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Google Workspace and Google Chat are officially available to everybody

Google is announcing some changes to its Workspace suite of apps and services today, including availability for anybody who has a Google account. Google says that there are over three billion users of its Workspace apps — though it’s probably a safe bet that Gmail accounts for a healthy chunk of that userbase. A lot… Read more

Google to work with UK regulators on its big ad-tracking shakeup

The UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will collaborate with Google as it attempts to rework online ad targeting, the regulator and Google have announced. It comes as Google is attempting to phase out the use of third-party cookies for tracking and targeting users with ads and instead use a new set… Read more

Watch the first trailer for Ubisoft’s gorgeous Avatar game

Ubisoft capped off its E3 keynote with a big surprise: a first look at Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The next-gen take on James Cameron’s world looks gorgeous, and Ubisoft says it’s being built with its own Snowdrop engine at internal studio Massive. Here’s the story premise: In this new, standalone story, play as a Na’vi… Read more

Ubisoft’s extreme sports MMO Riders Republic is launching in September

Ubisoft’s upcoming extreme sports MMO, Riders Republic, will launch on September 2nd, the company announced at its Ubisoft Forward show on Saturday. In a nearly five-minute trailer, Ubisoft showed off some of the sports that you can play, including biking, snowboarding, and even wing suiting. The game will have a variety of modes, including mass… Read more

Like Google Chrome, Chrome OS will be moving to a four-week release schedule

Google will be adjusting the release cycle for Chrome OS later this year, moving to a schedule where it launches a new release every four weeks, the company announced on Friday. “To deliver new features more rapidly to consumers while also continuing to prioritize the key pillars of Chrome OS – security, stability, speed and… Read more

Samsung Galaxy A32 5G review: 5G on a budget

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. If you’re looking for a 5G Android phone and want to spend as little as possible, you can stop right here. At $279, the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G is your best bet right now, especially if you’re… Read more

Arlo Essential Indoor Camera review: Keeping an eye on indoors

(Pocket-lint) – Arlo has a wide range of cameras, but is mostly known for its battery-powered outdoor cameras. The Arlo Essential Indoor Camera, however, is a wired camera designed to sit indoors, sitting in the same sort of position as the ageing Arlo Q. Design Dimensions: 52 x 49 x 113.19mm Privacy Shield shutter Wired… Read more

Larry Page’s air taxi startup is buying former DJI rival 3D Robotics

Kitty Hawk, the air taxi company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is buying what’s left of one-time DJI competitor 3D Robotics. As part of the acquisition, 3D Robotics co-founder Chris Anderson will become Kitty Hawk’s chief operating officer. The acquisition was first reported by Forbes, which published a detailed look at the current state… Read more

Lamar Odom vs Aaron Carter live stream: how to watch the celebrity boxing PPV

Home Advice (Image credit: Fite.TV / Showboat Hotel) Is Lamar Odom vs Aaron Carter the most hyped, most mismatched and most bizarre celebrity boxing match yet? We’ll let you decide but the three-round pay-per-view bout is not to be missed. Ice-T and Coco are your hosts. Tonight’s celebrity boxing is exclusive to Fite.TV. Follow our… Read more

11 of the best vinyl documentaries to buy, rent or watch for free

Home Features (Image credit: Vinyl Moon) If you have a deep-felt appreciation for vinyl, then why not share it with the rest of the world? That was just the sentiment of the many filmmakers and collectors who made the documentaries about the coveted record that are listed below. From a look into the private record… Read more

13 of the best Record Store Day releases for 2021

Home Features (Image credit: Rough Trade) The first drop of Record Store Day 2021 records arrives on Saturday 12th June. It’s that time of year when record shops stock all manner of rarities, reissues, special editions and exclusives produced especially for the big day itself. For us vinyl anoraks, it’s like Christmas, but without the… Read more

Microsoft is launching an Xbox TV app and streaming devices

Home News (Image credit: Microsoft) Soon the Xbox experience will come baked right into your TV. That’s thanks to an Xbox TV app that Microsoft is launching that will bring games directly to your big screen with no console required. Don’t have a smart TV? No problem. Microsoft has streaming devices in the works, too,… Read more

Apple added beautiful 3D details to Maps, but it still can’t get me out of this forest

During the iOS portion of Apple’s WWDC keynote, it showed some amazing demos of 3D cities and AR transit directions, but amid all the beautiful features there were a few things missing from the stage and Apple’s iOS 15 feature list. Namely, some basic navigation tools that would let me get around easier. Since Apple… Read more

House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to unwind tech monopolies

On Friday, House Democrats introduced five new bills meant to chip away at the power of big tech companies, targeting a variety of practices that antitrust advocates say are stifling competition. These measures are the House Judiciary Committee’s historic, 16-month long investigation into the business tactics of companies like Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google. With… Read more

iOS 15 and macOS 12 take a small but significant step towards a password-less future

Apple’s upcoming iOS 15 and macOS Monterey will preview a new feature called “Passkeys in iCloud Keychain,” which is an attempt to help replace passwords with a more secure login process. Instead of logging into an app or website using string of text, a WWDC presentation showed how you could instead use Face ID, Touch… Read more