Google Pixel 6 Pro vs Google Pixel 8 Pro: Should you upgrade?

[ad_1] Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It’s increasingly common, it seems, to acknowledge that there isn’t as much reason to upgrade your smartphone these days as there was even a few years ago. Year-to-year changes have become incremental. The longer you wait, though, the more those changes can add up. So, if you’re weighing an upgrade from the Google Pixel 6 Pro to the new Pixel 8 Pro, is the leap justifiable? Google Pixel…

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Spotify ‘unfairly held back’ by Google and Apple, CEO says

[ad_1] While on a tour to woo UK lawmakers ahead of the adoption of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill, Daniel Ek has taken a swing at big tech’s dominance.  The Spotify CEO urged the UK to “show leadership” as it prepared to regulate big tech according to its own agenda outside of the EU. However, it is unclear just exactly how much further he expects it to go compared to the bloc’s Digital…

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Google is reportedly developing a new AI-powered search engine

[ad_1] Facing renewed competition from Microsoft and OpenAI, Google is reportedly “racing” to build an “all-new” AI-powered search engine. According to The New York Times, the company is in the early stages of creating a search service that will attempt to anticipate what you want from it in hopes of offering “a far more personalized experience.” The project has “no clear timetable.” However, knowing that Google is also developing a suite of new AI features…

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Google Home Can Help You Get Better Sleep, Here’s How.

[ad_1] Apps and devices have been steadily incorporating digital well-being features (in other words, using your phone to get you off your phone) for years. Google Wellbeing launched back in 2018, and the company has since introduced more features to help people’s mental well-being.  Taking advantage of Google’s digital wellness features with your home devices can help silence distractions, encourage you to stay off your phone and a host of different things that can help you get…

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Google will start removing abortion clinic visits from users’ location history

[ad_1] Amid data privacy concerns raised by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Google says it will remove abortion clinics and other facilities from users’ location history. Since the ruling, Google and other tech giants had largely about how they would handle requests for data about users in abortion-related investigations. Privacy experts have flagged the vast amounts of data collected by Google and other platforms as ripe for abuse by law enforcement and…

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