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Android 15 Beta 4 is rolling out for Pixel devices, marking the last scheduled update of this preview cycle. The build is officially near-final, with developer APIs and all app-facing behaviors final. App developers should be aware that Android 15 removes the legacy PNG-based emoji font file, with some devices only having the vector-based file.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 82 | 2024-07-18 06:06:29 PM |
Google has teased the upcoming Pixel 9 Pro, highlighting its use of AI to make the device feel 'magical'. The company has released a 30-second video showing the phone's design, including a matte/grainy texture on the camera bar and shiny side rails. The Pixel 9 Pro is expected to come with 1-year of Gemini Advanced and will be available through the Google Store, which is promoting a 'whole new era of phones'.
TechnologyGoogle | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 80 | 2024-07-18 04:37:33 PM |
VMware Cloud Foundation on Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) is now generally available, offering lower costs and incentives for customers. The partnership with Broadcom provides support for VMware Cloud Foundation with 20% lower commitment pricing. Additionally, license portability entitlement support allows customers to preserve their VMware investments by porting on-premises VCF licenses to GCVE, with a VE1 node available at up to 35% lower price on a three-year prepaid commitment.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 85 | 2024-07-18 04:07:43 PM |
Google Cloud's Dataplex Catalog, a next-generation data asset inventory platform, is now generally available. It provides a unified inventory for all metadata, whether resources are in Google Cloud or on-premises. With Dataplex Catalog, organizations can search and discover data, understand its context, enable data governance, and enrich it with additional metadata.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 89 | 2024-07-17 07:26:31 PM |
Google has announced updates to Emoji Kitchen, including a YouTube Shorts integration, and shared that it will feature new characters from Unicode 16.0, including a fingerprint, leafless tree, harp, splat, face with bags under eyes, shovel, and root vegetable. The new characters will be available as a web font in both color and monochrome in September, and will come to Android phones in March 2025. Emoji Kitchen now features over 100,000 drawings and will be available in Google products in early 2025.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 86 | 2024-07-17 06:07:44 PM |
Google has updated Gemini to allow users to ask general questions without unlocking their Android device. Previously, Gemini was limited to controlling alarms, timers, media, and some phone features. With the update, users can ask questions like 'what's the weather' and receive an answer read aloud, without needing to unlock their device.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 81 | 2024-07-17 06:47:13 AM |
Google is bringing Android Studio app development to the web through its Project IDX, a web-based development environment. The technology will allow users to stream Android Studio from the cloud to their browser, making it universally available. The service will be available at idx.google.com and more, and features AI coding assistance with Gemini. Google is hosting satellite developer events in Berlin, Bengaluru, and Beijing, including I/O Connect Bengaluru, where the technology was shared.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 85 | 2024-07-17 05:47:24 AM |
Google Docs is adding features to improve interoperability with other Markdown supporting tools, including the ability to convert Markdown to Docs content on paste, copy Docs content as Markdown, export a Doc as Markdown, and automatically detect Markdown. This update is aimed at technical content writers, such as developers who can collaborate on software documentation in Docs and then export it.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 85 | 2024-07-17 02:06:21 AM |
Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 model has been used by over 2 million researchers since its launch in 2020, helping solve a 50-year-old problem. The team has now launched AlphaFold 3, which predicts not just protein folding structures but also the structure and interactions of all life's molecules, including DNA, RNA, and ligands. The new model builds on the previous one, predicting hundreds of millions of structures.
AIGoogle | Rating: 96 | 2024-07-16 08:06:31 PM |
The upcoming Google Pixel Watch 2 will allow users to customize their watch faces, including storing favorite designs and variations. This feature aims to provide users with a constantly updated watch face to match their outfit or activities.
TechnologyGoogle | Rating: 81 | 2024-07-16 04:26:59 PM |