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Google previously announced its policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, and now the company is preparing to put those who have not complied on unpaid leave in accordance with that policy. CNBC reports that an internal memo shared by leadership at Google gave employees until December 3 to either show proof of vaccination or apply for a medical or religious exemption. The…

Both Google and Apple have been the target of several anti-trust suits and complaints in the past couple of years, and this week the UK is progressing further towards attempting to intervene with the two tech giants. A new report released today shows that the UK takes issue with the “duopoly” Google and Apple have over the mobile space. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has…

Google Search is perhaps the most-used tool on the internet, and the company is always looking for ways to improve it. We’ve seen several UI tests in Search over the past couple of years, including the recent rollout of dark mode, and now Google Search is adding some slick new animations to its UI. This minor overall tweak to Google Search on desktop brings a slightly more modernized UI. The…

Google’s Wear OS 3 update is live now on the Galaxy Watch 4 series, but it’s going to be a while until we see the update on any other products. Now, a new developer preview of Wear OS 3 is giving us a better idea of what Google has in mind for the design of its stock UI. Based on Android 11, Wear OS 3 marks one of the biggest updates to the platform since 2016. The update brings many…