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Google preparing new Chromecast device powered by Google TV
In 2020, Google launched the Chromecast with Google TV as a showcase for its new big-screen experience, but in recent months, many have found this new Chromecast to be lacking in the specs department -- especially storage, reports 9To5Google. According to documentation viewed by the website, Google has an Android-powered device in the works codenamed Boreal. The new device is in the same family as the Chromecast with Google TV.
Ten-year-old develops an app to make the job of lawyers easier
Through 'E-Attorney', users can also contact their clients directly and the clients, who are given access to the app by their lawyer, can also easily view their case documents stored in the app. Through this app, users can sign in, add client documents, and store other case-related information quickly.
Google lands in trouble over 'Deceptive' Pixel 4 radio ads
According to a report by AndroidCentral, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has brought forth this lawsuit claiming that Google ran inaccurate and deceiving advertisements about its Pixel 4 smartphones in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston markets.
Microsoft unveils customised Xbox Series
According to GizmoChina, Microsoft said as part of its celebration of the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Tiger, Xbox has created 15 custom Xbox Series S consoles and accompanying Xbox Wireless Controllers with Chinese cartoon designer Bu2ma.
Google AI tools bring back women in science to the fore
The machine-learning (ML) project builds on Google Arts & Culture's previous work, which made over 2.8 million 2D and 3D images from the museum collections available to the public for the very first time in 2020.
Facebook declined to spin-off its Workplace app as $1bn unicorn
According to a report in TechCrunch, Facebook was approached by enterprise investors offering the social network a "proposition", "spin off the organisation, they said, and let us back it as a startup". Workplace, Facebook's collaboration tool for businesses has gained more than seven million paid enterprise users. It was originally built as a version of Facebook for its own employees to communicate with one another.
New NY Mayor takes his first salary in cryptocurrency
According to ZDNet, Adams received his first paycheck in cryptocurrency -- specifically, in a combination of Bitcoin and Ethereum coins -- becoming the first mayor of the Big Apple to have his check converted to crypto. Unlike those grand symbolic gestures associated with mayors -- be it breaking ground with a golden shovel, posing with a 24-karat gold key, or cutting a ribbon with an oversized pair of silver-plated scissors -- Hizzoner's payout is symbolic for a bigger reason.
Parag Agrawal rejigs Twitter's top security team: Report
According to a report in The New York Times, Peiter Zatko, the head of security, populary known as Mudge, is no longer at the company. Rinki Sethi, the chief information security officer, will depart in the coming weeks. In a memo to employees, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal wrote that the moves follow "an assessment of how the organisation was being led and the impact on top priority work", adding that he was limited with how much more he could share due to the "nature of this situation".
Microsoft cancelled Andromeda OS for dual-screen devices
Microsoft was working on a version of Windows 10 Mobile designed for dual-screen phones code-named Andromeda OS, it was scrapped when Microsoft gave up on Windows Mobile.
Google may launch its smartwatch in May
Popular tipster Jon Prosser took to Twitter to provide details of the Google Pixel Watch. This timeline syncs with the Google I/O developer conference where Google announces a sleuth of hardware and software upgrades.
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