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I compared Apple Visual Intelligence to Circle to Search, and the winner won’t surprise you

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 10:00:28

Ryan Haines / Android Authority I might be that annoying friend — the one who always wants to fact-check something. I’m not usually trying to be obnoxious, I just want to make sure I’m getting the correct information, especially when things are so easily faked right now (sorry, it’s true). Honestly, I’ve always been this way, and I think it started with a heavy reliance on Google Lens. Seriously, though, I used Google’s camera-based identifier for everything. Unfamiliar shoes? Google Lens. Wei

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6 crucial features the new Google Home app needs to win me back

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 10:30:00

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Google is working on a brand new Home app with Gemini integration. My colleague AssembleDebug was able to trigger that new interface and showed off the spiffy redesign with streamlined tabs that merge favorites and devices under a new Home tab, and push settings up to the account switcher. There’s a permanent new “Ask Home” text box at the top to talk to your smart home via Gemini, ask about security camera activity and device statuses, execute actions, or eve

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Big Google Home app redesign with ‘Ask Home’ starts rolling out on iPhone

9to5mac.com Abner Li 2025-09-28 09:49:10

We previously spotted that the Google Home app was getting a redesign with “Ask Home” and it’s now beginning to roll out for iPhone users ahead of the October 1 announcement. The company curiously released version 4.0.54 of Google Home for iOS on Saturday afternoon (PT). This introduces a more rounded icon with a gradient color palette, like the Google G and Gemini. After swiping away the app and relaunching, we’re seeing a big redesign (we’re in the Public Preview program). On initial launch,

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How to upgrade your Windows search bar for enhanced productivity - and it's free

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-28 05:00:32

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways You can now run a Google search directly in Windows. The new Google app for Windows works in Windows 10 and 11. Google Lens is integrated, so you can search on selected text and images. If you're like me, you probably head to Google's search engine on the web several times a day to get information on specific topics. But if you're working in Windows, that means you have to stop wha

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I made a public living room and the internet keeps putting weirder stuff in it

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 22:59:47

Custom rooms coming soon Stick with the global room for now while we finish this feature.

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Can Google be trusted without a break up?

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2025-09-27 23:00:00

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. On day three of the two-week remedies trial in the Justice Department’s ad tech case against Google, Judge Leonie Brinkema boiled down the argument to one key issue: trust. Brinkema interrupted testimony from a DOJ expert with a hypothetical: should she issue a strict order modifyi

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5 reasons why Pixels will never outsell Samsung’s Galaxy phones

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 00:30:16

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority In the tech community, Google’s Pixel and Samsung’s Galaxy phones generate a lot of buzz, creating the illusion that they are neck-and-neck competitors in the sales race. However, the reality couldn’t be more different. Samsung is the undisputed king of the global smartphone market, while Google doesn’t even crack the top five. For context, in the second quarter of 2025, Samsung shipped 58 million phones globally, 13.3 million of which were sold in the US. Du

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Google Home finally has powerful automations, but I’m still not using them

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 02:30:03

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority For the last week, I’ve been testing out Google Home’s powerful new automation editor and trying to see if it could perform the kind of routines I need in my smart home. I was happy to see a few interesting additions, like adding time delays, but Google is still shooting itself in the foot by artificially restricting so many possible automations and actions. As a Home Assistant and Google Home dual-platform user, I find the difference between what I can do on

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Android’s answer to Apple’s Handoff is coming, and here’s how it’ll work

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 03:00:10

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority One area where iOS beats Android is its deep integration with MacBooks, which is to be expected since Apple controls both ecosystems. While tools exist to connect your Android phone to a Windows PC, these solutions often fall short of Apple’s integrations. This gap exists because Android and Windows are developed by different companies with competing interests, which complicates the creation of native, deeply integrated features. For example, Apple’s Handoff

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Here’s the latest progress on how Google Messages @mentions are going to work

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 03:00:10

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages has been working on a system to let you @mention other users in chats. Users who are mentioned in such a manner should see an @ symbol next to the chat. Messages may automatically suggest an @mention when you start typing someone’s name. Being able to get someone’s attention by sending them an @username just feels incredibly natural to so many of us after years and years of these kind of interactions across social media. At this point

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10 Android features I taught my parents to use, and you should too

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-28 04:00:03

Megan Ellis / Android Authority I was showing my dad a couple of Android features on his phone recently, and not for the first time. You might have had this revelation already, but I realized there’s so much we do unthinkingly on our devices that might still be alien to the generations above us. I’m not exactly young myself as a millennial, but I’ve grown up in the digital age, which means I’ve picked up new tricks as they’ve come on the scene. Writing about them for a living helps quite a lot,

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Pixel Buds Pro 2 get Adaptive Audio, gesture controls and more in latest update

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-28 06:51:16

Google first teased some enticing upgrades for its Pixel Buds Pro 2 during the Made by Google event in August. More than a month later, Google is finally rolling out the update that makes its wireless earbuds earn the Pro label. The Pixel Buds Pro 2 now get an Adaptive Audio feature in the Active Noise Control section of the Pixel Buds app. This ANC mode automatically adjusts the volume depending on your surrounding environment, balancing between hearing your music or podcasts and the world aro

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The current war on science, and who’s behind it

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-28 02:30:01

We’re about a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Summers across the global north are now defined by flash floods, droughts, heat waves, uncontainable wildfires, and intensifying named storms, exactly as predicted by Exxon scientists back in the 1970s. The United States secretary of health and human services advocates against using the most effective tool we have to fight the infectious diseases that have ravaged humanity for millennia. People are eagerly lapping up the misinformation

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Gear News of the Week: The iPhone Air Is Surprisingly Repairable, and Gemini Comes to Google TV

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-09-28 06:30:00

Thinner, smaller gadgets are usually harder to repair due to their constrained space, but surprise, surprise, Apple's 5.6 mm-thin iPhone Air has earned a respectable 7/10 repair score from iFixit. A key factor in this was Apple relocating the logic board to create more space for the battery, making it easier to access. The phone also uses electrically debonding adhesive, first debuted on the iPhone 16, to make swapping batteries simple. The iPhone 17 Pro models also scored a 7/10 repair score,

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YouTube Premium adds high-quality audio and 4x playback for iOS, Android and desktop

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-28 18:22:14

Google is expanding access to YouTube Premium features like faster playback speeds and high-quality audio to more types of devices. Most people subscribe to YouTube Premium to remove ads from YouTube and access to YouTube Music, but Google also includes a variety of "power-user" features that give subscribers more granular control over their viewing or listening experience. Now those features will be available in more places. YouTube Premium's faster playback speeds (in 0.5x increments from 1x

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Report: Apple Has Developed an Internal ChatGPT-Like Tool for Testing Siri Features

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-28 22:17:00

What if Apple developed its own version of ChatGPT, but never let you use it? That may be what happens with Veritas, the reported name of an iPhone app released internally to test new features for Siri, its virtual personal assistant. In a report from Bloomberg's technology reporter Mark Gurman, the world's largest tech company developed and reportedly released an app resembling OpenAI's ChatGPT to employees as part of its ongoing Siri overhaul. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and l

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The first YouTube Labs experiment sounds like an answer to Spotfy’s AI-powered DJ

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-29 02:41:36

Taylor Kerns / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube has introduced a new Labs initiative that grants early access to experimental features. The first YouTube Labs experiment is a set of “AI music hosts” for YouTube Music. YouTube says Labs is open to a “limited number of US-based participants.” YouTube’s got a new way for you to try experimental functionality early. In keeping with Google’s programs like Search Labs, the streaming platform has announced an initiative it’s calling YouTube Labs, an

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Meta's Bosworth Hints That Neural Band Could Eventually Evolve Into a Watch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-28 23:00:00

A cozy band wrapped snugly around my wrist was easily the most fascinating reveal at Meta Connect. Called the Neural Band and bundled with the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, it adds gestures and motion sensing that makes the experience feel thoroughly futuristic -- and full of unanswered questions. I chatted with Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth for some answers. Wearing the Display glasses himself, he discussed the special waveguides that make the lenses transparent, the potential of the neural b

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How Google shifted from a bastion of accurate information to a steward of free expression

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-09-28 23:00:01

Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Google long touted the need for factually accurate information on its platforms, but a letter submitted to Congress this week demonstrates how the tech company is shifting to prioritize "free expression." The company's YouTube division on Tuesday said it will soon allow accounts that were previously banned for spr

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Don’t like your group chat icon? Google Messages might soon let you remove it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-29 06:02:23

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown of the latest Google Messages beta has revealed a change to group chat icons in testing. We managed to activate the option to remove a group chat icon and restore the default four-avatar grid. Right now, you can only change the group chat icon; you can’t remove it. One of the little quirks of a Google Messages group chat is that once you set a picture as the group icon, you can’t go back. You can swap it for another photo,

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Your Google Pixel Buds just got 4 audio upgrades for free - including a big one for gestures

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-29 06:28:00

Jada Jones/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google is pushing an update for its Pixel Buds Pro 2. New features include adaptive audio and head gesture support. The features should arrive over the next few weeks. If you own Pixel Buds Pro 2, you soon might notice a big upgrade in your audio quality. At last month's Made by Google event, the company revealed its new budget-friendly Pixel 2a buds and teased some upgrades for its Pixel Buds P

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Android will soon run Linux apps better, and that’s great for Google’s PC plans

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-29 14:30:39

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android, which currently run slowly using inefficient CPU-based rendering. This will be achieved by implementing gfxstream, a technology that forwards graphics API calls to the host’s GPU for near-native performance. Evidence for this was found in a hidden “Graphics Acceleration” setting in the Terminal app that enables a new “GPU-accelerated renderer.” Earlier this year, Google i

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Meta on the Future of Display Glasses, Neural Bands: Fitness, Accessibility and More

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-29 14:00:05

A cozy band wrapped snugly around my wrist was easily the most fascinating reveal at Meta Connect. Called the Neural Band and bundled with the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, it adds gestures and motion sensing that makes the experience feel thoroughly futuristic -- and full of unanswered questions. I chatted with Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth for some answers. Wearing the Display glasses himself, he discussed the special waveguides that make the lenses transparent, the potential of the neural b

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Google’s Clock app mysteriously disappears for some Wear OS watches

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-29 18:59:49

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s Clock app has gone missing from the Play Store for some smartwatch owners. The issue appears to be primarily affecting Galaxy Watches and OnePlus Watches. Sideloading the app works, but it’s not recognized by Google, so there’s no handshake between phone and watch. Google’s Clock app is one of the better timekeeping apps available for Wear OS. If you want to install it on your device, you may run into a bit of trouble if you have a non-Pixel

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Fast UDP I/O for Firefox in Rust

news.ycombinator.com Max Inden 2025-09-29 18:14:44

Around 20% of Firefox’s HTTP traffic today uses HTTP/3, which runs over QUIC, which in turn runs over UDP. This translates to substantial UDP I/O activity. Firefox uses NSPR for most of its network I/O. When it comes to UDP I/O, NSPR only offers a limited set of dated APIs, most relevant here PR_SendTo and PR_RecvFrom , wrappers around POSIX’s sendto and recvfrom . The N in NSPR stands for Netscape, giving you a hint of its age. Operating systems have evolved since. Many offer multi-message AP

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Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 vs. Gen 1: Which Smart Glasses Should You Buy?

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-29 02:00:20

It’s hard to believe, but we now live in a world where you have to account for generations of smart glasses. That’s great for variety’s sake, but for choosing which smart glasses to buy (in this case, which Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses in particular), things might get a little confusing. Having used both generations of Meta’s Ray-Ban AI smart glasses myself, I’m here to give you the guidance you need, though. If Meta Connect had you considering taking the plunge into smart glasses for the firs

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Google is fixing a big readability complaint with this new Android setting

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-29 22:32:00

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is adding a new “reduce blur effects” toggle to address readability issues caused by its new Material 3 Expressive design. This new accessibility setting, available in the 2509 Android Canary build, disables background blur system-wide to improve text visibility. It replaces a developer option, making it much easier for regular users to find and enable the feature once it rolls out. The team at Android Authority is a big fan of Android’s new Materi

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Public transport navigation in Google Maps just got a much-needed overhaul

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-29 22:37:26

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google Maps has updated its public transit navigation to allow full map access during trips. Users can now search, browse, and reroute without cancelling or restarting their current journey. Plus, new walking directions feature includes pedestrian incident reporting like crashes or slowdowns. Google Maps walking and transit guidance has been pretty abysmal for years now. People like me, who don’t own a car and rely on their feet and public transport,

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These 40+ apps feature a new Liquid Glass design for iOS 26

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-09-29 22:04:33

Apple released iOS 26 for iPhone this month, introducing the world to its new Liquid Glass design language. If you’re looking for fun third-party apps that take advantage of the new Liquid Glass design, here are over 30 recommendations. Last updated September 26, 2025 with even more apps… Widgetsmith 8 Download Widgetsmith 8 on the App Store Dark Noise Download Dark Noise on the App Store Overcast Download Overcast on the App Store Pedometer++ 7 Download Pedometer++ 7 on the App Store

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Enable This iOS 26 Privacy Feature to Make It Harder for Others to Track You

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-29 22:41:20

Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15 and the update brought a lot of new features to your iPhone, but more important it included some improved privacy measures against digital fingerprinting. Everyone can benefit from these advanced privacy measures on their device. Because we do most things on digital devices these days, we may leave our digital fingerprints everywhere. CNET senior writer Attila Tomaschek told me that digital fingerprints consist of pieces of information about your device and bro

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Latest Tech News

I compared Apple Visual Intelligence to Circle to Search, and the winner won’t surprise you

6 crucial features the new Google Home app needs to win me back

Big Google Home app redesign with ‘Ask Home’ starts rolling out on iPhone

How to upgrade your Windows search bar for enhanced productivity - and it's free

I made a public living room and the internet keeps putting weirder stuff in it

Can Google be trusted without a break up?

5 reasons why Pixels will never outsell Samsung’s Galaxy phones

Google Home finally has powerful automations, but I’m still not using them

Android’s answer to Apple’s Handoff is coming, and here’s how it’ll work

Here’s the latest progress on how Google Messages @mentions are going to work

10 Android features I taught my parents to use, and you should too

Pixel Buds Pro 2 get Adaptive Audio, gesture controls and more in latest update

The current war on science, and who’s behind it

Gear News of the Week: The iPhone Air Is Surprisingly Repairable, and Gemini Comes to Google TV

YouTube Premium adds high-quality audio and 4x playback for iOS, Android and desktop

Report: Apple Has Developed an Internal ChatGPT-Like Tool for Testing Siri Features

The first YouTube Labs experiment sounds like an answer to Spotfy’s AI-powered DJ

Meta's Bosworth Hints That Neural Band Could Eventually Evolve Into a Watch

How Google shifted from a bastion of accurate information to a steward of free expression

Don’t like your group chat icon? Google Messages might soon let you remove it

Your Google Pixel Buds just got 4 audio upgrades for free - including a big one for gestures

Android will soon run Linux apps better, and that’s great for Google’s PC plans

Meta on the Future of Display Glasses, Neural Bands: Fitness, Accessibility and More

Google’s Clock app mysteriously disappears for some Wear OS watches

Fast UDP I/O for Firefox in Rust

Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 vs. Gen 1: Which Smart Glasses Should You Buy?

Google is fixing a big readability complaint with this new Android setting

Public transport navigation in Google Maps just got a much-needed overhaul

These 40+ apps feature a new Liquid Glass design for iOS 26

Enable This iOS 26 Privacy Feature to Make It Harder for Others to Track You

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