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Google introduced the Chromecast almost exactly nine years ago. That’s about 70 in tech years. While that was so long ago, there are still people rocking the first-generation devices, and they seem to be doing just fine. Google broke the YouTube app on the original Chromecast Google broke the YouTube app on the original Chromecast Actually, they WERE doing just fine until a couple of days ago. A user posted a tweet regarding an issue they had with their original Chromecast....

This new widget does more than show suggested files This new widget does more than show suggested files Though this widget is pretty simple, it’s actually packed with functionality. First and foremost, the largest part of the widget is the list of five files. This is a list of your five most recently edited files from Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. This will also show you files that you visit often in a short period of time PDFs....

This update rolls the December update in with the January security patch. So it’s liable to be a pretty big update when you do get it on your device. Downloading the OTA image from Google’s website comes in at about 1.9GB. That’s typically the size of a full, new version of Android. But given the many bug fixes in this update, this should not come as a surprise. The update is not yet showing up on my Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, but it shouldn’t be too far out....

The Privacy Sandbox Initiative will help make advertising more private The Privacy Sandbox Initiative will help make advertising more private This happens all the time: You search up fishing poles on the web, then five minutes later, all of your social media accounts and web searches are filled with ads promoting fishing poles. This means that when you searched for the fishing poles, that search was logged and given to an advertising agency that then funneled those ads right to you....

First and foremost, there is a deadline. So if you want the free Stadia Premiere Edition, you need to buy the game buy a certain date. In addition to buying a game by the deadline, the purchase has to be for a certain amount. Obviously, Google isn’t just going to hand stuff out for free every single time it has a promotion. While it’s a nice idea, there has to be something in it for Google....