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Google announces Assistant with Bard, adding generative AI capabilities to its mobile assistant, including planning trips and writing social media captions (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google announces Assistant with Bard, adding generative AI capabilities to its mobile assistant, including planning trips and writing social media captions  —  Google Assistant is getting an AI-powered update.  At today’s Made by Google live event, the company introduced Assistant with Bard …

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Patreon rolls out a slew of new features and products, including a new visual brand identity, an updated home feed, and free membership tiers (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon rolls out a slew of new features and products, including a new visual brand identity, an updated home feed, and free membership tiers  —  A decade since launching with the mission of helping creatives make money directly through fan support, Patreon is undergoing a major rebrand …

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French police arrest five ex-Ubisoft execs, including a chief creative officer and VP of editorial and creative services, after a year-long sexual assault probe (James Batchelor/GamesIndustry.biz)

James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: French police arrest five ex-Ubisoft execs, including a chief creative officer and VP of editorial and creative services, after a year-long sexual assault probe  —  Serge Hascoët and Tommy François among those in custody  —  News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief

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Google rolls out Android 14 with customizable lock screens, expanded passkey support, on-device health features, and more, starting with Pixel phones (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Wes Davis / The Verge: Google rolls out Android 14 with customizable lock screens, expanded passkey support, on-device health features, and more, starting with Pixel phones  —  Google has released Android 14, the latest version of the Android operating system.  It’s available today on Pixel phones (4A 5G and up) …

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Google announces Pixel Watch 2 with a fast-charging battery that lasts 24 hours, a quad core chip, improved heart rate sensor, IP68, and more, starting at $349 (Daniel Cooper/Engadget)

Daniel Cooper / Engadget: Google announces Pixel Watch 2 with a fast-charging battery that lasts 24 hours, a quad core chip, improved heart rate sensor, IP68, and more, starting at $349  —  It’s a much-needed polish.  —  Google’s Pixel Watch had years of development time, but still managed to stumble rather than sprint out of

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Google announces Pixel 8 Pro with a 6.7-inch LTPO display, a 50MP main camera sensor and 48MP ultrawide and telephoto sensors, and more, starting at $999 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google announces Pixel 8 Pro with a 6.7-inch LTPO display, a 50MP main camera sensor and 48MP ultrawide and telephoto sensors, and more, starting at $999  —  Thanks to a flood of leaks, you’ve probably seen its updated camera bar, read all about the new AI photo features …

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Hands-on with the Pixel Watch 2: very similar to the first generation, upgraded haptics, Snapdragon W5 chip performance is a leap ahead of Exynos 9110, and more (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Hands-on with the Pixel Watch 2: very similar to the first generation, upgraded haptics, Snapdragon W5 chip performance is a leap ahead of Exynos 9110, and more  —  The Pixel Watch 2 has arrived, and, yes, it’s very similar to the first generation.  Google’s smartwatch sequel is instead full …

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Google announces the Pixel 8 with a 6.1-inch 120 Hz refresh rate display, better camera, Tensor G3 chip, a 50-megapixel wide camera, and more, starting at $699 (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Google announces the Pixel 8 with a 6.1-inch 120 Hz refresh rate display, better camera, Tensor G3 chip, a 50-megapixel wide camera, and more, starting at $699  —  The latest version of the Android handset starts at $699 for the 8 and $999 for the 8 Pro  —  When it comes

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Google promises seven years of OS and security updates for Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, up from five years of security updates and three years of OS updates previously (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Google promises seven years of OS and security updates for Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, up from five years of security updates and three years of OS updates previously  —  The Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro will be supported with seven years of “OS, security, and Feature Drop updates,”

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