The Hidden Cost Of Android? 350MB Of Phoning Home Every Month
Keep your eyes open for what might be a new class action suit against Alphabet, as a lawsuit has been filed by four parties in several states in the US claiming that…
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PC Perspective Podcast #602 – Intel Exits NAND Storage, Radeon 6K, Google Kills Again and More!
In every long running series, there's usually another episode. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes, it gets taken out behind the woodshed and edited into acceptability. On the menu tonight, we're serving up…
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The Future Of Google Nest Secure Is Anything But
Google has killed off a long list of software and hardware over the years, from things barely missed like Google Wave, to products with a much larger roll out such as the…
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Google’s Virtual Hardware Releases
Google's Launch Night was a bit different from previous years, as is tradition in 2020, which didn't stop them from rolling out a bevy of new hardware or putting on a bit…
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Seismology On Your Android Phone While You Sleep
There is a large ongoing conversation about COVID-19 contract tracing apps and if they should be remain voluntary or if the app should be pushed to all compatible phones; leaving it to…
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Coronavirus Contact Tracing Plans For Androids and iPhones
Google and Apple are working on a tool which will allow them to trace your phones travels and alert you if you may have come in contact with someone who has tested…
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Google ARMs Itself With Whitechapel, A 5nm Custom Chip
Google is taking a gamble, designing their own custom ARM chip to function as the main processor in upcoming Pixel devices; phones at first and possibly Chromebooks further out. They do already…
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The Big Cloud Providers Try To Shore Up Internet Routing Security
The big names in Cloud services including, but not limited to, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Akamai, and Netflix have announced a project to tame the current insecure mess which is routing on…
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DIY Virtual Traffic Jam With A Bucket Of Old Phones
Simon Weckert entitled his recent piece of performance art, 'Google Maps Hacks' and before you tune out completely you should consider the implications revealed by his wagon of old phones. He connected…
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Resistance Is Futile, Your IoT Standards Will Be Absorbed
For better or worse, the various companies which have been battling for supremacy have come to a finale which does not leave a clear victor, instead we will see a conglomeration of…
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Google And The Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
If you have enjoyed using Google's Cloud Print service then we have some bad news for you, as it will die December 31, 2020. The service was rather interesting, if you connected…
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Now That’s What AI Is For! Google’s FreddieMeter
Google's Creative Labs have come up with a entertaining use of machine learning, seeing how accurate your Freddie Mercury impression is as you belt out your favourite Queen songs. Head on over…
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Google Apologizes For Tossing A Brick Into Your Home
A small number of Google Home and Google Home Mini devices reacted very poorly to a firmware update pushed out by Google, bricking themselves completely. This was upsetting to those affected, not…
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Quick Look: (Used) Google Pixel 3 XL
Google recently announced the Pixel 4 and the Pixel 4 XL smartphones. At around the same time, my (now three-year-old) ZTE Axon 7 started to get cranky without constant reboots and its…
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Is It Paranoia If Everything Really Is Listening To You?
If you have always had a sneaking suspicion that Amazon's and Google's voice assistants are spying on you, you may well be right. Apart from the previous worries about practices the actual…
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Lights Out for Google Daydream
Google Daydream is not available on their newly announced Pixel 4 and 4 XL phones, and the Daydream View headset is no longer being sold. The software will continue to be…
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Did You Know Chrome Rusts? Google Does!
Did you know that Google provides 6.5 years of Auto Update support for devices, after which you hit the Auto Update Expiration (AUE) Date. That date is not tied to when you…
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A Friendly Reminder About Password Reuse And Just How Pwned You Are
Password reuse is common, according to this Google study it is a significant problem which affects hundreds of thousands of people and their many different accounts. There are tools such...
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