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Google Home app getting ‘updated Wi-Fi device view’ and last features from old Wifi app

June 25, 2021
In addition to a new Nest/Google Wifi update, the Google Home app is getting the last few remaining Wifi-related features from the old client that’s set to be deprecated. Google Home 2.39 is widely rolling out today on Android and iOS with a trio of features from the legacy Wifi app that should stop working any day now: Easily troubleshoot your Google Wifi or Nest Wifi network. See devices…
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Quick Charge Podcast: June 24, 2021

June 25, 2021
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…
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IBM working on AI tools to spot, cut bias in online ad targeting

June 25, 2021
Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. (Reuters) — IBM is developing tools that would ensure online advertising algorithms do not unfairly show ads to only specific groups such as mostly men or wealthy people, aiming to address discrimination concerns that have drawn industrywide scrutiny. The company told Reuters on Thursday that a team of…
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Google Fi rolling out its built-in VPN to iPhone subscribers

June 25, 2021
For the past few years, Google’s MVNO has long offered a built-in virtual private network as part of its monthly subscription. The Google Fi VPN is now rolling out to iPhone users.  Google announced this expansion to iOS back in February when the Fi VPN exited beta for…
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Apple releases iOS 15 beta 2 and iPadOS 15 beta 2 to developers

June 25, 2021
Two weeks after unveiling iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 to the public at WWDC 2021, Apple is rolling out the second developer betas. iOS 15 beta 2 and iPadOS 15 beta 2 are now available to registered developers ahead of a public beta release in July and a release to everyone in the…
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Here’s what’s new in iOS 15 beta 2 and iPadOS 15 beta 2

June 25, 2021
Apple today introduced iOS 15 beta 2 and iPadOS 15 beta 2 to developers, which are the first updates since the initial release at WWDC 2021 earlier this month. Now that we have the new betas in our hands, here’s a look at what’s new in today’s updates. Not available for some devices According to the iPadOS 15 beta 2 release notes on the Apple Developer website, today’s release cannot be…
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Google Pixel 6/6 Pro: Everything we currently know [video]

June 25, 2021
As we’ve seen with almost all recent Google hardware, plenty of tidbits, snippets, and information is coming to light way ahead of any proposed launch for the next flagship Pixel devices. Although it’s fairly early, we’ve been sifting through the growing pile of Google Pixel 6 rumors, and here’s everything we currently know. With all product release cycles, it’s tough to be 100%…
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