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Jun01

Google Chromecast 1 reaches end-of-life support

Posted by Francis Rey on Jun 1, 2023

Google Chromecast 1 reaches end-of-life support

Google has announced that the decade-old Chromecast 1 will be phased out. The end of support was announced in a message on Google’s Chromecast firmware support page. Image: Google “Support for Chromecast (1st gen) has ended, which means these devices no longer receive software or security updates, and Google does not provide technical support for them. Users may notice a degradation in performance,” The first-generation Chromecast was released in 2013 for $35. It was a huge success, selling 10 million units in just one year. For years, the gadget got recognition and was the highlight of Google’s hardware efforts in earnings calls, and it was effectively the company’s first successful piece of hardware. The Chromecast makes it simple to stream Internet videos to your TV at a time when doing so was difficult. The end of life Google no longer makes “Chromecasts”—at least, not ones that employ the original Chromecast technology stack. The original Chromecast from 2013, the second-generation Chromecast from 2015, the Chromecast Ultra from 2016, and the third-generation Chromecast from 2018. They run the Cast OS, which is a lightweight operating system built from scraps of Chrome OS and Android. Chromecasts from the past exist primarily as media receivers for the cast button in apps such as YouTube. When you tap the cast button in an app and select a TV, the screen turns on and begins playing material. In 2020, Google released the Chromecast with Google TV. It was a product that maintains the Chromecast name while moving away from the concept of a basic streaming stick. The new Chromecasts can still function as media receivers, but they are now far more advanced Android TV boxes. These boxes have their own interface, a full Android operating system, and a physical remote control for navigating the UI. You may log in to the stick, launch the Play Store, and download and install updates and apps. The new Chromecasts are just set-top boxes in the shape of a dongle. Because of Chromecast’s migration to Android TV, there are no current devices that use the Cast OS. Google has attempted to remove the Cast OS from all of Google, with the Google Nest Hub migrating to Fuchsia. The only effort on the OS presently will be to support dated Chromecasts, the most recent of which is the 5-year-old Chromecast...

May23

Samsung Not Ditching Google for Bing

Posted by Jane Danes on May 23, 2023

Samsung Not Ditching Google for Bing

Samsung Will Not Abandon Google After All Last month, the New York Times reported that Samsung may consider switching to Bing as its default search engine on its devices. But it looks like Samsung has a change of heart. It is not going to use Bing as the default search engine on its mobile web browser, according to the Wall Street Journal. Every Samsung phone has its own Internet Browser. It has used Google as its default search engine although users can change it. If Samsung does consider ditching Google, the search engine giant would lose billions in yearly revenue. The smartphone maker said that switching to Bing will not cause a lot of disruption. The reason for this is that most Samsung smartphone users do not use its pre-installed browser. However, Samsung is backing away from this huge change because of concerns about how it could actually affect its relationship with Google. In the first place, it is difficult to understand why Samsung would want to switch to Bing. One of the possible reasons is Microsoft’s expansion into AI. But Google is not holding back. It has been ramping up its efforts to include AI-powered features in its search engine. In fact, its Bard chatbot is now available to everyone. There is no more waiting list. However, Samsung may still change its mind and switch to Bing. In that case, Google is not out of the woods yet. Remember that the company still has to renew its contract with Apple. The iPhone maker might be more motivated to switch considering that Google’s Android OS is its major competitor. But for now, Google’s parent company and its shareholders can now breathe a sign of relief. It is said that Alphabet pays Apple between $8 billion and $12 billion a year just to make Google the default search engine of iPhone maker’s devices. The amount is significantly higher than how much it is paying Samsung to keep Google as the default search engine. The extra revenue stream might be the reason Apple is sticking to Google. Bard and Bing AI Google Bard and Microsoft Bing AI are chatbots trained on datasets. The bots scrapped the data to obtain information from it. Then, the bots utilize the data to create answers to different questions entered by the users. However, there is a huge difference...

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May03

Google goes passwordless with Passkeys

Posted By Francis Rey on May 3, 2023

Google has started a campaign to allow users of personal accounts to sign in using the password replacement known as “passkeys.” Users will be able to actively look for and enable the functionality once it goes live today for the company’s billions of accounts. The passkey system relies on a separate paradigm that leverages cryptographic keys kept on your devices for account authentication in order to specifically...

Apr27

Google Authenticator to receive End-to-End encryption

Posted By Francis Rey on Apr 27, 2023

After researchers cautioned users about syncing 2FA codes with their Google accounts, Google is adding end-to-end encryption to Google Authenticator cloud backups. This week, Google Authenticator gained the long-awaited functionality of backing up 2FA tokens to the cloud. Users may now synchronize their Google Authenticator 2FA tokens with their Google account, providing a backup if their mobile device is lost or destroyed. It also...

Apr23

Google Bard now has the ability to generate code

Posted By Ola Ric on Apr 23, 2023

Google’s AI tool Bard now has the ability to generate and debug codes. These new set of skills were added due to demand by users; making the conversational AI tool more useful for software engineers. According to a Google Research product lead Paige Bailey blog post, coding has been in high demand; and the addition will further make the work of software engineers easier. “Since we launched Bard, our experiment that lets you...

Apr20

Google merges AI research divisions into Google DeepMind

Posted By Francis Rey on Apr 20, 2023

Google DeepMind, a new organization comprised of the DeepMind team and the Google Brain team from Google Research, opened its curtains today. DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis stated in a blog post that Google DeepMind will work “in close collaboration… across Google product areas” to “deliver AI research and products.” As part of Google DeepMind’s establishment, Google says it will...

Apr18

Google Pixel Fold will launch in June

Posted By Francis Rey on Apr 18, 2023

According to internal conversations obtained by CNBC, Google will release its first foldable smartphone Pixel Fold sometime in June, taking on Samsung’s market-leading foldable phone company. The tablet will be unveiled on May 10 at Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference. Based on the docs, the Pixel Fold, internally known as “Felix,” will boast the “most durable hinge on a foldable”...

Apr16

Google is bringing generative AI to Google Search under project name Magi

Posted By Ola Ric on Apr 16, 2023

Google has a real battle in hands, and that is why the company is working hard to fight off serious competition from Microsoft. By bringing generative AI to Search, Google will be hoping that its new project Magi is up to speed. As per the New York Times, the search engine giant is working on a new project it calls project “Magi.” According to the report, Google is “upgrading the existing [search engine] with A.I. features” as part of...

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