TWiG 607: Let's Go to the Terminal - Pixel 5a 5G rumors, Pixel Watch, CCMI is dead, Project CHIP

Celebrating Johannes Gutenberg

Google announces Pixel 5A 5G by denying rumors it's canceled

Google Pixel Watch Leaks With Dazzling Looks To Challenge Apple - Watch

Samsung's third Unpacked event of 2021 set for April 28

Is content moderation a dead end?

Podcast: LoRaWAN tries to co-opt Amazon Sidewalk

Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T; have pulled the plug on CCMI, their big RCS project

Project CHIP embraces a timeline and the blockchain

FCC Permits Hot-car Sensors to Save Children

Biden Reassures Chip Summit of Bipartisan Support for Funds

Bridgerton the TikTok musical creators signed by CAA

Spotify Continues to Remove Joe Rogan Episodes — 42 Shows Deleted

Zoom zero-day discovery makes calls safer, hackers $200,000 richer

NSA Uncovers Serious Flaws in Microsoft Exchange Server, Urges Public to Patch

Amazon's Alabama Union Vote: Here's What Happens Next

Facebook is testing a video speed-dating app called Sparked

Google Assistant can now find/ring silenced iPhones as Duplex expands to online food orders

Android Heads Up! to keep you from walking into a pole

Google shuts down the shopping app

Google Play Movies & TV app to shut down in June

Google I/O 2021 homepage gets a countdown and Breakout easter egg

Google Pay 'Spring Challenge' offers a $30 reward for using the new app

Google discontinues 'Oh So Orange' Pixel Buds, sold out at all retailers

Steak-umm Reignites Twitter Beef With Neil DeGrasse Tyson Over Science: 'Log Off Bro'

Coinbase opens at $102 billion valuation on the first day of public trading

TikTok as wellness app: "mental pacifier"

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