Google unveiled the new Pixel 3a, a smarter Google Assistant, security upgrades and more.
Source: Here’s all the important stuff Google announced at I/O 2019
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Google unveiled the new Pixel 3a, a smarter Google Assistant, security upgrades and more.
Source: Here’s all the important stuff Google announced at I/O 2019

Google I/O 2019 has kicked off with its usual keynote full of goodies and Google-y goodness, and here is all the awesomeness that was on display! The focus was on AI, but there was still plenty of Android excellence, Accessibility advances, and smart home sweetness to soak in.
Source: Top 10 Google I/O 2019 announcements! | Android Central
If you’re worried about your Google data history coming back to haunt you, you’ll be glad to hear that there’s now an easy way to keep that history brief.
Source: Google will soon let you auto-delete activity and location data

Gmail lets you customize the signature that appears at the bottom of every email you send out. Adding a link to your Facebook (or Twitter or LinkedIn) account is a useful tool for growing your social network and giving people additional ways to connect with you.
Google Chrome comes equipped with hardware acceleration, a feature which takes advantage of your computer’s GPU to speed up processes and free vital CPU time. However, sometimes driver incompatibilities can cause this feature to misbehave and disabling it could save you a few headaches.
Source: How to Turn Hardware Acceleration On and Off in Chrome
In order to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius, we’ll need to rely on renewable energy, electric vehicles (EV) and battery storage. But creating that infrastructure will dramatically increase our need for metals like cobalt and lithium.
Source: Researchers suggest 100 percent renewable energy isn’t very green

This is what a black hole looks like.
A world-spanning network of telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope zoomed in on the supermassive monster in the galaxy M87 to create this first-ever picture of a black hole.
Source: The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics | Science News
Android’s flexibility means manufacturers can build their own versions of the OS to suit their hardware, but there’s an elegance to the stock Android experience found on Google’s devices—one that other Android smartphones can’t match.
Source: How to Turn Any Android Smartphone into a Google Pixel
Chromebooks have come a long way from the original CR-48, and for many, a complete workflow is now possible in the confines of Chrome OS thanks to the addition of Android and Linux application support. But there are quite a lot out there to choose from, and some are better options than others. For your convenience, we’ve put together a small list of some of our favorite picks, categorized based on your primary consideration.
Source: The best Chromebooks, Chromeboxes, and Chrome OS tablets you can buy right now (Spring 2019)
The past few months have shown that Google’s Android TV platform is growing incredibly fast. That growth, however, isn’t coming from consumer boxes. Rather, operator partners are the source of Android TV growth, and a conference this week shows off some incredible numbers for Google’s platform. At the Connected TV World Summit in London this […]
Source: Android TV sees 2x growth every year, 140 operators – 9to5Google
In the three years since world leaders signed the Paris Agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world’s five largest oil and gas companies have spent more than $1 billion on misleading branding and lobbying related to climate change, according to a new report.
Source: Oil and gas majors have spent $1 billion undermining climate action
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Google released Duo alongside Allo, and unlike that app, Duo is still going strong. After seeing hints of Duo web support for the last few weeks, the service is going live. Simply head over to the Duo site, and you can place calls from your browser. There’s no tedious
In a new study, researchers suggest that countries that are turning to renewable energy sources and moving away from fossil fuels are making progress in reducing CO2 emissions.