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Quick Charge Podcast: June 6, 2022

June 7, 2022
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Embedded AI: Rise of the intelligent device

June 7, 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) is generally viewed in terms of a big computing solution as it makes the leap from the lab to production environments. In the public consciousness, AI is complex algorithms crunching vast amounts of data drawn from hyperscale cloud resources and…
MobileNews

Google Photos face grouping has a new retention policy, thanks to $100 million lawsuit

June 7, 2022
One of the most useful features of Google Photos, face grouping, has landed the company in hot water in the State of Illinois, where a settlement will see Google paying out $100 million. Google Photos face grouping: Why it violated an Illinois law As reported by Gizmodo last week, Google settled on this $100 million class-action lawsuit in Illinois because it broke the “Biometric Information…
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MobileNews

Some Pixel users cannot set-up older Google Home devices due to ‘interruption caused by Sonos’

June 7, 2022
Back in January, Google had to make changes to Speaker Groups because of the US ITC ruling in favor of Sonos. Another “interruption caused by Sonos” is now responsible for some Pixel phones in the United States and Canada being unable to to set-up Google Home devices. In a “Heads Up: Device Activation” blog posted to the Google Nest Community this afternoon, the company said a “small…
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MobileNews

How to use Google Chrome’s ‘Reading list’

June 7, 2022
Google Chrome’s “Reading list” has been around for quite a while, letting users save articles and web pages for persuing at a later time. That feature is still around, though it might seem hidden with one of Chrome’s newer updates. This guide will bring you through…
MobileNews

Android 12 Beta Program ends with QPR3, Pixel phones will automatically be unenrolled

June 7, 2022
With the launch of QPR3 and the June Pixel Feature Drop today, the Android 12 Beta Program is ending with users not needing to take any further action. The Android 12 Beta Program kicked off last May at I/O 2021 with Beta 1 after three developer previews. Compared to previous years, Google kept it open after the stable release of Android 12 in October to allow for testing of Android 12L (12.1) in…
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