After announcing it last month, Google has been rolling out its smart home panel feature widely to TVs from TCL and Hisense, as well as other devices that run the software, according to 9to5Google.
The feature lets you control things like smart lights and thermostats or get security camera alerts. Google has instructions for setting up the home panel on its site.
Google News surfaced a (now corrected) Hoodline article for TechDirt’s Mike Masnick with a headline reading, in part, “San Mateo County DA charged with murder,” and a tiny “AI” badge next to the author’s name.
The headline was false. A BlueSky user speculated that the AI chatbot being used had just poorly parsed a post from the DA’s office and hallucinated the news.
If you’re worried about damaging your Pixel Watch’s glass screen, Google now sells a Zagg “flexible polymer hybrid” screen protector, as 9to5Google spotted.
It works for all three generations of the watch, the glass of which held up poorly in Victoria Song’s Pixel Watch and Watch 2 reviews.
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A Reddit user spotted a Microsoft Surface Laptop outfitted with Intel’s next-gen ARM competitor on a Chinese website called Goofish, Windows Central reports.
The outlet says its sources confirmed that Microsoft is testing the chip in a Surface, but that it’s not clear if it’s the Surface Laptop 7 or a future version of the machine.
