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Google TV: The history of Google in the living room, evolution of Android TV, and what’s next

March 10, 2023
Since its launch in 2020, Google TV has grown to support more products, including some of the world’s biggest TV brands, and it’s doing that on the back of years of development on Google’s part. Let’s take a look at what brought Google TV to where it is today, how it’s actually different from Android TV, and what’s next for the platform. Table of contents 2010: Google TV, the OS, the…
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Inworld AI drives toward better AI characters in games with grants and Santa demo

March 10, 2023
Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Avatars have been around for a lot of video game history, but for most of that history, players would never mistake those characters for the humans they imitate. Inworld AI wants to change that by infusing AI into virtual characters to make them smarter than ever. And Inworld AI has demoed its…
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NewsSpace

Pi Day Challenge: Solve Stellar Math Problems With NASA

March 10, 2023
Pi Day is the annual tribute to the mathematical constant pi, whose infinite number of decimals is usually rounded to 3.14. So what better day to celebrate than March 14? To find pi, aka the Greek letter π, you simply divide any circle’s circumference by its diameter.
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Google News adds more homepage topics on desktop

March 10, 2023
Last June, Google News got a desktop redesign, and the “Your topics” feature has now added 60 new topics for you to choose from and customize your homepage with. After “Your briefing” on news.google.com, “Your topics” appears as a grid of cards that shows three stories each. Tapping “Customize” in the top-right corner originally let you select from U.S., World, Business…
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Gear in this story

March 9, 2023
Leica has announced the Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm F5-6.3, a telephoto zoom lens for L-mount. It’s also announced a 1.4x teleconverter that’s compatible with the lens to deliver a combination that extends to 560mm F9. The rather modest maximum aperture range allows…
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Google Keep ‘Single note’ widget rolling out on Android

March 9, 2023
Google announced a “Single note” widget at the end of last month for Keep on Android, and it’s now widely rolling out. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here! Besides the…