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Google Boosts High-Risk Account Security with Phone-Only Setup (tech.slashdot.org)
2024-7-11 Google

Google updates Gemini for Android to work better with foldables, expands Circle to Search, and more; the Galaxy Watch7 and Watch Ultra will ship with Wear OS 5 (techcrunch.com)
2024-7-10 Android Google

Microsoft increase Xbox Game Pass price, announces new ‘Standard' plan (indianexpress.com)
2024-7-10 Microsoft Xbox

Google now lets Advanced Protection Program users set up with a single passkey, using Android or iOS biometric authentication, instead of two physical keys (www.theverge.com)
2024-7-10 Android IOS Google

Google Advanced Protection Program gets passkeys for high-risk users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2024-7-10 Google

Microsoft ditches OpenAI board observer seat amid regulatory scrutiny (indianexpress.com)
2024-7-10 Microsoft

Amazon reaches its goal of 100% clean energy in 2023 seven years ahead of schedule, after investing in 500+ solar and wind projects, but experts are skeptical (www.nytimes.com)
2024-7-10 Amazon Energy Solar

A profile of Lee Saedol, an 18-time Go world champion who was beaten by Google DeepMind's AlphaGo in 2016 and now gives lectures about AI after retiring in 2019 (www.nytimes.com)
2024-7-10 Google AI AlphaGo

Amazon's latest Echo Spot doubles up as a customisable smart alarm clock (indianexpress.com)
2024-7-10 Amazon

An investigation finds Airbnb fails to protect its guests from hidden cameras and moves swiftly to contain user complaints and resolve them out of court (www.cnn.com)
2024-7-10 Airbnb

Source: Apple is not taking an observer role on OpenAI's board; OpenAI says it will host regular meetings with investors and partners like Microsoft and Apple (t.co)
2024-7-10 Microsoft Apple

Microsoft gives up an observer seat on OpenAI's board, saying it has seen “significant progress” from the new board and is “confident” in OpenAI's direction (www.axios.com)
2024-7-10 Microsoft

Google says it has stopped purchasing carbon offsets and is no longer maintaining operational carbon neutrality, but still aims to reach net-zero carbon by 2030 (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-7-10 Google

Microsoft agrees to buy a record 500K carbon credits from US oil producer Occidental's 1PointFive to offset its emissions amid the AI energy surge (t.co)
2024-7-10 Microsoft Energy AI

A look into Xenix, Microsoft's long forgotten Unix Operating System (www.youtube.com)
2024-7-10 Unix Microsoft

Google will make its dark web monitoring feature available to all users for free in late July 2024, no longer requiring a Google One membership to access it (9to5google.com)
2024-7-10 Google Darknet

Microsoft hikes the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate by $3 to $20/month for new subscribers and plans a Standard tier for $14.99/month without day-one titles (www.theverge.com)
2024-7-10 Microsoft Xbox

Etsy Loses Its 'Handmade' and 'Vintage' Labels As It Takes On Temu and Amazon (tech.slashdot.org)
2024-7-10 Amazon

Source: the Google Pixel Watch 3 will come in 41mm and 45mm sizes, have smaller 4.5mm bezels, a brighter 2,000-nit display, and ultra-wideband support (www.androidauthority.com)
2024-7-10 Google

Current and former Tesla staff: self-driving data annotation staff were told to prioritize analyzing car data of VIP drivers, like Elon Musk and YouTube stars (www.businessinsider.com)
2024-7-10 Tesla YouTube Elon Musk

Microsoft July 2024 Patch Tuesday fixes 142 flaws, 4 zero-days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2024-7-10 Microsoft

Google begins rolling out speedometers in Google Maps for iOS and CarPlay globally, more than five years after adding the features to the Android app (techcrunch.com)
2024-7-10 Android IOS Google

Google Expands Dark Web Monitoring To All Users (tech.slashdot.org)
2024-7-10 Google Darknet

Despite OpenAI's move to shut out Chinese developers from its tech, OpenAI's models are still available in China via Microsoft's Azure China (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-10 China Microsoft

Volley, which makes AI-powered games played via voice commands on Amazon Alexa, Fire TV, and Roku TV, raised a $55M Series C to bring its total funding to $75M+ (www.theinformation.com)
2024-7-10 Amazon AI

Spotify adds the ability for users to leave comments on podcasts, expanding on polls and Q&As; comments will be private by default, and creators can opt out (www.theverge.com)
2024-7-9 Spotify

YouTube Music testing a new feature that lets you create custom radios using text prompts (indianexpress.com)
2024-7-9 YouTube

Meta plans to remove more Facebook and Instagram posts that attack “Zionism” or threaten “Zionists” when the term is conflated with Jewish people or Israelis (www.bloomberg.com)
2024-7-9 Facebook Instagram

Amazon announces an updated $79 Echo Spot alarm clock, with a revamped design and improved audio quality, the first update to the device since its 2017 launch (www.cnbc.com)
2024-7-9 Amazon

Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on select Amazon Fire TV sticks, lets users play the latest games on the big screen (indianexpress.com)
2024-7-9 Amazon Xbox

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