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Google Fiber rolling out $125/month 5 Gig service in 4 cities

February 15, 2023
After announcing in October, Google Fiber is rolling out a 5 Gig service for $125 per month in four cities today. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here! Google Fiber has spent the last few months testing and is now ready to make available 5 Gig symmetrical upload and download speeds. It’s…
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Android 13 should be coming soon to Chromebooks, bringing Material You

February 15, 2023
In recent years, Android releases on ChromeOS have followed a pattern of launching a new OS version roughly every other year. That pattern is set to continue, with Chromebooks set to make the jump from Android 11 to Android 13 soon, complete with Material You Dynamic Colors. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits.
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9to5Google Log Out: All Bard, all the time

February 15, 2023
If it’s not obvious yet, Bard, LaMDA, and large language models (LLMs) will be dominating the Google (and tech) landscape for the foreseeable future – at least the next year. There’s Bard expanding beyond Google’s trusted tester program and AI “insight” features…
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Why Colorado draft AI insurance rules are a “major leap forward” for AI governance

February 15, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Two weeks ago, Avi Gesser, partner at Debevoise & Plimpton and co-chair of the firm’s cybersecurity, privacy and artificial intelligence practice group, emailed me a note that said: “Here is where the AI governance laws really start.” He linked to the Colorado Division of Insurance’s draft Algorithm and…
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iPhone SOS and what it means when your carrier info disappears

February 15, 2023
T-Mobile suffered a major outage across parts of the United States last night, impacting voice, data, and messaging services. For iPhone users in particular, this outage meant that the “SOS” icon was displayed in the status bar. Here’s what that means and how to fix it…
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Mozilla CEO teases iPhone browser without WebKit: ‘We’re always kind of working on it’

February 15, 2023
Upcoming regulations in the European Union could force Apple to drop its long-standing rule that all iPhone and iPad browsers use the same WebKit engine as Safari. Mozilla chair and CEO Mitchell Baker recently sat down with The Verge for an in-depth interview, and Apple was one of many topics discussed. Mozilla is ready for a world without WebKit rules As a refresher, Apple currently requires that…
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