Tech News
Tech News redesign simplifies the bottom bar on Android
Like other first-party apps this year, a small Tech News redesign on Android simplifies the bottom bar.
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Google says ‘some features’ in Search are being fixed following News and Discover outages
If you’ve noticed some weird behavior in Google Search today, the company has just confirmed that limited outages are causing “some features” to not work properly while some users are reporting problems with Discover and News.
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Generative AI is an incredible tool when it’s used properly, but one big fear is that AI will be used to flood the internet with articles. Despite this, though, Google is reportedly paying some independent publishers fairly large sums of money to publish AI-generated articles on their websites using an AI model that’s not yet been released.
Expand Expanding CloseTech News adds customizable Following feed [Update: iPhone]
Announced back in June, Tech News on Android is rolling out a redesigned Following feed that provides the “latest updates from the topics, sources and locations you select to follow.”
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle says it focuses on the ‘quality of content’ in News as stolen AI copies run rampant
AI is a powerful tool for good, but it can easily be used for bad, too. As AI duplicates of articles continue to flood Tech News, the company has reiterated that it doesn’t care if an article is AI-generated, as long as it still has “quality.”
Expand Expanding CloseTech News Tile for Wear OS 2 is shutting down soon
According to a recent update, Google is shutting down the dedicated Tile that provided Tech News headlines on Wear OS 2 watches.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle and Canada reach deal to avoid removing local news sites from Search [U]
Google announced today that Search, News, and Discover will be “removing links to Canadian news publications” in response to a new law.
Expand Expanding CloseTech News removing magazines, including the ones you paid for, in December
A lesser known feature of the Tech News app (and the website) is its ability to show digital copies of magazines, but the company is set to remove this option in a month’s time.
Expand Expanding CloseComment: Google ‘News’ is already riddled with AI copies of actual articles
If you were wondering if Google would be able to outsmart artificial intelligence, the early answers are certainly not looking good. Anecdotally, bot sites that have existed long before generative AI are likely going to embrace the new wave of technology to speed up their plagiarism, thus more robustly fooling Google into thinking that they are actual news sites, leading to Google promoting these stolen articles through the wildly popular and widely used Tech News.
Expand Expanding CloseRevamped Tech News Following tab feels like a customizable Discover
Recently, I’ve been using Tech News a bit more because of the customizable Following tab that feels like a cross between Google Reader of old and today’s Google Discover.
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Tech News offering free 4-month New York Times trial
Tech News is letting users “Try a New York Times News subscription. 4 months, for free” if they sign-up using “Subscribe with Google.”
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Tech News bug is limiting new stories from your favorite sites
Tech News is a powerful tool for getting stories from around the web, but a bug today is causing websites to not show all of their latest stories properly in News.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Tech News Material You widget(s) are here
As announced at the start of this month, Tech News is getting updated Material You widgets that are now rolling out.
Expand Expanding CloseTech News getting customizable ‘Following’ feed, Showcase coming to US
Tech News is getting a number of updates focused on improving the local news experience with a revamped Following tab and the launch of News Showcase in the US.
Expand Expanding CloseTech News Material You and tablet redesign rolling out
Tech News for Android is the latest first-party app to get a Material You redesign, as well as tablet and large screen optimizations.
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Tech News adds more homepage topics on desktop
Last June, Tech News got a desktop redesign, and the “Your topics” feature has now added 60 new topics for you to choose from and customize your homepage with.
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Google tests blocking news in Canada as bill asks the company to pay publishers
Canada is preparing a new bill that, if signed into law, would require Google to pay publishers for using information from their content. In response, Google is testing a complete block of news content in Search in Canada with a subset of users.
Expand Expanding CloseWear OS seems to be getting a proper Tech News app soon [Gallery]
Google is pushing for more apps and better quality on Wear OS following the launch of the Pixel Watch and expansion of Wear OS 3, and it seems the company is also applying that to some of its own apps. Apparently, Tech News is getting a new Wear OS app.
Expand Expanding CloseHands-on with Google lock screen widgets for iOS: What are Android users missing out on? [Video]
It’s not often we talk about iOS or iPhone over here at NewGeekGuide, but for those entrenched within the Apple hardware ecosystem, you have access to a number of iOS-exclusive Google app lock screen widgets you won’t find on Android. Are they any good? We’ve gone hands-on to find out if Android users are missing out.
Expand Expanding CloseGmail and Tech News updates add iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets
Following Chrome and Google Drive last week, Google has rolled out the iOS 16 Lock Screen widget updates to Gmail and Tech News.
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How to customize your news feed in Tech News and Google Discover
On Android, there are a couple of ways of accessing Tech News, and there are a few ways to customize your Tech News and Google Discover feed. This guide will take you through how to block certain sources, tell Google what you’re interested in, and save the stories you really like.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle previews iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for Gmail, Maps, and more
With iOS 16 launching for the iPhone today, Google is detailing upcoming Lock Screen widgets across six major apps set to arrive over the coming weeks.
Expand Expanding CloseTech News gets desktop redesign with focus on customization
To mark its 20th anniversary this year, Tech News on desktop is getting a redesign today that focuses on customization by “bringing Top stories, Local news, and personalized picks for you to the top of the page.”
Expand Expanding CloseTech News is readying a Material You redesign [Gallery]
Following the trend set by many other Google apps, Tech News is the next product set to gain a Material You redesign on Android, and we have your first look.
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