Google, Spotify and outages
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Instead of digging through all the top search results, you can now ask Google Search to give you a comprehensive AI-generated summary with its Audio Overviews feature. The AI feature uses Google Gemini models to create a short audio clip that sounds like a conversational podcast with two hosts.
Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.
I'm a fan of Google Photos, but I have a few suggestions about how the app can retain its dominance for another decade.
According to Alex Moriconi, communications manager at Google (Pixel phones), Google will soon release an update that will purposefully limit the battery capacity of some Pixel 6a phones, hopefully also limiting issues with overheating. Also: 4 exciting features Google just announced for Android phones (and why they're a big deal)
Google Cloud services were down and are affecting other sites, according to Replit and Cloudflare.
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Is nothing Google working right for you all of a sudden? You're not alone, as an outage impacts multiple Workspace services.