With the update, Xbox consoles are able to be “carbon aware” of when to perform game downloads and updates by connecting to the internet and checking for regional carbon intensity data. Microsoft says it will […]
Photo Credit: Pathum Danthanarayana As Spotify’s focus on podcasts shifted weights in the industry—Google appears to be pivoting again. Podnews reports that the Google Podcasts app has disappeared from search results on Google Play. That’s […]
Photo Credit: Sascha Bosshard Only one of Google’s top ten most-searched songs this year is from a Western artist; most are from Indonesia and Japan. As the year comes to an end, Google shares the trending […]
Photo Credit: Eyestetix Studio An appeals court has officially overturned the dismissal of a lawsuit that accuses Google-owned YouTube of violating multiple states’ laws (as well as COPPA at the federal level) by collecting and […]
Photo Credit: Daniel Romero iHeartMedia and Google have settled a lawsuit with the FTC and seven states over deceptive advertising of its Pixel 4 smartphones. The lawsuit claims that Google paid radio hosts to read […]
Among the litany of recognizable names in the gaming industry, there is one that’s often left out of the conversation. Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, the engineer responsible for the development of the video game cartridge, among […]
Google Play Games is launching in open beta in the US today, allowing anyone to try out a selection of Android games on PC. Google launched an initial beta of the software on Windows PCs […]
Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile store to directly offer games on mobile devices, challenging Apple and Google. The software giant first hinted at a “next-generation” store it would “build for games” earlier this year […]
Google TV added kids profiles to the platform in 2021, giving young viewers their own portal designed to showcase only age-appropriate content. Today, the company is building upon kids profiles with new features, including parent-managed […]
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Google Stadia, but I’m certainly going to miss it now it’s shutting down. While the writing has been on the wall for Stadia pretty much since it launched, I […]
Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service. The service will remain live for players until January 18th, 2023. Google will be refunding all Stadia hardware purchased through the Google Store as well as […]
Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service will soon be no more, as the company announced that it’s shutting down the service early next year. Google touted ambitious plans when Stadia launched, but it never posed any […]
Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service will soon be no more, as the company announced that it’s shutting down the service early next year. Google touted ambitious plans when Stadia launched, but it never posed any […]
Image: Substack Substack’s the latest company trying to resurrect Google Reader from the dead — well, in spirit at least. Nearly a decade after Google’s popular RSS feed aggregator shut down, Substack has launched a […]
Photo Credit: Bence Boros Google is working on a royalty-free open media format to rival Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. The internal plans, called Project Caviar, were shown to specific hardware manufacturers earlier this year, […]
Ludwig and GeoGuessr pro Rainbolt help a fan discover where he proposed to his wife over a decade ago with just one video. YouTube streamer and content creator Ludwig Ahgren is no stranger to games […]
Photo Credit: Maurice / CC by 2.0 Google and YouTube are officially moving for summary judgement in their much-publicized courtroom confrontation with Grammy-winning jazz composer Maria Schneider. This latest development in the years-running legal battle […]
Google will start labeling which health clinics or hospitals provide abortions when users search for reproductive care online or in maps, the California-based company announced this week. The increase in information that the search engine […]
Starting today, users in Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia will be able to register for the open beta for Google Play Games on their PCs. Normally, this catalog of games would be restricted […]
If you’ve ever wondered who is behind the Spanish voice on Google Maps, it’s a hilarious and talented woman named Nikki Garcia. The singer, songwriter, horse lover, and actress has been going viral with her […]