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GeForce Now will get Xbox, Activision Blizzard games as Microsoft pushes for acquisition approval

February 22, 2023
Microsoft announced today a deal with Nvidia, which will see Xbox games available on GeForce Now in the future. During a press briefing today where Microsoft laid out more plans surrounding its controversial acquisition of Activision, including a new deal which will bring Xbox games to GeForce Now. The deal would bring Xbox games as well as Activision Blizzard titles – including Call of Duty…
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Google Messages is finally just calling it ‘RCS’

February 22, 2023
Since last year’s “Get the Message” advertising campaign online and in New York City, awareness of Rich Communication Services (RCS) is growing more mainstream. Google is now making RCS even more consumer-facing by prominently surfacing the name of the standard — a…
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Google Weather gets accidental dark theme via Android System Webview update

February 22, 2023
While Google’s Wear OS 3 weather experience is quite nice, the Android “app” is a bit more barebones and getting long in the tooth. Google Weather is now seeing a dark theme, but this might be an accident. A month before rolling out widgets on Pixel phones, Weather finally got a Google Material Theme redesign. This was long overdue but came as everything else was getting updated to…
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9to5Google Log Out: Does Fitbit still make a smartwatch?

February 22, 2023
What separates a smartwatch from a fitness tracker? To me, it’s the ability to see notifications from your phone, replying to messages, taking calls, music controls or even on-wrist playback, and third-party apps. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that…
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Could Big Tech be liable for generative AI output? Hypothetically ‘yes,’ says Supreme Court justice

February 22, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. In a surprise moment during today’s Supreme Court hearing about a Google case that could impact online free speech, justice Neil M. Gorsuch touched upon potential liability for generative AI output, according to Will Oremus at the Washington Post. In the Gonzalez v. Google case in front of the Court, the family of…
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Nothing officially launches Android 13 for Phone (1), six months after Pixel

February 21, 2023
After a soft launch last week, Carl Pei’s Nothing is today officially launching Android 13 for the Nothing Phone (1). 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here! The Nothing Phone (1) is now getting its Android 13 update widely, Carl Pei’s startup announced today. The update first started rolling out…
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