In addition to blocking spam and offering a built-in VPN, Google Fi will soon gain end-to-end encrypted voice calls. There are, however, some notable requirements to use this capability.
End-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Google Fi means that “no one besides you and the person you’re talking to should be able to hear what you’re saying over the phone.”
Encoded audio can only be decoded with…
With the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro now officially available, Google today released Android 12 factory images for both phones.
Each device sees four builds. The first 015.A4 release is for everyone that’s not on a US, Canadian, or Taiwanese carrier. Meanwhile, the big three in…
Google details all the new Material Design 3 UI components, including updated ‘navigation rail’
October 29, 2021
In time for Android 12 and the Pixel 6’s launch, many of Google’s biggest apps have already been updated to Material You. At the 2021 Android Dev Summit, Google fully detailed Material Design 3 and showed off the updated UI components that developers can use to build…
Google announces next-gen ‘Pathways’ AI architecture to allow for more general, multimodal, & efficient models
October 29, 2021
Google Research today announced a next-generation AI architecture called “Pathways.” This “new way of thinking about AI” is meant to address current “weaknesses of existing systems.”
Google says Pathways can “train a single model to do thousands or millions of things” compared to the current, highly individualized approach. The old method takes a long time and “much more…
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy first impressions on GeForce NOW: Tips and tricks for first-time players [Video]
October 29, 2021
The latest blockbuster video game tie-in with the Marvel Comic Universe, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is now available and fully playable in the cloud with — and here is just how it plays.
Similar in nature to last years Marvel’s Avengers — which is also…
Back in October, Google announced that its Google One storage subscription was adding a built-in VPN option. The Google One VPN is now seeing an expansion in North America and five European countries.
Update 10/28: Following the initial expansion beyond the US to 7…
New evidence suggests that the Pixel 7 will, unsurprisingly, feature a second-generation Google Tensor chip.
The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro formally launched today, serving as the debut for Google’s new line of Tensor chips. Created with help from Samsung, the Google Tensor chips are optimized for Google’s extensive use of machine learning, in some cases accelerating existing features or…
Lens manufacturer Samyang has given its 135mm cine lens the MK2 treatment, adding weather sealing, a new iris and the design characteristics of the company’s VDSLR MK2 series. The introduction of the Samyang 135mm T2.2 VDSLR manual lens brings the MK2 series to a total six…
Epic Games and Tribeca team up on Unreal Engine films
October 28, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
Tribeca Enterprises and Epic Games have started a “Writing in Unreal” program to train filmmakers to make independent movies with the Unreal game…
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.
Electronic Arts and Velan Studios today announced that their multiplayer action title, Knockout City, will be coming to next-gen consoles in November. The next-gen upgrade will be free.
The game will launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S with both Performance and Quality…
