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YouTube will fight fake news and conspiracy theorists by linking to reputable articles
While blame for the spreading fake news has often fallen on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, they're hardly alone. YouTube in particular is hugely influential, with five billion videos watched every day. Earlier this year, Chief Product Office Neal Mohan said the ...
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Android P Beta 3 is rolling out now
Android P beta 3 is rolling out today. Don't expect much in the way on consumer-facing features, as Google finalized all the APIs with Beta 2. Instead, Google says Beta 3 focuses on "the latest bug fixes and optimizations for stability and polish," which suggests this should be ...
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DeepMind's AI learned to turn flat images into 3D scenes
Google sister company DeepMind continues to make landmark advances in the field of AI. With the London-based company's latest ...
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Google is reportedly building hardware for its game streaming service
We heard back in February about Google's plans to build a game streaming platform, codenamed Yeti. Now, Kotaku has a scoop ...
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YouTube makes picture-in-picture video (mostly) free for Android users in the US
Quite possibly the best thing about being a YouTube Red/Premium/Google Play Music subscriber is the ability to watch videos in a floating picture-in-picture (PiP) window on my phone. That allows me to continue watching a video while chatting, browsing the web, or doing pretty much ...
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Here's how Google will help you avoid Independence Day traffic
Google is helping American holiday-goers in major cities avoid the heavy traffic jams by predicting the times when most cars will be out on the road. It's set up a handy site where you can check the optimal time to drive into each city for your celebratory freedom fireworks. To ...
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Pixel 3 renders give us our best look at the devices yet
It was just a few weeks ago we got a look at a supposed Pixel 3 prototype, but new CAD renders courtesy of @OnLeaks and MySmartPrice provide what appear to be our clearest look at the device yet. The leaks show off the device from pretty much every angle and reinforce much of ...
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Google Home now works in Spanish as it launches in Mexico and Spain
Google Assistant has supported Spanish commands since last November. But as I found out when I gave my parents a Google Home Mini for Christmas, that functionality only applied to smartphones. Woops. Six months later, my parents will finally be able to use their Christmas gift. ...
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Google Earth's new measuring tool is a fun toy for geography nerds
The new Measure tool in Google Earth's desktop and Android apps lets you plot as many points as you like on a part of the ...
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Mini-rant: What's the point of Android P's new gestures?
When Google first introduced navigation gestures with the Android P beta, I applauded the move. It was a long overdue evolution of the old-school Android navigation buttons. But now that I've spent over a month with the Android P, the experience has soured some. I still think gestures ...
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Google Assistant's Continued Conversations feature makes voice commands less awkward
As it promised at its I/O Conference last month, Google has now enabled Continued Conversations in its voice-activated Assistant, ...
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YouTube adds new monetization options for creators
YouTube announced today it would be adding new options for creators to make money from their content. Most of the options ...
