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Tech wrap Oct 11: Xbox games on Android, Intel Core Ultra 200S series, more

Microsoft to sell Xbox games through mobile app. Intel Core Ultra 200S desktop processor unveiled. Qualcomm confirms security vulnerability. WhatsApp rolling out chat-specific themes

Google's Circle to Search is coming to more phones, including China's HONOR

HONOR 200 series devices will be among the first non-Samsung and Google smartphones to feature Circle to Search functionality

Microsoft to start selling Xbox games through its own mobile app on Android

Xbox president announced the change after a US court ruling instructed Google to allow rival app stores on its Play Store for Android

After EU, Google faces painful reckoning in US as antitrust cases rev up

Google criticized the Justice Department's initial proposal as "radical," saying it would have "significant unintended consequences for consumers and businesses

Tech wrap Oct 10: Apple iOS 18.2, Imagen 3 AI, Honeywell Aviator, and more

Apple may introduce advanced AI features with iOS 18.2. Google has rolled out Imagen 3 for image generation to all Gemini users. Secure Connection has launched Honeywell Aviator Hi-Fi speaker

Google releases Imagen 3 for image generation to all Gemini users: Details

Google said that Imagen 3 is its highest quality image generation model, bringing an even higher degree of photorealism, better instruction following, and fewer distracting artefacts

Google Deepmind CEO Hassabis among 3 winners of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was awarded in two parts: one to David Baker, and the other jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, for their contributions to decoding the protein structure

Google loses final EU court appeal in $2.7 bn antitrust shopping case

The European Union's Court of Justice upheld a lower court's decision, rejecting the company's appeal against the 2.4 billion Euro ($ 2.7 billion) penalty from the European Commission

US considers breaking up Google over online search monopoly: What it means

The US antitrust body has acknowledged Google's decade long domination on popular distribution channels, due to which its rivals have little-to-no incentive to compete

Fitbit app gets Google's Gemini integration as opt-in experimental feature

Fitbit said that the Gemini-powered Insight Explorer feature on the app analyses health and fitness-related user data to provide personalised health insights

US considering potential divestment of business in Google's antitrust case

Google said it faces robust competition from Amazon and other sites where users go directly to search for goods or services, and that users can choose other search engines as their default

MediaTek announces support for Gemini Nano multimodal for select chips

MediaTek is adding Gemini Nano support to its processors, beginning with the soon-to-be-released Dimensity 9400

Google explores placing Gemini AI button on Android lock screen: Report

With Android 15, Google is set to introduce new customisation options for both the home screen and lock screen. However, Gemini AI button on the lock screen could arrive with Android 16

'Your Android has new features': Non-Pixel devices gets Google notification

The notification opens a full screen message carousel window, highlighting eight new Android features along with instructions, images, and details about availability

US Judge orders Google to list rival apps stores to its Play Store

A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire. The injunction issued by US District Judge James Donato will require Google to make several changes that the Mountain View, California, company had been resisting. Those include a provision that will require its Play Store for Android apps to distribute rival third-party app stores so consumers can download them to their phones, if they so desire. The judge's order will also make the millions of Android apps in the Play Store library accessible to rivals, allowing them to offer up a competitive selection. Donato is giving Google until November to make the revisions dictated in his order. The company had insisted it would take 12 to 16 months to design the safeguards needed to reduce the chances of potentially malicious software making its way into rival Android app

Tech wrap Oct 7: Apple event, Meta Movie Gen AI, Indus Battle Royale, more

Apple could unveil intelligence features alongside the launch of new Mac and iPad models on Oct 28. Meta has introduced Movie Gen for video and audio creation. Indus Battle Royale to launch on Oct 16

Google starts rolling out Gemini AI-powered 'Ask Photos' feature in Photos

The Ask Photos feature replaces the search option in the Google Photos app for Android and iOS. The rollout has commenced in US as a server side update, but is not available for everyone

After Android, Google rolls out Gemini-powered Q&A feature on Gmail for iOS

The Gmail Q&A feature on iOS is only available to Google One AI Premium subscribers or Google Workspace accounts with Gemini add-ons

Google brings in new anti-theft, remote locking features for Android users

The Offline Device Lock feature further enhances security by locking the device if a thief tries to keep it disconnected from the internet for an extended period

Google to stop linking to NZ news content if law on pay for content passes

Google said Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their platforms. The vow to sever Google traffic to New Zealand news sites made in a blog post by the search giant on Friday echoes strategies the firm deployed as Australia and Canada prepared to enact similar laws in recent years. It followed a surprise announcement by New Zealand's government in July that lawmakers would advance a bill forcing tech platforms to strike deals for sharing revenue generated from news content with the media outlets producing it. The government, led by centre-right National, had opposed the law in 2023 when introduced by the previous administration. But the loss of more than 200 newsroom jobs earlier this year in a national media industry that totalled 1,600 reporters at the 2018 census and has likely shrunk since prompted the current governmen