Google Pixel Fold may ship in June for $1,700

Google is reportedly set to announce its long-awaited foldable Pixel phone at the I/O conference on May 10th. According to CNBC, the Pixel Fold will be available for purchase in June and will cost around $1,700.

The device will have a book-like design with a 5.8" external screen and a 7.6" folding display, and is expected to have the "most durable hinge" of any foldable phone.

The Pixel Fold will come with a larger battery that lasts up to 24 hours of normal use and 72 hours with Extreme Battery Saver, but may not have any performance gains as it will use the same Tensor G2 chip as the Pixel 7 series.

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Google Pixel Tablet: all details revealed a few days before launch

Google is going to launch its Pixel 7A and Pixel Fold devices on the 10th of May 2023 and the launch of the Pixel Tablet is also now expected to happen on the same day. Recent leak revealed its specifications.

It will feature the high performance Tensor G2 chip, an 11" LCD screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels, and a dual camera with an 8-megapixel module both front and back. It will also receive four high-quality stereo speakers.

Among other details, it will support Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, UWB, and USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 and the new generation USI 2.0 stylus, allowing users to take full advantage of its large display. The device costs approximately $590.

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13 cities have become three-dimensional in Google Maps

Google Maps has introduced detailed three-dimensional cities that provide real-time visual weather updates and even synchronize the movement of birds with real-life movements. While this feature is not yet accessible to all users or available in all cities, it is gradually being rolled out worldwide. 👍

Can't wait for the cities on the map to be fully displayed in real time! 😉

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⚡️ #JUST_IN EU Orders Google to Change Android

The European Commission is forcing Google to open 11 system-level functions of Android to rival AI assistants. This move aims to stop the tech giant from keeping the best features exclusively for its own Gemini assistant.

Under the Digital Markets Act, Google must now treat competitors as equals to its own software. These rules allow other chatbots to tap into the phone hardware and system features that were previously restricted. Google has expressed concerns about potential security risks, specifically regarding the requirement to share sensitive search data with these third-party services. The tech company has until July 2027 to implement these mandated changes across its mobile operating system.

Third-party apps will gain access to 11 features that were once controlled by 1 company.

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Google DeepMind upgrades humanoid robots with Gemini Robotics 2

On Thursday, Google DeepMind introduced Gemini Robotics 2, an AI model that finally gives humanoid robots full-body coordination. 🚀

Previously, these machines were mostly limited to moving their arms and upper bodies. The new software manages everything from their feet to their fingertips, allowing for smooth movement in physical spaces.

🔹 The system can automate complex chores involving hundreds of steps that used to require manual programming.
🔹 It allows multiple robots to collaborate and coordinate tasks together in the same area.
🔹 Robots can now crouch, bend, and stretch to reach objects on shelves, as shown using the Apptronik Apollo 2 model.

This is a major step forward from their earlier models, which could only handle stationary upper-body tasks like picking up a box from a desk. By enabling whole-body motion, these machines are evolving from simple tools into workers capable of navigating real-world environments.

This technology makes the prospect of autonomous household or warehouse assistants feel much more realistic than before.

Robots are finally learning how to move like us.

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Google invests €13 billion in Finland for data centers

Google announced on Wednesday a massive investment of €13 billion in Finland to build new infrastructure and secure dedicated clean energy for artificial intelligence 🚀.

You need serious power to run modern AI models. Finland offers a cold climate that helps cool servers naturally and a stable electricity grid with low carbon emissions. The funding will build three brand-new facilities set for completion between 2027 and 2028:
▫️ Kajaani in northern Finland
▫️ Muhos for regional expansion
▫️ Vaala to support heavy computational loads

To keep these power-hungry servers running, Google signed a 22-year deal with the Finnish power company Fortum to buy half of the output from the Loviisa nuclear plant.

Ruth Porat, a top executive at Alphabet and Google, noted this is the company's first nuclear energy deal outside the United States. Other tech giants are making similar moves. Rivals like Microsoft and ByteDance have also established operations in the region, building on the path paved by Google's older Hamina center which opened inside a former paper mill back in 2009.

Nuclear power is becoming the ultimate backup for the digital age.

Clean energy is the new bottleneck for tech growth.

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Google Cloud Outage Disrupts Major Banks

A power failure at a London data center knocked out digital banking and online services across Europe on Tuesday, 20 October. ⚠️

Customers of Revolut and HSBC faced sudden blocks on card payments, cash withdrawals, and app logins for several hours. #google ⚡ #banking ⚡ #outage

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Google updates privacy policy for ads

Google updated its terms on October 16 to let targeted advertising systems use personal data from Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos.

Users connecting these storage services to features like Personal Intelligence or Gemini for better recommendations automatically permit ad profiling based on personal cloud content. ⚠️ #Google ⚡ #Privacy ⚡ #TechNews

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Reddit ends open browsing

Reddit will soon require an account to view posts. The change follows a loss of over one million weekly search referrals in October, as Google’s AI summaries stopped sending users to the site. 📉

The move aims to curb automated scraping and boost ad targeting by forcing visitors to sign in.

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📈 ChatGPT search reaches Google scale

ChatGPT search volume from OpenAI has reached 20 percent of Google's scale.

Weekly active users climbed to 1.2 billion after the chatbot gained live web browsing.

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Google is testing a new social app called Tamba 📱

Code discovered inside YouTube reveals that Google is developing a new social platform called Tamba featuring group chats and private profiles.

The project includes media sharing and messaging tools designed for mobile devices.

#Google ⚡ #YouTube ⚡ #SocialMedia

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