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Google AdSense drop its barebones link ad units starting next year

December 12, 2020
Google AdSense is one of the easiest ways to monetize a website, but the platform is about to say goodbye to one of its ad formats. Starting next year, Google AdSense will drop its link unit ads. For those unfamiliar with AdSense, publishers have the choice of two types of ad blocks. The ones you’ll see throughout most of the web are display ads, but “link” blocks provide AdSense…
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Google Search adds 50 new 3D Animals, including many more dogs

December 12, 2020
One highlight of this year has been the immense popularity of AR creatures from Google that helps replicate the great outdoors inside. Google Search has now added 50 new 3D animals in the biggest drop yet. Announced on Friday afternoon, there are “50 new AR animals to discover on Search.” Google only highlighted a fraction of them in its video: hippo, giraffe, milk cow, cat, zebra, pig, and…
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Teachable AI will help Alexa users set up preferences

December 11, 2020
Amazon today detailed a capability coming to Alexa called Teachable AI that will enable the assistant to ask questions to fill gaps in its understanding. First announced during the company’s September virtual press event, Teachable AI leverages machine learning to determine whether a request can be a trigger for a teachable moment. If Alexa makes this determination, it will ask a customer for…
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Apple is developing its own modem for future iPhones

December 11, 2020
Apple has started developing its own cellular model this year, one of the company’s executives has revealed. According to Bloomberg, Apple hardware technologies SVP Johny Srouji told employees in a meeting: “This year, we kicked off the development of our first internal…
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Samsung Galaxy M12 passes by Geekbench with Exynos 850

December 11, 2020
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy M12 midranger was spotted in renders and a Bluetooth SIG listing and now the device has been found in a Geekench listing revealing it’s powered by the Exynos 850 chipset. The only other device to release with this SoC is the Galaxy A21s. Samsung Galaxy M12 Geekbench run The device bearing the SM-M127F model number managed 179 points in the single-core department…
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