changed - here is how you can control what you see

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Longtime NPR host accuses Google of stealing his voice for AI podcast tool: ‘Completely freaked out’

nypost.com

A longtime NPR radio host is suing Google for allegedly stealing his voice for the male podcaster voice in its AI podcast tool, according to a suit filed in Santa Clara County, Calif.

Inside the career rise of Sundar Pichai, Google and Alphabet's current CEO

Meet Sundar Pichai, the man leading Google and Alphabet as CEO, who is leading the search giant through the AI race.

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Criticized ICE lately? Reddit, Facebook, and Google may have sent your personal details to DHS for investigation

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Citizen, you have been deemed insufficiently supportive of Dear Leader Trump’s campaign of terror against anyone who doesn’t pass the paper bag test. Please report to a mandatory re-education center immediately so that your wrongthought…

NotebookLM under fire: Popular radio host says Google stole his voice

Former NPR host David Greene alleges the AI’s Audio Overviews feature replicated his voice persona without permission.

Gemini can now create audio summaries of your Google Docs

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Gemini now delivers AI audio summaries in Google Docs, offering natural voices, playback controls, and hands-free listening for Workspace subscribers on the web.