Despite this bill seeming like a channel for more earnings for publishers, tech companies aren’t having any of it. This article clearly outlines Meta’s resistance to this bill. The tech giant went on to threaten that if the bill gets passed into law, it “will be forced to consider removing news” from its platforms. Meta isn’t willing to share its revenue with publishers, and neither is Google. Although signing an agreement to a similar bill in France, Google is standing its ground against the United States Congress....

Pichai did a small recap of everything the company announced at Google I/O in May. And mentioned that Google’s fall hardware would “showcase” Android 12 and its “deep technology investments”. Which led many people to believe Pichai was talking about Google’s rumored silicon, Whitechapel. He also noted that “Pixel remains at the heart of that long-term strategy” and to “push boundaries”. He ended this part of the call by talking about the new Google Store in New York City....

Google Messages is preparing voice memo transcripts Google Messages is preparing voice memo transcripts According to the new report, Google is preparing two iterations of the transcription feature. In one instance, the feature works automatically. All incoming voice messages are transcribed and shown in plain text within the conversation. A Hide button will let you hide the transcribed text, while a Settings shortcut will likely take you to the settings page from where you can turn off transcriptions....

The Google Pixel 6 Pro weight has been revealed The Google Pixel 6 Pro weight has been revealed He tweeted out that the Pixel 6 Pro weighs 210 grams. Do note that this is not an official spec by Google, but the phone got weighted by the source, using a scale. So, this number could be off by a few grams. This weight is right on par with the competition, pretty much....

If you didn’t want your kids buying something, you had the ability to deny those purchases. Or just as easily approve them. The Google Play purchase requests tool adds another layer of control by letting children on the account make a request to buy a certain app or item. For family accounts without a shared payment method, the new tool offers a similar experience to users as those with a shared payment method....