Google is leveraging our poor relationship to technology to sell its new phones - the same relationship it had a hand in creating.
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Read the full report at ZDNetOne of the best things my smart home does is help me care for my pets, and security cameras are particularly useful for keeping track of my many critters. But the barrage of notifications they send often means I miss important ones.
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WorldPingGoogle told its suppliers that it will no longer manufacture Pixel devices in China starting next year, according to Nikkei Asia.
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WorldPingThe pub chain says the decision follows complaints about "other people's videos and amplified phone conversations".
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WorldPingGoogle has won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' internal business data with a $10 million bid, beating AI firm Mercor, and says the trove will help train its AI models. The company clarified it is not buying customer or credit card information.
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