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Google Assistant rolling out ‘Fast checkout’ shopping, powered by Duplex on the Web

While Duplex is most known for calling on your behalf using a human-like voice to make appointments, the technology is also being used to speed up online interactions. Some Google Assistant users are now seeing Duplex on the Web help with “Fast checkout” when shopping. Duplex is Google’s umbrella term for technology that handles tedious, multi-step tasks on a user’s behalf. Duplex on the…
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Google gives $25 off Nest Audio to select Home device users

Google is sending out a promo email to select users of older Google Home and Nest speakers to offer a discount of $25 USD on Nest Audio. The email, which went out this morning, encourages an “upgrade to Nest Audio” for better sound quality and marks down the original $99.99 price to $74.99. This promotion comes from the Google Nest mailing list with the subject line, “[Name], elevate your…
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Sigma to release new products on August 4

Mark your calendars, people. Sigma has published a YouTube Premiere placeholder video teasing the launch of new products on August 4, 2021. No additional information is shared in the placeholder image, nor in the video’s description, but the plural ‘products’ suggests…
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Google will close inactive Play Store developer accounts with low app downloads

In addition to previewing the “Safety Section,” Google today issued the latest set of Play Policies. One upcoming change will see Google close inactive Play Store developer accounts “after 1 year of dormancy and additional factors.”  “Dormancy” includes developers that have never uploaded an app or accessed the Play Console in a year. Google won’t close developer accounts with…
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GamingNews

HyperX will outfit Belong Gaming Arenas with gaming peripherals

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. In a nice boost for local esports, HP‘s HyperX division said it will team up to provide Vindex’s Beyond Gaming Arenas with gaming peripherals. Vindex has ambitious plans to roll out more than 500 local esports gaming centers across the U.S., and under the two-year agreement, HyperX will supply the experiential…
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