Author: Zach_Wilson
Google is clamping down on Android apps that cause excessive battery drain
It can be tough to know when a phone is on its deathbed or when an app is just being an overt battery hog. Google is going to help users get to the bottom of things, according to a recent Android Developers Blog. The company just announced the launch of…
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Disney is losing over $4 million a day in revenue on the YouTube TV blackout
Disney’s spat with Google’s YouTube TV over a new content distribution contract is costing the entertainment giant $4.3 million a day in lost revenue, Morgan Stanley estimates. That’s $30 million a week as the blackout of channels including ABC and ESPN stretches into its 12th day, Variety reports, though the…
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Unitree robot dog with GPT smarts and 4D LiDAR vision gets early Black Friday deal – and it’s cheaper than you might think
It’s official: Black Friday has gone to the dogs. The Unitree Go2 Air Robot Dog is now on sale for £2,399 on JoyBuy, down from £2,599, complete with free same-day delivery – that’s 7% off a machine that can walk, run, dance, and do yoga poses. Weighing 15 kg and…
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Remix in Google Messages brings AI photo editing to even more phones
Google's November 2025 Pixel Drop is available today, and it includes some new features that should benefit more than just the Pixel phones and tablets Google typically targets. A new messaging feature called Remix in Google Messages expands access to Gemini-powered photo editing, and Google's improving its Scam Detection and…
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Google is introducing its own version of Apple’s private AI cloud compute
Google is rolling out a new cloud-based platform that lets users unlock advanced AI features on their devices while keeping data private. The feature, virtually identical to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, comes as companies reconcile users’ demands for privacy with the growing computational needs of the latest AI applications. Many…
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Pixel phones are getting notification summaries
Google is releasing an update for Pixel phones with an interesting feature in the mix: notification summaries. Apple notably had plenty of trouble implementing its version of this AI-powered feature, and Google is taking a cautious first step by deploying it only for chat conversations. It’ll arrive as part of…
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