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The Google Pixel 9’s AI Camera Features Let You Reshape Reality
13 Aug

The Google Pixel 9’s AI Camera Features Let You Reshape Reality

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Google’s Pixel smartphones have long been known for their great camera systems, but in recent years the company has taken to juicing its imaging platform with artificial intelligence features that expand its capabilities. Taking a photo is no longer just about tapping a shutter button and getting a nice picture. Now there are ways to erase undesirable objects, move subjects in your photos and let AI fill in the background, and even remove annoying sounds like sirens from videos. This year’s Pixel 9 series goes even further with more generative AI capabilities that can alter, improve, and generally goose your…
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How to watch Google launch the Pixel 9 line at Made by Google event tomorrow
12 Aug

How to watch Google launch the Pixel 9 line at Made by Google event tomorrow

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It's Google's turn to hold a major hardware event, albeit a little earlier than usual this year. The Made by Google 2024 showcase will take place at 1PM ET on August 13. You can stream it live on the Made by Google YouTube channel or simply watch above. We already have a good idea of what the company will reveal. We'll also have full, in-depth coverage of everything announced at the Google Pixel 9 launch event right here on Engadget.Google has already confirmed that it will show off the latest lineup of Pixel smartphones. We're expecting to see four models,…
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The Made by Google Pixel 9 launch event kicks off tomorrow. Here’s what we expect
12 Aug

The Made by Google Pixel 9 launch event kicks off tomorrow. Here’s what we expect

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It's almost time once again for the tech world to stop everything else it's doing and pay attention as a major company shows off its latest hardware. Next up is Google's turn at bat. Thanks to a string of leaks and Google’s own teases, we already have a pretty clear idea of what the company has planned for its Made by Google hardware event. The show will take place Tuesday, August 13 at 1PM ET.We'll get the official reveal of the Pixel 9 lineup, for one thing. This includes what the company is calling the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold,…
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Google Pixel Fold one year later: More durable than I expected
12 Aug

Google Pixel Fold one year later: More durable than I expected

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The Pixel Fold was Google’s first phone with a flexible display when it launched last year. And at its upcoming Made By Google event, we’re about to get a successor in the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. So there’s no better time to check in on how Google’s original bendy handset has survived being my daily driver for an entire year.The Pixel Fold doesn’t look like any other foldable on the market. It has a curvy polished aluminum frame with squatty dimensions that results in something shaped more like a passport than a traditional handset or Samsung’s long and skinny batons.…
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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56
10 Aug

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56

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The unassuming house on Santa Margarita Avenue in Menlo Park, California, had been empty for only a couple of years when I visited in 2008, but the ghosts were still there. This was where Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google a decade previous. Here was the garage once packed with newly delivered servers and routers; there were the carpeted rooms at the back of the house where Page, Brin, and their first employee, Craig Silverstein, churned out code; out the window was the backyard with the hot tub.In Google’s infancy the house belonged to a young couple, Dennis Troper…
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Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died
10 Aug

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died

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Susan Wojcicki, who served as YouTube's CEO for almost a decade until she stepped down last year, has died. She was 56 years old. Her husband Dennis Troper has shared the news on Facebook, revealing that Wojcicki lived two years with non-small cell lung cancer. "Susan was not just my best friend and partner in life, but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many," he wrote in his post. "Her impact on our family and the world was immeasurable."Google operated out of Wojcicki's garage when the company was just starting out, with founders Larry Page…
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Google’s Rise Was Inevitable. So Was Its Antitrust Ruling
09 Aug

Google’s Rise Was Inevitable. So Was Its Antitrust Ruling

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Larry Page and Sergey Brin never liked hanging with reporters. “Larry can be a very sensitive and good person, but he has major trust issues and few social graces,” a former Google PR person once told me. “Sergey has social graces but doesn’t trust people who he thinks don’t approach his level of intelligence.”Still, in the fall of 1999 their new communications person urged the Google cofounders to visit the East Coast for a modest press tour. Barely a year old, Google was still under the radar for most people, and few knew its compelling story: Page put the whole…
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Engadget Podcast: The Google search monopoly + ‘Industry’ creator interview
09 Aug

Engadget Podcast: The Google search monopoly + ‘Industry’ creator interview

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Google is officially a monopoly, according to a US court. But what does that really mean? This week, Devindra and Senior Editor Karissa Bell dive into the landmark Google antitrust case to explore how it could affect the future of search. Google claims it's simply delivering the best product, but clearly the court thinks otherwise. Also, we chat about X/Twitter's desperate lawsuit against advertisers who boycotted the social network.Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email us or drop a note in…
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OpenAI Warns Users Could Become Emotionally Hooked on Its Voice Mode
08 Aug

OpenAI Warns Users Could Become Emotionally Hooked on Its Voice Mode

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In late July, OpenAI began rolling out an eerily humanlike voice interface for ChatGPT. In a safety analysis released today, the company acknowledges that this anthropomorphic voice may lure some users into becoming emotionally attached to their chatbot.The warnings are included in a “system card” for GPT-4o, a technical document that lays out what the company believes are the risks associated with the model, plus details surrounding safety testing and the mitigation efforts the company’s taking to reduce potential risk.OpenAI has faced scrutiny in recent months after a number of employees working on AI’s long-term risks quit the company. Some…
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Fitbit Ace LTE review: A kids’ activity tracker that was fun for me, an adult
08 Aug

Fitbit Ace LTE review: A kids’ activity tracker that was fun for me, an adult

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On more occasions in the last few weeks than I’d like to admit, I found myself doing jumping jacks in my kitchen an hour before going to bed.That’s not when I’d usually prefer to do any exercise, but on those nights, I looked down at my watch only to see I was so close to hitting my Move Goal, yet still far enough away that shuffling around doing my nightly routines wouldn’t get the job done. And there’s no way I’d finish the day without making the elongated blue cat on my watch face vomit up a bunch of ice…
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