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Google lost its antitrust case with Epic again

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-15 03:06:33

Google's attempt to appeal the decision in Epic v. Google has failed. In a newly released opinion, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to uphold the original Epic v. Google lawsuit that found that Google's Play Store and payment systems are monopolies. The decision means that Google will have to abide by the remedies of the original lawsuit, which limits the company's ability to pay phone makers to preinstall the Play Store, prevents it from requiring developers to use its payment sy

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Google’s Pixel Tablet is $190 off for a limited time

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2026-01-15 05:10:39

During the most recent Prime Day, the Google Pixel Tablet with Wi-Fi and 256GB of storage briefly dropped to just $309 ($190 off) — but the deal disappeared in a matter of hours. Fast forward to today, and the deal is back, but this time it’s available at Best Buy. Unfortunately, the discount is for today only (or until supplies last) and doesn’t include the speaker dock. The Pixel Tablet hit the scene back in 2023, so by tech standards, it’s relatively old. That being said, the discount certai

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Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-15 10:01:07

Google has lost its appeal in the long-running app store antitrust case, which marks another major victory for Epic Games. Google lost the original case in 2023 when a jury found it abused its market position in smartphones to block competition from Epic and others. Google was able to get the penalties suspended while it pursued its appeal, but now it may need to make plans for a more open future on Android. Since the dawn of the mobile app era, it was customary for both Apple and Google to tak

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The Epic Games Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2026-01-15 08:31:04

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Following an appeals court victory on Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that “the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store.” This is despite Google’s plan to appeal the Ninth Circuit panel’s decision, which declined to

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Pixel Watch 4 US pricing leak has a pleasant surprise for cellular fans

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-15 15:08:33

TL;DR Google’s expected to launch the Pixel Watch 4 at its August 20 event. A new leak claims to expect base pricing to match last year’s, but LTE models may be cheaper. We also hear about charging speeds, which could be 25% faster than the Watch 3. With August now on our doorstep, Google’s next hardware launches are almost upon us, and we’re quite literally counting down the days until the Made by Google event scheduled for August 20. That’s bringing us the Pixel 10 family, sure, and while t

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How to move your Google Chrome's address bar on an Android phone (and why you should)

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-15 15:07:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Nearly a month ago, Google announced a small but highly anticipated addition to Chrome on Android -- the ability to relocate the browser's address bar to the bottom of the screen. "Depending on the size of your hand and your device," Google explained, "one address bar position may feel more comfortable than the other." This update gives you the flexibility to choose your preferred location. Also: You can ask Gemini AI anything directly in Google Chrome - here's how

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Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-01-15 15:23:07

It’s a strange glimpse into the human mind: If you filter search results on Google, Bing, and other search engines to only include URLs from the domain “https://chatgpt.com/share,” you can find strangers’ conversations with ChatGPT. Sometimes, these shared conversation links are pretty dull — people ask for help renovating their bathroom, understanding astrophysics, and finding recipe ideas. In another case, one user asks ChatGPT to rewrite their resume for a particular job application (judgin

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How to Scan Force Pushed Commits for Secrets

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 18:10:21

Key Insights The new Force Push Scanner tool scans for secrets in dangling commits on GitHub that remain exposed after certain force push operations. Run the following command to scan your GitHub repositories: python force_push_scanner . py -- db - file pushes . sqlite3 -- scan < github_org / user Zero-Commit Force Push operations: where developers attempt to erase mistakes by resetting their git history without pushing new commits. There are tens of millions of dangling commits publicly acc

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Google AI Model Helps Us See the Planet as We Never Have Before

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-15 18:14:00

It's a view of Mother Earth as we've never seen her, and it just might help us solve some our most existential issues. Google has launched a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations, which can take images and measurements from satellites and other sources to create current and accurate digital representations of lands and waters. With all this data, scientists and researchers can monitor problems like water scarcity, deforestation and crop health. Google says AlphaEarth's AI modeling has alr

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Epic’s Game Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play

theverge.com Richard Lawler 2026-01-15 20:31:04

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Following an appeals court victory on Thursday, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that “the Epic Games Store for Android will be coming to the Google Play Store.” This is despite Google’s plan to appeal the Ninth Circuit panel’s decision, which declined to overturn a 2023 jury verdict that Google’s app store and payment system had become illega

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Google Home is still a mess, but at least it’s fixed one of its most annoying camera issues

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-16 00:48:05

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google has released a number of bug fixes for the Home app. Nest Cam users should see fewer “no video available” errors. The company also fixed an issue where turning a camera on and off during a livestream would cause a “Camera Unavailable” error. Google Home has become a point of frustration for many users, especially recently, with numerous reports of declining reliability. Despite those issues, things should be getting at least a little better for

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Google loses appeal over app store overhaul in Epic Games case

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-16 00:48:23

In Brief Google lost its appeal of a judge’s court order requiring the tech giant to revamp its app store in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Games, Reuters reported on Thursday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Google’s argument that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Games. Epic Games first filed its lawsuit in 2020 and was able to convince a jury in 2023 that Google illegally stifled competition. The trial judge or

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Google search flaw allows articles to vanish through "clever" censorship tactics

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-01-16 05:23:00

In context: Online censorship can take many forms and due to its dominance in web search, Google has traditionally been the primary target. A recently uncovered case highlights the lengths to which reputation management companies will go, as well as Google's vulnerability to sophisticated censorship tactics. Someone successfully censored a pair of uncomfortable articles that were previously accessible through Google Search. The unknown party exploited a clever trick along with a bug in Google's

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Google Phone’s new look may already be available on your device

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-16 05:51:10

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google Android apps are going Material 3 Expressive, and Phone got started with a beta last month. In addition to the new look, Phone also added a new gesture select option for answering calls. This week, availability of both changes appear to be heading out much more widely. App by app, Material 3 Expressive is making its presence felt across Google’s Android software library, and we are here for it. This summer, we’ve been digging through Google’s Andr

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Not just YouTube: Google is using AI to guess your age based on your activity - everywhere

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-16 05:05:57

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Google is implementing a new AI-powered age verification method. Machine learning will analyze your activity (mostly on YouTube) to guess your age. If AI guesses wrong, you'll need to go through a verification process. A day after announcing AI-powered age verification on YouTube, which we explained in more detail yesterday, Google is launching it on a larger scale, and again it's on you to sort out any problems if AI guesses wrong. Also:

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I tried Servo

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-15 22:56:21

"Everything is chrome in the future" was a line said by SpongeBob SquarePants in an episode from 1999, and it turned out to be a prophecy about web browsers. Google Chrome is the world's most popular browser, and most of its competitors are based on the same Chromium code: Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Opera, Brave, and Arc, just to name a few. The main exceptions are Safari and Firefox. It wasn't always this way. At the start of the millennium, Internet Explorer used its own Trident engine on Windo

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Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-16 02:05:39

Google is testing a machine learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Goog

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Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-16 20:00:00

Brilliant Labs is the startup behind Frame, the open-source smart glasses designed for hackers and other creative types. Today, the company is launching Halo, a new pair of glasses that, predictably for the age we live in, are being sold on the back of their AI features. Halo is a wayfarer-style pair (compared to the Panto-styled Frame) and, if you’re a spectacles wearer, you’ll be able to get prescription lenses in more than 100 countries thank to a partnership with SmartBuyGlasses. Brilliant

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Google's 'virtual satellite' AI model can provide a near real-time view of Earth

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-16 20:30:55

Google has introduced a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations that it says can function like a "virtual satellite." The model uses a system called "embedding," which works by taking big volumes of pubic information from various sources every day, such as optical satellites, radars and climate simulations, and then combining them all together. It then divides lands and coastal waters into 10x10 meter squares, which it then analyzes and tracks over time. As Wired explains, these squares are c

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These ultra-thin AI glasses make the Meta Ray-Bans look outdated (with 3X the battery)

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-16 20:00:00

Brilliant Labs/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Halo smart glasses might be the first true AI wearable. The agent can remember names, and even vibe code. They are available for $299 and will ship later in 2025. Smart glasses are an ideal form factor for AI assistance. They give AI access to everything you hear and see from your POV, making the handoff between you and the bot as effortless as possible. Now, the latest AI glasses from Brilliant Labs seem ready to take AI-enabled assistance to the

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Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-16 20:05:39

Google is testing a machine-learning-powered tech in the U.S. to determine the age of users and filter content across all its products accordingly. The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age. If the company’s tool decides that a user is under 18, they would get an email with details about how Google products might change for them. For these users, Goog

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How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening logo created?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-16 23:19:54

A quick Google search turned up the following on a forum link which explains this originated from Tim Dickinson, who has a complete explanation of how this logo was done on Twitter Alexander Golitzen, famed Art Director, who worked at Universal for over 30 years. With new owners behind the studio, the biplane that had circled the Earth since 1927 was dropped. Golitzen embraced the Art Deco movement, using plexiglass for its replacement. The differently sized spinning stars were filmed first, u

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AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's What It's Doing and Why It Matters

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-16 23:00:06

For decades, the way we find information on the internet changed only in small ways. Doing a traditional Google search today doesn't feel all that different from when, in the 1990s, you would Ask Jeeves. Sure, a lot has changed under the hood, the results are likely far more relevant and the interface has some new features, but you're still typing in keywords and getting a list of websites that might hold the answer. That way of searching, it seems, is starting to go the way of AltaVista, may i

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Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition review: a polarizing choice

theverge.com Victoria Song 2026-01-17 00:30:00

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. It was a sweltering Sunday in Brooklyn. Instead of being wasteful and spending $10 on a five-minute Uber, I decided to walk the 20 minutes to a cutesy Japanese stationery cafe with an even cutesier name. Despite the 85 percent humidity, my vanity demanded I wear a full face of makeup with a snatched nose contour. Sweat was leaking out

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Everyone hates the new Google Photos editing interface

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 11:00:34

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority Change isn’t always easy, and while sometimes we resist it for as long as we can, dealing with it is more often than not an inevitability. Though our attitudes may sometimes gravitate more towards acceptance than full-on embracing that change, swallowing that pill can be a lot easier if we feel reassured that we’re moving in a positive direction — that we’re at least going to get some benefit from the change. Right now, Google Photos is going through some gr

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Google will soon fix a security loophole in Chrome’s password autofill

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 11:30:38

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chrome on Android will let you require biometric authentication before autofilling passwords, adding a much-needed layer of security. This feature closes a loophole, as the existing biometric protection for autofill in Google Password Manager currently only applies to apps, not the browser. A newly discovered setting explicitly states this protection is “coming soon to Chrome,” finally preventing password autofill without user verification. Man

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I tried Servo, the undercover web browser engine made with Rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-17 10:56:21

"Everything is chrome in the future" was a line said by SpongeBob SquarePants in an episode from 1999, and it turned out to be a prophecy about web browsers. Google Chrome is the world's most popular browser, and most of its competitors are based on the same Chromium code: Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Opera, Brave, and Arc, just to name a few. The main exceptions are Safari and Firefox. It wasn't always this way. At the start of the millennium, Internet Explorer used its own Trident engine on Windo

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How to Watch England vs. India From Anywhere for Free: Livestream 5th Test Cricket

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-17 09:01:04

England's fiery series against India comes to a close at the Oval with the fifth Test and the result on a knife edge. The hosts hold a 2-1 lead going into the final match. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to watch this Test match as it happens, wherever you are in the world. We'll also explain how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are, along with a full match list. A superb rearguard performance at Old Trafford saw the tourists earn a draw in the fourt

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Tyler, the Creator's New Album Is Getting Buried by AI Knockoff

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-16 00:12:05

It's a funny time to be a musician, to put it lightly. On top of the glut of social feeds and streaming services they have to maintain, artists and their representatives are now fighting AI bots for their listeners' attention — and the humans aren't always winning. Acclaimed musician and producer Tyler "Tyler, the Creator" Okonma certainly didn't when his surprise summer album "Don't Tap The Glass" got largely undermined by low-effort AI slop. The American hip-hop artist first hinted at a new

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Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-17 20:47:30

Echoing sentiments shared in his “superintelligence”-focused blog post this morning, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expanded on his bullish ideas that glasses will be the primary way users interact with AI in the years ahead. During Meta’s second quarter earnings call, the social networking exec told investors he believes people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future. “I continue to think that glasses are basically going to be the ideal form factor for AI, because you can let an A

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Latest Tech News

Google lost its antitrust case with Epic again

Google’s Pixel Tablet is $190 off for a limited time

Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store

The Epic Games Store is bringing Fortnite back to Google Play

Pixel Watch 4 US pricing leak has a pleasant surprise for cellular fans

How to move your Google Chrome's address bar on an Android phone (and why you should)

Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines

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Google AI Model Helps Us See the Planet as We Never Have Before

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Google Home is still a mess, but at least it’s fixed one of its most annoying camera issues

Google loses appeal over app store overhaul in Epic Games case

Google search flaw allows articles to vanish through "clever" censorship tactics

Google Phone’s new look may already be available on your device

Not just YouTube: Google is using AI to guess your age based on your activity - everywhere

I tried Servo

Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

Brilliant Labs launches its second-generation smart glasses

Google's 'virtual satellite' AI model can provide a near real-time view of Earth

These ultra-thin AI glasses make the Meta Ray-Bans look outdated (with 3X the battery)

Google is experimenting with machine-learning powered age estimation tech in the U.S.

How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening logo created?

AI Is Taking Over Your Search Engine. Here's What It's Doing and Why It Matters

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Google will soon fix a security loophole in Chrome’s password autofill

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Tyler, the Creator's New Album Is Getting Buried by AI Knockoff

Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future

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