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GM will get rid of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer General Motors (GM) has provided an update on its in-vehicle infotainment strategy. The Detroit-based automobile company plans to phase out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its future electric vehicles (EVs). The first GM…

General Motors plans to phase out both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of a new built-in infotainment system developed with Google for future electric vehicles, reports Reuters. GM’s decision will start with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer car and “could help the automaker capture more data on how consumers…

Photo Credit: Kevin Bhagat The British government may force Google & Amazon smart speakers to offer UK radio stations for free amid new broadcasting legislation.Under draft legislation published today, the biggest broadcasters in the UK will receive additional privileges, like ensuring their on-demand services are easy to discover to encourage competition with…

If you wanted to get some perspective on the scope of content enforcement that large digital platforms deal with day-to-day, this will help. Today, Google has published its 2022 Ads Safety Report, which outlines all of the ads and websites that Google took action against over the last year. And…

Silicon Valley-based Gokul Rajaram, a solo capitalist, operator and prolific angel investor who has backed 300 companies including online marketplace Faire, Figma (sold to Adobe for $20 billion), and collaboration software startup Airtable, recently said that founders should explore the option of shutting down startups that are unable to find…

Published by Reuters UK NAIROBI (Reuters) – A coalition of international companies, including Google and Microsoft, on Wednesday denounced anti-LGBTQ legislation passed by Uganda’s parliament last week, warning it would damage the East Africa country’s econom…Read More

Digital lenders in Kenya are facing a tough reality: obtain a hard-to-get licence from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to remain operational or die slowly without it.  Without a license, Google, in its role as a “super-regulator”, will not host their apps on Playstore. Kenyan digital lenders told TechCabal…

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How's that chip stockpile doing? — Huawei can't use 5G, Gorilla Glass, or the Google apps, but it's managing. Ron Amadeo - Mar 28, 2023 9:56 pm UTC Huawei is still making phones, even if the US-China trade war puts most of the stalwart Android component vendors in a complicated…

To use, or not to use, Bard? That is the Shakespearean question an Associated Press reporter sought to answer while testing out Google's artificially intelligent chatbot. The recently rolled-out bot dubbed Bard is the internet search giant's answer to the ChatGPT tool that Microsoft has been melding into its Bing…