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YouTube Studio for Android adds option to change currency

After years of not allowing you to manually adjust YouTube Adsense currency, YouTube Studio on Android has added the ability to change your local currency option. If you create or manage a YouTube channel, you’ll understand just how nice the ability to change to your local currency is. In some instances, the app may automatically flip between the settings you’ve chosen in the desktop version…
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Google releases Android 12 to AOSP, but no Pixel launch today

In a significant departure from previous years, Google today rolled out Android 12 to AOSP but did not launch any devices, including Pixel phones. Today we’re pushing the source to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and officially releasing the latest version of…
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Android 11 October security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live

Android 12 is not launching today. As such, we only have the October security patch with another Android 11 update for the Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, Pixel 4, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 5, and Pixel 5a. There are 10 issues resolved in the October security patch dated 2021-10-01 and 41 for 2021-10-05. Vulnerabilities range from high to critical, with the most severe relating to the media…
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Google working on ‘finishing touches’ for its Android 12 update with ‘Pixel-exclusive’ features

While Android 12 is now available in AOSP today, Google did not release it to Pixel phones in an unprecedented departure. Instead, the company is still working on the Pixel’s Android 12 update and teased it would be a “special release.” In announcing Android Open Source Project availability, the Android team said it’s “coming to a device near you starting with Pixel in the next few…
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Google’s 8.8.8.8 DNS service slows down amid massive Facebook outage

Facebook and the services owned by the social media giant have been hard hit by a massive outage this afternoon that has seen all of those services down for almost four hours at this point. Caught up in that mess, though, is Google’s 8.8.8.8 DNS service, which has slowed down amid the Facebook outage. DNS, or Domain Name System, essentially acts as a way of allowing browsers to translate an IP…
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