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Sean Hollister
I am always amused when Google truncates a headline.

My full hed is “Google’s seven-year Pixel update promise is historic — or meaningless,” but that’s not what I see in every desktop browser with every keyword I’ve tried. The important last word gets cut off.

I doubt there’s any foul play: Google’s robots truncate our Verge headlines regularly, and I can see the full headline on mobile! It’s just amusing to think readers will come in expecting a rather different story.

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