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These security features will be available later this year.
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The conference showed off AI features coming to Google Search, and Donald Glover helped debut a new generative video app called Veo.
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But wait, isn't "web search" what you're supposed to get with a standard Google query, without any need to click on a secondary tab? Yes and no. Google's official SearchLiason Twitter account explains that the Web tab filters results so that only text-based results will be returned, stripping out images, videos, shopping products, maps, and all the other allegedly helpful modern additions to Google. It's practically a time machine to when searching the web really did focus on text, without a huge amount of additional context and add-ons.
Crucially, this is also going to strip out a lot of the extras that Google has been building into search in the "All" tab, for reasons both customer-facing and profit-driven. In addition to standard advertising, Google has been sticking more and more modules into search, crowding out conventional text-driven web results. This is only going to get more visible with the new Gemini-driven AI additions Google showed off yesterday at Google I/O.
And standard users aren't the only ones who are complaining. The adulteration of "pure" text search with auto-generated results keeps Goo
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 Google is rolling out Android 15's second public beta in tandem with the second day of the Google I/O developer conference. Google announced that many new features, fixes, and tweaks are coming to the operating system, including Private Space and Theft Detection Lock, which are designed to help protect your stuff. A…
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Heat pumps can help you ditch fossil fuels at home. This one blends in while keeping you comfotable.
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 Apple's new M4 iPad Pro and M2 iPad Air models feature a battery health setting that is new to iPads and when enabled prevents the devices from charging beyond 80% at all times, which can extend battery lifespan.
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If you're looking to book a summer vacation somewhere but don't want to overspend, Matt's Flights will help you track down the best airfare and travel deals.
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Thunderbolt Share is a new Intel specification that connects two PCs via a cable, one to each Thunderbolt port. Alternatively, you can connect it to a Thunderbolt dock instead. Thunderbolt Share offers several options, all at blazing 40Gbps or higher speeds: control another PC, transfer files, sync them, or even migrate one PC to another. Is it a killer sneakernet replacement? Sure seems like it for local networks.
The idea? You or your family own more than one PC. If they're Thunderbolt-capable, Share will unlock a number of handy additional sharing capabilities without needing to set up a workgroup, a network switch, or any other solution. Dock makers, too, will see an advantage: suddenly, Thunderbolt hubs like the Plugable 5-in-1 Thunderbolt Hub (USB4-HUB3A), part of our list of the best Thunderbolt docking stations, won't just be designed primarily for external displays with Thunderbolt ports.
There's just one thing. Intel didn't take the simple route and just make Thunderbolt Share part of the Thunderbolt spec. Instead, Thunderbolt Share will be a software app Intel will license to PC and dock makers. And it won't work for legacy Thunderbolt 3 or USB devices either — not officially, anyway. In short, you'll have to keep track of which devices are Thunderbolt Share-capable, because without one, Thunderbolt Share won't work. A special logo, however, will help.
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Practice these ten simple habits to help protect your vision for years to come.
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 Google today announced several new AI features that it is building into the Android 15 operating system, giving us some insight into what Apple's iPhone operating system will be competing with later this year.
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