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Accidental Dow Jones News Report Claims Google to Buy Apple for $9 Billion

The Dow Jones newswire reported some mind-blowing news this morning: Google is acquiring Apple for the relatively paltry price of $9 billion, thanks to an agreement revealed in Steve Jobs’ will. But the news—and the multiple alerts that the newswire blasted out—were bogus. “In a surprise move to anyone who is alive, Google said it’s…

Tech News Jennings Brown Oct 10

Microsoft Confirms Investigation Into Whether Russians Bought Pre-Election Ads Through Bing

The sprawling inquiry into the extent of Russian attempts to purchase ads on the US internet before the 2016 federal elections has expanded to yet another digital giant, with Microsoft confirming that it has launched an internal investigation into whether it sold such advertisements via its Bing search engine. In a statement, a Microsoft spokesman…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Oct 10

Russian Agents Used Google to Interfere in Election: Report

Russian actors spent tens of thousands of dollars on Google ads meant to interfere with the 2016 US presidential election, the Washington Post reported on Monday. Citing employees “familiar” with Google’s internal investigations, the Post reports that these ads, which appeared on Gmail and YouTube, “do not appear to be from the same… troll farm…

Privacy & Security Sidney Fussell Oct 9

Alphabet’s X Approved to Deploy Project Loon LTE Balloons to Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

Project Loon, the former Google X Lab enterprise to provide mobile data to rural areas and disaster zones via high-altitude weather balloons now run by Google’s parent company Alphabet, may soon get another major test drive. Per Engadget, the FCC issued an “emergency license” for X to deploy its technology to Puerto Rico, where the…

Tech News Tom McKay Oct 7

I Wore Google’s Smart Jacket of the Mediocre Future

I sat on the subway, gently petting my denim jacket to skip songs on Spotify, wondering—is this the future? To which I say, I really hope a dongle in my jacket isn’t the future. It’s certainly not the one we were promised. But hold on, I’m getting ahead myself. You might recall that at Google…

Accessories & Wearables Melanie Ehrenkranz Oct 7

What the Heck Is Google’s Plan for Android Wear?

Take a moment and wander over to the online Google Store. You’ll see beautiful photos of every product announced yesterday, and if you click on the links you can buy any of the items made by Google (including last year’s Google Home) or made for Google (a whole lot of headphones and phone cases). But…

Tech News Alex Cranz Oct 5

Creepiness Won’t Kill the Google Clips Camera

Google introduced a tiny lifelogging camera on Wednesday at its Pixel 2 event. Called Clips, the little device can be held, clipped, or set down while it uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to “capture beautiful, spontaneous images” of your life. As with most cameras intended to constantly record you, a lot of people’s first…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Oct 5

Google’s Day of Ripping Off Other Companies

From the moment Google’s big product event kicked off on Wednesday, it seemed as if every speaker was attempting to temper expectations and say, in not so many words: “We get it, you’ve seen this before. But this time… Google’s doing it.” The most blatant example of a Google spokesperson teeing up this admission came…

Tech News Rhett Jones Oct 5

YouTube’s Search Results Promote Conspiracy Theories About the Las Vegas Shooting

Fabrications, hoaxes and other lies about the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas this week which killed at least 59 people and wounded well over 500 others have been spreading rampant on YouTube, and it’s unclear if the video giant has any plans to do anything about it. Per the Guardian, entering simple search queries…

Tech News Tom McKay Oct 4

How on Earth Can Google Expect Us to Pay $1,000 for a Chromebook?

Looking at the new Pixelbook from afar, it’s really hard to understand why anyone, let alone Google, could demand a retail price of $1,000 for this thing. It’s got Chrome OS inside—the operating system you stick in cheap laptops with cheap guts because it needs practically no processor power to run. And Google made no…

Gadgets Alex Cranz Oct 4

Google’s Pixel 2 Has a Lot to Prove and Everything to Lose

The Google Pixel 2 might not have as vibrant a blue color scheme, but this is a different phone from last year’s model, with a sharper design (that colorful camera button) and some new features that could inspire hope in Google fans who were less than stoked after last year’s outing. The Google Pixel was…

Tech News Alex Cranz Oct 4

Everything Google Announced Today

Google announced some new hardware at a characteristically low key event in San Francisco on Wednesday. Nearly everything had been leaked ahead of the event, but there were a few surprises—some more exciting than others. Inevitably, one thing seemed clear: Google wants to be a gadget company, too. The gadgets aren’t bad, either! There’s a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 4

Google Just Invented… Lifelogging?

Lifelogging—the act of recording your every waking moment—has been declared dead numerous times. But now it looks like Google is trying to resuscitate the movement with a new camera it introduced at its Pixel 2 event on Wednesday. Google Clips is a portable camera that takes photos and videos for you. According to Google, the…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Oct 4

Google’s DeepMind Launches Ethics Group to Steer AI

The company responsible for AlphaGo—the first AI program to defeat a grandmaster at Go—has launched an ethics group to oversee the responsible development of artificial intelligence. It’s a smooth PR move given recent concerns about super-smart technology, but Google, who owns DeepMind, will need to support and listen to its new group if it truly…

Artificial Intelligence George Dvorsky Oct 4

Pixel 2: What You Need to Know About Google’s New Top Android Phones

When it announced the iPhone X, Apple pushed the expectations (and price tags) for flagships phones higher than they’ve ever been before. Now, Google gets a chance to hit back with its own homegrown handsets that will not only show how Google has matured as a hardware maker, but also what’s coming soon on Android…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Oct 4

Google Wants to Sell You a $1,000 Chromebook Called ‘Pixelbook’

At today’s big event in San Francisco, Google confirmed what we’ve all known for the last two weeks: It has a slick looking new Chromebook, and it costs $1,000. However Google crucially expanded on those early details and has revealed a Chromebook that might actually be worth its sky high price tag, unlike the last…

Tech News Alex Cranz Oct 4

Google’s Home Max Goes After HomePod With a Big Ass Sonos Clone

Most people thought Google’s big event would be sort of lame, since all of the new products got leaked. And then, at the tail end of the Google Home announcement, the thump of a bass showed up. Meet the Google Home Max. Google Home Max is a smart speaker with better sound than the standard…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 4

The Google Home Mini Is a Google Home But Mini

Google just announced a lovely hockey puck of a gadget called the Google Home Mini. As the name implies, the device does everything a Google Home does in a much smaller package. It’s also cheap! The Google Home Mini is four inches across, covered in fabric, available in three colors (coral, chalk, and charcoal), and…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 4

The Sonos Smart Speaker Is Finally Here

At long last, Sonos is ready for small talk. The wireless speaker company—whose gloss has dulled as Amazon, Google, and soon Apple, have released increasingly decent “smart” speakers over the last couple of years—is finally releasing a speaker with built-in voice commands. It’s called the Sonos One and it comes with Amazon’s Alexa assistant built…

Tech News Harri Weber Oct 4

How to Watch the Google Pixel 2 Event

Today’s the day the world meets the Pixel 2, Made by Google. We’re also expecting a new Google Home device, a new Chromebook, some Android updates, and more. It will be a thing to behold. https://gizmodo.com/what-to-expect-from-googles-big-pixel-2-event-on-octobe-1818880633 We’ll be liveblogging the event here, but if you want to watch the livestream it’s easy. Google put it…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Oct 4

Accidental Dow Jones News Report Claims Google to Buy Apple for $9 Billion

Microsoft Confirms Investigation Into Whether Russians Bought Pre-Election Ads Through Bing

Russian Agents Used Google to Interfere in Election: Report

Alphabet’s X Approved to Deploy Project Loon LTE Balloons to Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

I Wore Google’s Smart Jacket of the Mediocre Future

What the Heck Is Google’s Plan for Android Wear?

Creepiness Won’t Kill the Google Clips Camera

Google’s Day of Ripping Off Other Companies

YouTube’s Search Results Promote Conspiracy Theories About the Las Vegas Shooting

How on Earth Can Google Expect Us to Pay $1,000 for a Chromebook?

Google’s Pixel 2 Has a Lot to Prove and Everything to Lose

Everything Google Announced Today

Google Just Invented… Lifelogging?

Google’s DeepMind Launches Ethics Group to Steer AI

Pixel 2: What You Need to Know About Google’s New Top Android Phones

Google Wants to Sell You a $1,000 Chromebook Called ‘Pixelbook’

Google’s Home Max Goes After HomePod With a Big Ass Sonos Clone

The Google Home Mini Is a Google Home But Mini

The Sonos Smart Speaker Is Finally Here

How to Watch the Google Pixel 2 Event

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