• Windy and sunny to end the work week

    MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Sunshine is returning after storms Thursday night, however plenty of wind has been left in their wake as well. The Rest of the Evening Strong winds will remain with Middle Georgia as partly cloudy skies slowly clear through the evening. Those winds will remain out of the west-southwest at about 10-25 mph, gusting as high

  • Google promises Find My Device will work with more phones when they're off

    Yesterday Google finally took its new Find My Device network online, after a long wait caused by Apple needing to add unwanted tracker protection to iOS. The new Find My Device network by Google encompasses over a billion active devices across the world, and so it should make tracking them quite easy. One feature that was especially intriguing was the ability to track a Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro even when they're powered off or have no battery, and obviously a lot of people have been wondering,...

  • Google employees protest company’s work with Israeli government

    Google employees in two different offices protested the company’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, objecting to a billion-dollar contract it signed with the U.S. ally in 2021. The protestors organized sit-ins in two locations, one in Sunnyvale, Calif., and the other in one of New York City's offices. The sit-in Sunnyvale office was

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    Testimony in Daybell's trial centers around text messages and emails

    The Chad Daybell Trial continued with testimony centered on text messages, phone calls, and emails sent between Chad, Lori Vallow, and those surrounding them.

  • Attorneys question Clark County commissioners about deleted text messages

    Attorneys for a land developer crying foul over a failed project near Red Rock questioned two Clark County commissioners Monday as part of their efforts to show key county personnel deleted text messages that would prove their claims.

  • Google Pixel 9 phones might have emergency satellite messaging

    It often feels like we live in a fully connected world, but anyone who has been caught without a signal at a time of need can tell you it's far from true. Emergency satellite connectivity is a solution to this problem, and one the Google Pixel 9 series and next-generation Google Fold will allegedly offer, according to Android Authority's Kamila Wojciechowska. The feature will purportedly be available for T-Mobile customers first, thanks to the network provider's partnership with SpaceX to create...

  • Automattic Acquires Messaging App Beeper, Plans to Combine With Texts

    Automattic, the company behind WordPress and WooCommerce, has acquired Beeper, a “universal messaging app” that combines 14 chat networks in one inbox. The company will combine Beeper with Texts, a messaging app that Automattic acquired in 2023, Automattic said in a Tuesday (April 9) blog post. “We began investing in messaging last year when we acquired Texts.com,” the company said in […]

  • Google to tone down message board after employees feud over war in Gaza

    For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees. Memegen has been a place for employees to offer blunt critiques of their bosses, to share gallows humor about job cuts or joke about getting notes from their parents to excuse them from returning to the office after the pandemic. But Google executives, after watching employees snipe about the war in the Gaza Strip in recent months, are making big changes to turn down the...

  • Google is working on enhanced Android desktop mode for Android 15

    When most people hear desktop mode on Android, they tend to think of Samsung’s DeX or perhaps Motorola’s ready for platforms. Indeed, those two are among the most advanced custom implementations currently out there. However, a lesser-known fact is that there is a Desktop mode in Google’s AOSP. It was first released with Android 10 in a very barebones state mostly to enable developers to test their apps in multi-display scenarios. Desktop mode has been steadily, though slowly, improving since...

  • Google unveils Vids, an AI-powered video creation app for work

    Google Vids is an all-in-one video creation app that uses AI to generate immersive storytelling, available on Google Workspace in June.

  • Evers Vetoes Bill Ending Work Permit Requirement for Younger Teens

    Governor cites need to protect 14- and 15-year-olds through work permit process.

  • Google Messages Adds Fun New Feature: Selfie GIFs for Users to Share with Contacts

    Google Messages is working to bring 'selfie GIFs' to the platform, to send among contacts.