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Google Messages can now blur nude images on Android

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 19:03:05

Google is rolling out a new safety feature for the Messages app on Android. As spotted by 9to5Google , the company is making Sensitive Content Warnings more broadly available after beta testing the option since April . Google announced it last October. The feature can detect and blur images that include nudity. However, it’ll only work if you’re signed into a Google Account in the Messages app. When Messages detects and blurs such an image, you will be able to choose between several actions. Y

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I tried Meta's new Oakley smart glasses in my production studio - my verdict as a content creator

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2025-08-18 19:06:00

Jason Howell/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. When I saw that Oakley and Meta's collaboration on the HSTN Limited Edition smart glasses with improved 3K video for $499, I was excited they might be the perfect pair of POV glasses for the studio. Oakley's sport-forward design isn't my favorite, but I could easily overlook any aesthetic shortcomings if they nailed my primary use case of easy, hands-free recording fo

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Google Wants You to Pick Your Own News Sources for Searches

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-18 18:12:50

Perhaps in response to suggestions that its Search functions have been degraded or been usurped by AI summaries that not everybody wants, Google will now let you select news sources to narrow things down. The company said in a blog post this week that it's launching Preferred Sources in the US and India over the next few days, along with a plus icon to the right of Top Stories in searches. Clicking on that plus symbol allows you to add blogs or news outlets. There doesn't appear to be a limit o

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Google Home finally adds full temperature scheduling for older Nest thermostats

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-18 23:51:46

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority TL;DR Google is finally starting to roll out the long-awaited temperature scheduling features for the 3rd Gen and E Nest thermostats in the Google Home app. This addresses the last major reason many users were forced to keep using the old Nest app, which was previously required for this function. While the new feature is now live for some, users should note that their old schedules from the Nest app will not automatically carry over. Back in April, Google

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Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life (2015)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-15 07:54:35

The Soviet Hobbit Bilbo and Gollum behind the Iron Curtain Alex Q. Arbuckle 1976 Credit: Via English Russia First published in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, has been translated into more than 40 languages. In addition to different translations, dozens of uniquely illustrated versions of the children’s story have been released over the years. This 1976 Soviet edition features illustrations by M. Belomlinskij, depicting Bilbo, Ga

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Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-08-18 23:46:09

Google on Thursday announced a new AI-powered search tool to help travelers find flight deals — even as regulators continue to question whether the search giant’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. Called Flight Deals, the new tool is available within Google Flights and is designed to help “flexible travelers” find cheaper fares. Users can type natural language queries into a search bar — describing how and when they want to travel — and the AI surfaces matching options. These

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Thought HTC was dead? It just launched a surprisingly compelling Ray-Ban Meta rival

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-19 03:07:58

HTC Vive TL;DR HTC’s Vive division has announced a new pair of smart glasses called Eagle. These glasses come with a design similar to Ray-Ban Meta glasses but with better specifications and more colors. Unfortunately, HTC is limiting sales to Taiwan, unlike other Vive headsets that also sell globally. HTC has long given up on phones (except it hasn’t completely and still sells entry-level phones in certain markets). But its Vive division has continued to work on AR, VR, and XR headsets. It

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Solos is equipping its smart glasses with an AI for the blind and low-vision community

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-19 03:00:09

Solos is teaming up with Envision, a company that makes assistive technology for the blind and low-vision community, to add an AI called Ally to its AirGo smart glasses platform. This chatbot was designed for those with vision issues. The companies say this integration creates a "first-of-its-kind, hands-free, voice-activated wearable." Solos says the specs can perform a number of tasks that should make life easier for the low-vision community, including recognizing and reading text in real tim

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These smart glasses use AI to help low-vision users

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-19 03:00:00

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Accessibility-focused tech provider Envision has partnered with eyewear company Solos to launch new smart glasses specifically designed for blind and low-vision users. Envision says the camera-equipped Ally Solos Glasses can read and translate text, desc

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HTC is getting in on AI glasses, too

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-19 03:40:44

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. With Meta, Google, Samsung, and maybe even Apple working on AI-powered glasses, smart spectacles are quickly becoming the hottest gadget in tech. Now, even HTC is jumping in on the trend with a new pair of Vive Eagle smart glasses that come with built-in speaker

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Google Wallet has a new shortcut UI, but I’m not sure it’s an upgrade

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-19 06:19:15

TL;DR Google Wallet has gained a new UI when you activate it via a double-tap of the power button. This UI features a transparent design and an animation showing you how to tap your phone. Unfortunately, this UI change means you can no longer launch the full app with a double-tap. Android 16 on Pixel phones lets you double-tap the power button to activate Google Wallet. That’s a welcome change as the gesture was previously restricted to launching the camera. Now, a new UI is rolling out for t

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HTC takes on Meta with the Vive Eagle smart glasses

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-19 07:00:48

HTC is once again attacking the wearable space with a pair of new smart glasses, the company announced. The Vive Eagle is a rival to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses with a fashion-foward lightweight design, open ear audio, voice-activated AI and an ultra-wide AI-powered camera. They look promising, if a bit expensive, but will only be available in Taiwan to start with. The Taiwanese firm clearly noticed that Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses have been a surprise hit. It's easy to see why — in our Engadget re

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Linux Address Space Isolation Revived After Lowering 70% Performance Hit to 13%

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-19 07:14:21

Several years ago Google engineers began exploring address space isolation for the Linux kernel and ultimately proposing Linux ASI for better dealing with CPU speculative execution attacks . While the hope was it would better cope with the ever growing list of CPU speculative execution vulnerabilities, the effort was thwarted initially by I/O throughput seeing a 70% performance hit . That level of performance cost was unsustainable. But now that I/O overhead has been reduced to just 13%.Google e

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Google Messages now ensures you don’t get flashed without your consent

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-19 14:46:06

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages will now automatically blur NSFW photos that you receive or send. It will show warnings before opening any explicit media shared with you to ensure you approve of it. It will also warn you of the risks of sending such photos before you do. All processing takes place locally on your device, so none of the private media is sent to Google. The outpouring of multimedia junk, thanks to RCS, in Android’s default Messages app has inspired G

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Latest Google Messages bug gives you two (or three) app icons

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-19 15:37:09

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A bug in the new Google Messages beta, version v20250811, is causing users to see two or even three app icons in their app drawer. The bug affects only beta users. All icons launch the same app, so their functionality is the same. Google Messages is the default messaging app on Android flagships, and most users will stick to the stable version since that is what ships on their phone. If you’re an enthusiast, you may have opted to test the beta version

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Sorry, Google, but the Pixel 10 doesn’t excite me

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-19 16:30:10

Joe Maring / Android Authority Remember the first Pixel devices, and the Nexus phones before them? I do. I loved my Nexus 5, and I remain convinced the Nexus 6P was the height of smartphone design. The Pixel 6 harked back to it, which was new and exciting at the time. However, I’m now bored with the Pixel lineup. I’m not accustomed to being unimpressed with Pixel phones; usually, the line always had something to interest me. But the Pixel 9 was just…meh. And now, it looks like the Pixel 10 wil

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My favorite lens and screen-cleaning kit keeps my tech smudge-free, and it costs $8

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-08-19 14:00:13

The Koala cleaning kit with a pair of glasses. Kayla Solino/ZDNET I've been wearing prescription glasses since I was 18 months old, so trust me when I tell you I know a lot about keeping lenses clean and protected -- I've had over 20 years of practice. While it may seem like you can clean your sunglasses or glasses with any old "glass cleaner," or something as simple as soap and water, I am here to tell you that it can be a huge (and costly) mistake. Most glass cleaning products (even dish soa

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Brilliant illustrations bring this 1976 Soviet edition of 'The Hobbit' to life

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-16 03:54:35

The Soviet Hobbit Bilbo and Gollum behind the Iron Curtain Alex Q. Arbuckle 1976 Credit: Via English Russia First published in 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, has been translated into more than 40 languages. In addition to different translations, dozens of uniquely illustrated versions of the children’s story have been released over the years. This 1976 Soviet edition features illustrations by M. Belomlinskij, depicting Bilbo, Ga

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I Love How Streamlined the Excellent Pixel 9 Pro Is, and It’s 40% Off for a Limited Time

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-19 15:43:00

CNET's key takeaways The Google Pixel 9 Pro is currently on sale with $400 off After months of using Google's Pixel 9 Pro, I like its solid overall performance and quirky new AI skills. The element that stands out most is how easy it is to use. While Android users do swear by them, a lot of other people consider Android phones to feel overly complex. The user interface isn't quite as easy to adjust as the Apple offering, and while it may sound unreasonable, Samsung's Galaxy S25 range, for ex

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Google Gemini's Deep Research is finally coming to API

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-19 16:01:01

Google Gemini's one of the most powerful features is Deep Research, but up until now, it has been strictly limited to the Gemini interface. This could change soon. With Deep Research in Gemini, you can search about pretty much anything, including scholars, existing research papers, and more. Google describes Deep Research as an agentic Research Assistant that can browse up to hundreds of websites on your behalf, think through its findings, and create insightful multi-page reports in minutes.

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After owning every Google Pixel flagship, here's why 2025 will be a turning point for me

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-08-19 16:00:12

Adam Breeden/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Google Pixel 10 is expected to receive significant upgrades this year, including a dedicated telephoto lens. Greater feature parity with the Pro models, combined with no expected price increases, makes the standard Pixel an enticing option. It still won't be the best option for power users, especially if you want the most capable camera system from Google. Google's non-Pro Pixel phone has always been the "safe pick." It's the model I recommend to

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Google just gave the Gemini Live app its biggest update yet - Android and iOS versions included

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-19 16:30:14

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's takeaways Gemini Live now works with Calendar, Maps, Keep, and Tasks. Update is rolling out to most Android and iOS users. It can add events, guide routes, and manage lists or notes. In May of this year, Google debuted Gemini Live with screen sharing and camera access for Android. Google has been slowly integrating the feature, which lets you ask Gemini about anything on your screen (or that you can see with your camera), into its suite of apps since Jun

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Show HN: Real-time privacy protection for smart glasses

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-17 10:40:47

Privacy Infrastructure for Smart Glasses Build smart glasses apps without privacy concerns. Smart glasses apps face privacy hurdles. This real-time privacy filter sits between the camera and the app, automatically ensuring compliance. How it works: Replace your raw camera feed with our filtered stream. The filter processes live video, applies privacy protections, and outputs a compliant stream in real time. Use this processed stream for AI apps, social apps, or anything else. Features: Anon

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Google faces loss of Chrome as Perplexity bid adds drama to looming breakup decision

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias Mackenzie Sigalos 2025-08-20 03:41:46

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during a visit to the Google for Startups campus in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. The EU has established a reputation globally for its aggressive regulation of major technology companies, including the likes of Apple and Google over antitrust concerns. Photographer: Damian Lemanski/Bloomberg via Getty Images Damian Lemanski | Bloomberg | Getty Images Perp

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Google adds limited chat personalization to Gemini, trails Anthropic and OpenAI in memory features

venturebeat.com Emilia David 2025-08-20 02:45:38

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Google is playing catch-up against Anthropic and OpenAI as it slowly adds customization, personalization and gives users more control over what data to reference to its Gemini app. Personalization and data control in chat platforms make it easier for both individual and enterprise users to converse with the chatbot and retain preferences.

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Gemini is bringing one of Gmail’s handiest web features to your phone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-20 07:10:18

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR The Gemini “Add to calendar” button in Gmail is now rolling out to Android and iOS. It automatically detects event details in emails and lets you add them to Google Calendar with one tap. The feature can handle multiple events in a single email, but only works in English for now. If you use Gmail on the web, you might’ve already spotted Gemini’s “Add to calendar” button offering to save you a few clicks. Now that same Gemini trick is coming to Gmail o

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How to use the Google Photos app’s new Remix tool to transform your pictures

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-20 11:24:41

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has offered more details on its new Remix feature for the Photos app. Users will be able to edit photos to reflect different art styles, such as anime, 3D animation, sketch, and comic books. There will be a Regenerate button to get different results. Back in July, Google announced the Photos app would get two new AI-powered features. One tool was a photo-to-video generator, and the other turns photos into illustrations reflecting different art styl

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Google Play Store Bans Wallets That Don't Have Banking License

news.ycombinator.com The Rage 2025-08-20 10:47:24

Google Play Store has introduced a policy that requires any software wallet developer to obtain a license before publishing cryptocurrency wallet apps to the Google Play Store "to ensure a safe and compliant ecosystem for users." The policy targets 15 jurisdictions, including the European Union and the United States, laying out which regulations Google Play Store expects software wallet developers to comply with. This includes being a registered Money Service Business with FinCEN in the US, as

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AI Agents Make Up a Third of All Search Traffic Toward Brands, Report Says

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-20 10:08:00

AI agents are engaging in searching for brands at a scale that's equal to a third of equivalent organic search, according to a report from digital marketing company BrightEdge published Wednesday. BrightEdge defines an AI agent as any AI tool that does work on your behalf. For example, if you ask ChatGPT to find the most cost-effective bikes for teenagers to ride on gravel, OpenAI will use its live web browsing feature to look across bicycle brands to find the information. ChatGPT isn't the onl

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Google CEO adds a new calendar feature at Stripe co-founder’s request

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-20 11:35:46

Talk about customer service. On Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X about Google Calendar’s new feature to duplicate events — an addition that was specifically requested by Stripe co-founder John Collison last month, also via an X post. On July 5, Collison asked if Google Calendar users could get a Ctrl-click option that would allow them to easily duplicate events, similar to the feature that many native calendar applications already have. Collison tagged Pichai in his post at the t

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Google Messages can now blur nude images on Android

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