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Google today announced that it has finished the install and test of its private Curie cable. When it was announced, Curie, which connects the U.S. to Chile, was the company’s third private cable. Since then, it has announced two more, Dunant and Equiano, whic…

At last months big hardware extravaganza, Google finally showed off an update to its three-year-old mesh wifi system that now lives under the companys Nest smart home brand. Despite a lack of support for the new WiFi 6 standard, Google Nest Wifi includes othe…

Earlier this week, we speculated on some of the ways in which Google's purchase of Fitbit would be bad for wearables. However, there are a lot of things Google could learn from Fitbit to make Wear OS a compelling platform. The important thing here is that Goo…

Pebble, of course, was eventually acquired by Fitbit, which makes Googles purchase today a kind of wearable turducken, as CNETs Scott Stein put it on Twitter. Jawbone failed, badly. Basis Science sold itself to Intel. Misfit went to Fossil. Lark become a soft…

Google has often added features it debuts on its latest flagship handsets to its older devices and even its iOS apps, so the news it'd make Recorder more broadly available was somewhat expected from the jump. The app is useful for people who hate taking notes…

The 10-inch Portal, with its improved person-tracking software, smart speaker support, and augmented reality games, makes makes communicating through video chat feel great. But like a lot of other fantastic, easy-to-use tools, the Portal is made by a massive,…

Chrome 78 is here. With luck, your browser should have already updated by now to the brand-new version, which comes with bug fixes, security patches, and speedier, hovering boxes when you move your mouse over tabs. There are also two fun features buried withi…

Searching for information online sometimes takes creativitydepending on how you word a query, Google can bring back some wonky results. Thats why Google announced today that its improved search to better understand natural language for queries cant antic…

Googles Pixel 4 and 4 XL smartphones officially launch tomorrow. While most people can probably set up their devices by themselves at this point, theres one little setting youll want to know about if youre big into shooting videositll help you save space on y…

Google claims the tool is just a notification to combat spam Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google employees have accused their employer of creating a surveillance tool disguised as a calendar extension designed to monitor gatherings of more than 100…