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Google Tries to Buy Journalists Off With Some Honestly Sweet New Tools

This morning Google announced it’s rolled out an entire suite of tools designed to make journalists’ jobs easier. Spotted by TechCrunch, Journalist Studio features 13 new tools that focus on things journalists of all different specialties do on a daily basis, like fact-checking, data-combing, and graph creation. While the tools are part of the company’s…

Tech News Joanna Nelius Oct 14

The New Nest Thermostat Shaves $40 Off the Price But Also Ditches the Scroll Wheel

For the first time in three years, Google is introducing a new model to its Nest smart thermostat line and at $130 the latest addition is the cheapest model yet without sacrificing much functionality, particularly if it’s going to be your first smart thermostat upgrade. Simply called the Nest Thermostat it’s joining the $250 Nest…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 12

YouTube, Too, Is Reportedly Turning Into a Mall

The retail apocalypse is here, and the future looks like an antitrust hearing. Not to be outdone by Facebook and Instagram—the now-one-stop-shop for all forms of social media, and also a literal shop—Google, too, is coming for Jeff Bezos’s filthy, unfathomable riches with in-platform e-commerce. Soon after Instagram announced that it’s adding a store and…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Oct 9

Google’s Concept for Its Massive San Jose Campus Actually Looks Kinda Neat

Google isn’t exactly a name you associate with urban planning, but newly released renders for its San Jose campus are… pleasantly surprising. Unlike the typical closed-off tech campuses, the Downtown West project looks like an open plan neighborhood that’s actually part of the city itself. In a roughly 40-minute video presentation, Google explained that it…

Tech News Victoria Song Oct 9

Federal Labor Board Accuses Google Contractor of Shipping Work Overseas to Bust Pittsburgh Union

The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint this week against HCL America that accuses the Google contractor of violating its employees’ labor rights through a bevy of union-busting tactics. The complaint alleges that the company, a subsidiary of the India-based contracting titan HCL Technologies, illegally pressured its Pittsburgh workforce not to unionize and retaliated…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Oct 9

Waymo Rolls Out Its Driverless Robo-Taxi Service to More Riders in Phoenix

Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet, said Thursday that it’s offering its fully driverless robo-taxis to all customers of its ride-hailing service in Phoenix, Arizona. Previously, the company only afforded its fleet of unmanned cars to a select few hundred people as part of its early rider program beginning in 2017. To start out, the…

Artificial Intelligence Alyse Stanley Oct 8

Microsoft Sets Fairer App Store Policies for Itself in Clear Dig at Apple

For absolutely no reason, no reason at all, Microsoft dropped a blog today outlining 10 app store principles that “[build] on the ideas and work of the Coalition for App Fairness,” a group of developers and companies that banded together against Apple’s draconian App Store policies. Just kidding. This blog post is Microsoft making a…

Tech News Victoria Song Oct 8

The Future of Software Is at Stake in Google’s Latest Trip to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will finally hear arguments in a case that could rewrite the rules of software development as we know it. On Wednesday, Google will defend its use of Java code in the development of the Android operating system. Oracle claims that code is protected intellectual property, and if the court agrees, there are…

Tech Policy Rhett Jones Oct 7

Google’s Nest Audio Is the Best Sounding Smart Speaker You Can Get for $100

After buying Nest back in 2014, Google has been repositioning all of its smart home products under the brand, and that includes its smart speakers. One of the last holdouts to be upgraded as a Nest was one of the company’s first smart speakers, the 4-year-old Google Home. But the new Google Nest Audio sounds…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski Oct 5

We Have a Date: Google, Facebook, and Twitter CEOs Will Testify Before Congress on Oct. 28

Less than a week before the 2020 presidential election, three of the biggest names in tech—Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey—will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about a longstanding law that protects websites from liability for user-generated content. The committee unanimously voted to…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Oct 3

Google’s Daydream VR Is Officially, Really, Finally Dead

If you happen to be one of the few people who still use Google’s Daydream VR platform, I’m sorry to tell you that it’s officially dead. (If you didn’t know Daydream was a thing, that’s totally OK. I forgot it was, too.) Spotted by Android Authority, Google recently issued a service update for Daydream letting…

Tech News Joanna Nelius Oct 2

The Complete Guide to Chromecasting

Google’s history with hardware has been somewhat hit-or-miss, but there’s no doubt that its Chromecast streaming stick has been a huge success, helping to change the way we watch movies and shows and listen to music since 2013. When the Chromecast debuted in July 2013, the launch had the same sort of feel to it…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 2

Facebook’s Latest QAnon Crackdown Scraps Ads, Pushes ‘Credible’ Info on #SavetheChildren Searches

In its ongoing crusade to keep QAnon stans from congealing on its platform, this week Facebook announced new restrictions aimed at limiting the conspiracy movement’s spread online. Facebook will reject ads that “praise, support or represent militarized social movements” including QAnon, anarchist groups, and self-proclaimed militias (like the violent mob that swarmed Kenosha, Wisconsin, in…

Social Media Alyse Stanley Oct 1

It’s Subpoena O’Clock for Zuck, Dorsey, and Pichai

The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously voted to subpoena Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify on a key law that shields websites from liability for user generated content. The tech CEOs are being summoned specifically to testify about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a key…

Tech Policy Tom McKay Oct 1

Google to Journalists: Shut Up and Take the Money

After spending the better part of the last decade choking every possible cent from the digital media industry, Google’s finally getting the heat that it deserves. More and more people are realizing the company’s monopoly over digital advertising is one of the culprits behind a staggering number of newsroom layoffs. Regulators are realizing this digital…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Oct 1

Big Tech Finally Figured Out That Phones Aren’t the Best Devices for Streaming

Well, well, well! With the arrival of Google’s heavily leaked, highly hyped new streaming dongle, Chromecast with Google TV, it appears yet another Silicon Valley company has figured out that maybe—just maybe—we do not want to stream everything from our phones. Google has had a presence in the streaming wars in a very big way…

Gadgets Catie Keck Sep 30

Google’s Pixel 5 Is Finally Here

After dropping official teaser images for the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G earlier this summer, today at its Launch Night In event Google has finally given us a full rundown on its newest Pixel phones. For the Pixel 5, Google is trying something a bit different. Instead of competing directly with super expensive high-end…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Sep 30

Google’s Chromecast with Google TV Is Its First Real Streaming Contender

For the better part of the last decade, Google’s Chromecast dongles were the company’s primary homegrown solution for streaming video to your TV. But with the recent explosion in streaming services, even the most sophisticated Chromecast wasn’t really cutting it anymore, which is something the new Chromecast with Google TV is hoping to change in…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Sep 30

We Knew Google’s Nest Audio Speaker Was Coming and Here It Is

It wasn’t a secret that Google was planning to release a new speaker at today’s Launch Night In event. No, seriously. Not only did Google itself confirm this speaker existed back in July after an initial round of leaks, an overeager Walmart accidentally had a few up for sale a week early. Now that the…

Tech News Victoria Song Sep 30

Google’s Antitrust Clusterfuck Is Turning Into a Three-Way

An antitrust review of Google’s business practices has been a long time coming, and it looks like the U.S. Justice Department is going to make moves on that front very shortly. But there’s growing concern that the case against the search giant will amount to nothing but a political maneuver. Adding to Google’s headaches, it’s…

Tech Policy Rhett Jones Sep 30

Google Tries to Buy Journalists Off With Some Honestly Sweet New Tools

The New Nest Thermostat Shaves $40 Off the Price But Also Ditches the Scroll Wheel

YouTube, Too, Is Reportedly Turning Into a Mall

Google’s Concept for Its Massive San Jose Campus Actually Looks Kinda Neat

Federal Labor Board Accuses Google Contractor of Shipping Work Overseas to Bust Pittsburgh Union

Waymo Rolls Out Its Driverless Robo-Taxi Service to More Riders in Phoenix

Microsoft Sets Fairer App Store Policies for Itself in Clear Dig at Apple

The Future of Software Is at Stake in Google’s Latest Trip to the Supreme Court

Google’s Nest Audio Is the Best Sounding Smart Speaker You Can Get for $100

We Have a Date: Google, Facebook, and Twitter CEOs Will Testify Before Congress on Oct. 28

Google’s Daydream VR Is Officially, Really, Finally Dead

The Complete Guide to Chromecasting

Facebook’s Latest QAnon Crackdown Scraps Ads, Pushes ‘Credible’ Info on #SavetheChildren Searches

It’s Subpoena O’Clock for Zuck, Dorsey, and Pichai

Google to Journalists: Shut Up and Take the Money

Big Tech Finally Figured Out That Phones Aren’t the Best Devices for Streaming

Google’s Pixel 5 Is Finally Here

Google’s Chromecast with Google TV Is Its First Real Streaming Contender

We Knew Google’s Nest Audio Speaker Was Coming and Here It Is

Google’s Antitrust Clusterfuck Is Turning Into a Three-Way

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