Techno Buffet Podcast

* Google partners on passkey upgrades, dropping Pixel exclusivity in the future

* Google Chrome is making it easier to unsubscribe from website notifications on Android

* Fossil Wear OS watches are dead, and it’s Google’s fault

* Cable TV Revenues Expected To Shrink $30 Billion by 2027 As Cord Cutting Grows

* Prompt users to update to your latest app version

* Exclusive: We interview Google’s new Play Store boss about improving Android

* First Chromecast with Google TV update of 2024 rolling out

* Companion app for iOS 2024.1: CarPlay is here!

* Google TV Will Now Reportedly Let You Send Phone Calls to Your TV

* Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones

* Carlinkit AI Box CarPlay Max review: Much more than an Android Auto adapter

* Samsung and Google are preparing Wear OS 5 based on Android 14

* The TicWatch 3 Finally Gets Updated to Wear OS 3.5

* Lenovo’s Confident that Motorola could Become the World’s Third-Biggest Phone Brand

* FCC’s New Rule Encourages Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC to Invest in Local News

* Amazon Ring stops letting police request footage in Neighbors app after outcry

* The State of Matter

* Haier Europe Eases Off On Legal Threat And Seeks Dialogue

* Zigbee Home is an ESPHome-like firmware project for Zigbee devices

* Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85

* Plex Will Let You Rent and Buy Movies and TV Shows Starting Next Month

* FCC Proposes New Rules to Protect Consumers Against Cable And Streaming Blackouts

* Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice

* Voice Assistant Contest – Let’s build and win some prizes!

* This E Ink climate sensor cuts the cloud and adds Matter

* iOS apps can now offer external payment links, but Apple’s rules make it very, very unappealing

 

* Chrome for Android will soon accept one-time permissions on websites

* Google Chrome is getting a new Incognito mode disclaimer amid lawsuit settlement

* Google Maps for Android now supports Bluetooth beacons for tunnel navigation

* This new exploit shows why Google Pixels need an auto-reboot option

* Gmail’s unsubscribe button is rolling out on Android

* Joyce Randolph, Last of the ‘Honeymooners,’ Is Dead at 99

* Future smartphones might never need charging again thanks to this battery

* YouTube Music is missing too many podcast basics

* Android seems to be reviving lockscreen widgets a decade later, but only on big screens

* Voice Assistant Contest – Let’s build and win some prizes!

* Changes we’re making to Google Assistant

* Google Assistant removing 17 ‘underutilized’ features across Android, speakers/displays

* Google Wallet finally adds flight boarding pass support to Wear OS

* You can now upload podcasts to YouTube via audio-only RSS feeds

* What’s new with Google Cast?

* OpenWrt developers consider launching their first hardware design

 

* Tracy Tormé, ‘Sliders’ Co-Creator and ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Writer, Dies at 64

* What’s new with Android for cars at CES

* What we announced at CES 2024

* Google Announces Chromecast Fast Pair & Chromecast For TikTok

* Amazon, Pluto TV, Sling TV, & More Team Up on a New Open Casting Standard to Take on AirPlay & Chromecast

* Paramount+ is Now Free For Cable TV & Streaming Customers Including Spectrum & Hulu, Who Pay For Paramount+ with Showtime Network

* Why you should still buy physical media | CNN Underscored

* Best Buy Leaving The Disc Business Says More About Best Buy Than The State Of Physical Media

* This iPhone fell out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

* U-tec’s new Ultraloq Bolt fingerprint smart lock is the first to support Matter-over-Thread

* ChromeOS 120 is equipped with some rather useful productivity features

* YouTube TV reportedly crosses 6.5 million subscribers

* The FTC Received More Than 2 Million ‘Do Not Call’ Complaints in 2023, As Scammers Tricked Americans Out of $39 Billion

* A New ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV Tuner With DRM Support is Coming That Won’t Need Internet to Work

* Microsoft is saying goodbye to WordPad forever

* Pixel Launcher now lets you search for Quick Settings Tiles

* All Chromebooks should have fingerprint sensors by now

* Microsoft Teams comes to Android Auto next month, nearly a year after it was announced

* The State of Matter livestream

* Spectrum Cable TV Subscribers Now Get Ad-Based Disney+ For Free

* Paramount+, ‘The Home of Star Trek,’ Is Losing Classic Star Trek Films As They Move To Max

 

* More People Are Cancelling Their Subscriptions to Streaming Services Like Disney+, Max, and Paramount+

* Wi-Fi 7 ( 802.11be): The new wireless network standard explained

* Survey Finds 30% of Cable TV Subscribers Plan to Cut the Cord Next Year

* Ode to Pixel Recorder

* Recapping Pixel software and Feature Drops in 2023

* Google will settle in lawsuit over tracking in Chrome’s incognito mode

* Google Messages 2023 recap: Full makeover, more whimsy, some losses

* Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month extra

Stories

* Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month extra

* Google Pixel 2023 Year in Review: Fixing old mistakes & dealing with growing pains

* The 5 Android apps I wish I could bring back to life

* Sideloading is coming to iOS in 2024 — what does it mean for Android?

* This is the Pixel Perk We Miss the Most

* Androids may soon be getting a battery health indicator

* Lian Li has discovered a new frontier for LCD screens: $47 PC case fans

End of Year Topics

* Home Automation projects in 2023

* Home Automation and other tech projects for 2024

 

* Here’s how Android app sideloading & third-party billing will change following settlement

* On this day in 1994, Netscape Navigator 1.0 started the web we know today

* Gmail adds more prominent ‘Unsubscribe’ button on the web

* Pixel Recorder adds cloud-powered ‘Transcribe again’

* Google Keep will become an Android 14 notes app with lock screen & stylus support

* Google will hand control of the Nest Renew program to new ‘Renew Home’ company

* Mailchimp cancels Pineapple Street Studios podcast after refusing to work with union producers

* Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration

* The Pixel 9 might come with exclusive “Pixie” AI assistant

* Four years after Apple, Google will finally kill third-party cookies in 2024

* The Recap: FCC’s Plan to Kill Junk Fees, Disappearing Apps, and More

* Zelle Will Offer Refunds to Victims of Scams

* Year of the Voice – Chapter 5

* Disabling new login page functionality

* New extensions you’ll love now available on Firefox for Android 

* GM believes removing Android Auto and CarPlay support makes its cars safer

* December’s Pixel Feature Drop is Packed – New Features to Use First

* Someone has recreated Tetris in Excel, and it looks surprisingly playable

* Android needs to steal this iOS security feature now!

* How worried should we be about the “AutoSpill” credential leak in Android password managers?

* Your Google TV just got a nice performance boost

* Google Play Deemed Monopoly by Jury

* Mobvoi’s TicWatch smartwatches are finally getting Wear OS 3

* How to install ChromeOS Flex on a Chromebook

* Android 14 QPR2 makes it a littl...

 

* Nestbox hands-on: Run real Linux virtual machines on your Google Pixel phone

* Files by Google is getting Drive’s new document scanner

* Discord launches redesigned app on Android and iOS

* Gmail spam detection has received its ‘largest defense upgrades in recent years’

* This Free App Will Totally Change How You Use Your Google TV

* FTC Wants to Make Canceling Cable TV and Other Services As Easy as a Single Click

* The FCC Bans Cable TV Companies from Offering À La Carte Options For Local ABC, CBS, NBC, & FOX Stations

* Google Chrome is adding a boarding pass detector on Android

* YouTube just made it harder to avoid ads with a tiny skip button

* Paramount+ is Giving AARP Members A Special Discount

* ‘Messages by Google’ is now just ‘Google Messages’ 

* Amazon launches redesigned Alexa app – it looks just like the Google Home app now

* Google will make it easier to set custom contact ringtones on Android

* Fuchsia version 14 rolling out to Nest Hub Preview Program, here’s what’s new

* New features to celebrate Messages’ 1 billion RCS users

* Your Amazon Alexa App has a Major Redesign in New Update

* 12 Sweet New Android Features Coming to Your Phone and Watch

* Your Nest Cam Just Got a Lot More Useful

* Google Chat’s Major UI Update is One You’ll Like

* I’m Loving Google Drive’s Latest Doc Scanner Features

* Securing our home labs: Home Assistant code review

 

* Black Friday and Cyber Monday

* IKEA’s new lineup of smart home sensors work with Google Home, and they’re cheap

* Google Chrome and Calendar are about to drop support for older Android devices

* Google Drive seems to have lost some user data, reports say

* Amazon turns Fire TV Cube into thin clients for business customers – Liliputing

* Google Cast control notifications now appear in the Android media player

* Google Contacts now lets you set reminder notifications for any date

 

* YouTube says it’s not slowing down Firefox — just ad blockers

* Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024

* Infocom’s ingenious code-porting tools for Zork and other games have been found

* YouTube loading slower for some users on Firefox, may be related to ad blockers [U]

* Google Home adds search bar for devices on your Wi-Fi network

* The latest Titan Security Key is in the Google Store

* Organize your Google Photos library with these two updates

* Google Chrome is making a big change to extensions by mid-2024

* On this day, the Intel 4004, the world’s first commercially produced microprocessor, was launched

* Apple announces RCS support for iMessage