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Google says that Bing’s most popular search term is ‘Google’

September 30, 2021
Google has been under fire for its dominance in online search for years, and currently, the tech giant is facing down a case in the EU over its actions. This week, however, the company is leaning on the idea that its customers want to use Google Search over alternatives, with the evidence used to support that being that the most popular search term on Bing is apparently “Google.” In the…
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Google hosting virtual Android Dev Summit 2021 next month, Chrome event in November

September 30, 2021
Following I/O in May, Google’s next big developer events in 2021 will be Dev Summits for Android and Chrome.  The 2021 Android Dev Summit, which was last hosted in 2019, skipping last year, will take place on October 27-28. It starts with a 50-minute technical keynote (The Android Show) and is followed by two days of over 30 tech talks. This year’s theme is Excellent apps, across devices…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 28, 2021

September 30, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Elon Musk calls out Biden for ‘being controlled by unions’ after Tesla is snubbed at ‘EV summit’

September 30, 2021
Elon Musk called out President Joe Biden for “being controlled by unions” after Tesla was snubbed at a meeting about electric vehicles at the White House. After SpaceX successfully launched its Inspiration mission with civilians to orbits, Elon Musk was asked why he thinks Biden has yet to congratulate him or SpaceX, and the CEO answered that “he is still sleeping,” which many saw as a…
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Google Lens getting big MUM upgrade that lets you take a photo and ask questions about it

September 30, 2021
At I/O in May, Google announced Multitask Unified Model (MUM) as a big improvement to Search. MUM is now set to come to Google Lens “early next year.” After taking a picture in Lens or analyzing an existing image/screenshot, swiping up will continue to show “Visual matches.” There will soon be a new “Add questions” button at the very top of the sheet that opens a very slick UI. These…
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