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Sundar Pichai: Fall Pixel line showcases Android 12 & ‘deep tech investments,’ touts long-term strategy

July 28, 2021
During Alphabet’s Q2 2021 earnings, Sundar Pichai talked quite a bit more about Google’s consumer hardware efforts than usual. The CEO teased the upcoming fall Pixel lineup, some highlights, and long-term strategy. Pichai started by providing a recap of what Google announced at I/O 2021 in May. Besides MUM and other AI developments, he talked about Android 12 highlights like personalization…
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Google surfacing in-depth Olympics coverage right in the Discover feed

July 28, 2021
With Tokyo 2020 well underway, there’s just a barrage of news about various events, results, and medal standings. Google Discover is highlighting a hub of sorts that’s quite a nice way to keep track of all things Olympics.  For some, the Discover invites them to “Follow the 2020 Olympics” with an inline card. Others that have been heavily searching about Olympic developments look to be…
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Activision Blizzard employees to protest leadership with walkout

July 27, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Employees at Activision Blizzard are staging a walkout to protest the company leadership’s response to being sued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing for sex discrimination in the workplace. This information comes from reports by Bloomberg and IGN. The two-year investigation by the State of…
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Blaize raises $71M for AI edge hardware

July 27, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Blaize, a company developing AI edge computing platforms for automotive, enterprise, and computer vision markets, today announced that it raised $71 million in series D funding led by Franklin…
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Mt. Fuji’s 5 Best Landscape Photography Locations

July 27, 2021
I have been visiting the surrounding areas of Mt. Fuji for the last ten years and would have to say the easiest way to get around quickly is in a hire car. Most of the best viewing points are from the lakes and hilltops. The distances to each lake with public transport are far and not frequently available. Most tourists take a day trip from Tokyo, but I would suggest an overnight stay. This will…
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