Boffins worry that smartphones stuff up your mental health
Use Google Health App to prove it
The University of Oregon in the US have partnered with Google to launch a research on how smartphone use impacts mental wellbeing.
Google claims its AI can understand humour
Which is more than most Americans
Google claims it has written some AI code which can actually understand humour and scarcasm, which is odd really given that is something the US has never really understood.
Google goes bankrupt
At least in Russia
Google is going to file for bankruptcy in Russia, although to be fair was only after Tsar Putin seized the company’s bank account and did a “special operation” on its funds.
Apple in a panic after key staffers revolt
We don’t want to come back to the flying saucer
Yesterday we reported out Apple backpedalled over its insistence that its staff return to the flying saucer and stop working from home.
Google unveils the Pixel 6a at $449
Coming with Tensor chipset
Google has now officially unveiled the Pixel 6a, the most affordable phone in the Pixel 6 lineup, and comes in at $449, just like its predecessor.
Apple, Google and Microsoft support passwordless sign-in standard
Following FIDO
Apple, Google and Microsoft are supporting a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. The new capability will allow websites and apps to offer consistent, secure, and easy passwordless sign-ins to consumers across devices and platforms.
Google keeps firing people who question its AI
Another one was forced to go
Google dismissed another boffin who questioned a paper it published on the abilities of a specialised type of artificial intelligence used in making computer chips.
Pixel Watch leaked after being left in a restaurant
Users never went back for it
Android Central was sent images of Google's upcoming Pixel Watch after it was reportedly left at a restaurant and its users never went back for it.
EU forces Meta and Google to combat hate speech and fake news
Multibillion-dollar fines
The European Union reached an agreement on landmark legislation forcing Big Tech firms such as Google and Facebook's parent company Meta, as well as other internet services, to more aggressively combat hate speech and misinformation or risk multibillion-dollar fines.
Google bans call-recording apps
Even if they are legal
Google has banned call-recording apps from the Play Store, in a move which seems to be designed to drive journalists nuts.