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Today marks the last guaranteed update for Google’s midrange phones from 2019 following its launch three years ago at I/O. However, similar to past generations, Google will be releasing one last update for the Pixel 3a and 3a XL. Update 6/7: Alongside the other June security patch updates yesterday, the…

With the launch of QPR3 and the June Pixel Feature Drop today, the Android 12 Beta Program is ending with users not needing to take any further action. The Android 12 Beta Program kicked off last May at I/O 2021 with Beta 1 after three developer previews. Compared to previous…

Amidst the commotion from Apple’s WWDC announcements, Google has begun rolling out its June update for Pixel phones. The latest software brings a Feature Drop that was previously available on Google’s QPR (Quarterly Platform Release) beta channel. This update brings easy access to proof of vaccination in supported regions, Google’s…

An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its failure to take down a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” of videos drove him out of politics. The Federal Court found the Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O company, which owns content-sharing website YouTube,…

Today’s coffee-stained Google Doodle is in honor of Angelo Moriondo, the Italian innovator who created the espresso machine. While mankind has enjoyed coffee for centuries, our predecessors didn’t have the wealth of options available for making coffee like we do today. One of the best known and most dynamic options…

        | Published: Sunday, June 5, 2022, 8:46 Google took the wraps off the Pixel 6a smartphone last month at the Google I/O 2022 keynote session. The company confirmed that the Pixel 6a will be launched in India but there is no confirmation on the launch date…

Adult ADHD advocate and podcaster André Brisson at his home near Ingersoll, Ont., on June 2.Geoff Robins/The Globe and Mail Looking back, Pippa Boyd can see the telltale signs – like frequently getting in trouble in grade school for moving around too much, and needing an organizational system that relied…

Google Fi is a wireless network operated by Google that originally focused on low data usage, but recently expanded into unlimited plans. Now the carrier has a new “W+” feature to help expand network coverage. As spotted by 9to5Google, Google has quietly published a support article explaining a new W+…

One of the simplest and well-known ways to cross out text is with strikethrough. Strikethrough is a term used in applications in which you format text, like Google Docs, Gmail, and Microsoft Office. By applying strikethrough formatting, you can draw a line through a word, phrase, sentence, or paragraph. This…

A nixed event at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California has potentially revealed gaps in its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. To honor the Dalit History Month in April, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, executive director of the US-based social justice organization Equality Labs, was scheduled to speak about caste-based discrimination in newsrooms…