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Google wants to figure out how to serve Android users ads while minimizing tracking
As Apple pushes on with its anti-tracking features on iOS and Google continues to refine its Privacy Sandbox for serving targeted web ads without third-party cookies, it's time for Android to come into the spotlight. Google announced today it's starting a "multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android,…
Read MoreGoogle adds new productivity tools to its Smart Canvas collaboration platform
We've seen bits and pieces of Google's Smart Canvas platform trickle out since it was announced last May, and now, we're getting a look at a few more features coming today and in the next few weeks. The company is unveiling a set of updates for Google Docs, Sheets and…
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The first Android 13 developer preview is here
Superstition schmuperstition. Google is unveiling the first Android 13 developer preview today and it's clear the company is not going to avoid the "unlucky" number. After all, Apple made a massive amount of money from iPhone 13s. The Android 13 preview is a glimpse of things we can expect from…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra isn’t the end of the Note line (not really, anyway)
Don’t say goodbye to the Galaxy Note yet. When Samsung launched the Galaxy S22 Ultra today, it said the new flagship merges “the best of two smartphone legacies,” bringing together the S Pen, camera and other power-user features into one device. With its onboard S Pen slot, distinct rectangular shape…
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I love how extra Louis Vuitton’s new $3,400 smartwatch is
The high-end fashion world has been trying to embrace smartwatches for years. But apart from Fossil, luxury houses (and most tech companies) have given up on Google’s Wear OS. Gone are the Movado Connect smartwatch, the LG Watch Style and the Moto 360. In their place sit a slew of…
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Netflix will have to face ‘Queens Gambit’ defamation suit, judge rules
Netflix is learning that careless dialogue in its fictional shows can have serious implications. Its bid to get a recent defamation suit dismissed has been rejected, meaning it will have to face the plaintiff — Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili — in court. In September, Gaprindashvili filed a suit against…
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