Chrome is widely known for being a memory void, demanding a lot in terms of processing power from users. With Memory Saver turned on, a slow Chrome browser can turn into something a lot more manageable. Here’s how to turn it on.
Memory Saver for Google Chrome is pretty basic in function. When turned on, Chrome will change how it approaches background tabs. Rather than letting them update and…
All Google chip design now takes place in the cloud
March 29, 2023
Besides the Tensor SoC on Pixel phones, Google has developed other custom chips, with all silicon design now occurring in the cloud.
Previously, Google’s chip development infrastructure team used “dozens of racks and hundreds of servers” in a data center.
As…
Google has confirmed it is shutting down the app responsible for the Jacquard accessories made by Google ATAP.
Project Jacquard was first unveiled by Google ATAP – the company’s Advanced Technology and Projects group, responsible for other projects like Soli – back in…
9to5Google Log Out: Before new features, Fitbit needs to modernize and redesign its apps
March 29, 2023
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Fitbit upset more than a few users by removing Challenges and open groups yesterday with only a vague promise that “new features” are coming. The company is clearly undergoing a transition…
Motorola’s next flagship phone keeps leaking with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, 50MP cameras, more
March 29, 2023
Motorola unveiled its X40 flagship last December as one of the first devices with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and now the company is preparing to bring that package to the global market with the Motorola Edge 40 series and Motorola Edge (2023).
Over the past few days…
The latest preview update of the Google Home app includes a new design for the “Device controls” area that’s accessible from the Android lockscreen.
On some Android devices today – particularly Google’s Pixel phones, among others – you can get quick access to…
3 key trends for 2023: Low code/no code, generative AI and the evolution of programming
March 29, 2023
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This year we will continue to see changes in the tech industry. As we have been preparing for a fundamental in how we work, technology plays a major role in how employees and companies can operate better, smarter, more efficiently and more productively.
Besides Chrome updates at BETT 2023, Google shared upcoming Workspace features for education customers across Docs, Slides, and Classroom, while Meet is getting AI-powered hand raise detection.
In Google Docs, teachers on the Education Plus tier can use custom building…
Google and ADT launch new ‘DIY’ security system with sensors, keypad, Nest integration
March 28, 2023
Nearly three years after the two companies first announced a partnership, we’re finally seeing Google and ADT debut the product that makes it worth it. “ADT Self Setup” is a new do-it-yourself security system that includes a bunch of new security gear from ADT that…
GPT-4 kicks AI security risks into higher gear
March 28, 2023
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As Arthur C. Clarke once put it, any sufficiently advanced technology is “indistinguishable from magic.”
Some might say this is true of ChatGPT, too — including, if you will, black magic.
Immediately upon its launch in November, security teams…
