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Google Nest Features Return After Judge Throws Out Sonos Patent Case
Google is re-adding features to its Google Home ecosystem that were taken away due to a patent lawsuit involving Sonos. It’s a win for Nest users, but it shows that while big tech continues to bicker about ownership, customers are being stiffed on features they’ve come to expect from their products. In a Tuesday update…
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Google’s Keyboard Cap…Cap Actually Types, and You Can Make One Yourself
Imagine yourself as a single cap on a keyboard. Perhaps you’re an oft-used letter like “A” or instead the lonely, remote “~” key. If you’re one of the former, you wince every time that giant hand looms over you, the hammer falling with inexorable speed toward your head. You depress, then spring back, waiting again…
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Hands-On With the Google Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2
I’m struggling to muster excitement over the latest batch of Pixel devices. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro have improved in style and design and probably in performance, too (I can only confirm everything once I test the specs myself). But where’s the flair? The feature you can’t live without? And I’m still waiting for…
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Google Assistant to Integrate Bard Chatbot and All the Other AI Features Coming to the Pixel 8
Google is touting its new Pixel 8 Pro phone as the “first phone built for the generative AI era.” As expected, Google’s premium smartphone is getting a whole smattering of AI features running on-device thanks to the Tensor G3 chip. Well, at least, maybe it will be, eventually. At its Made by Google event, the…