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TL;DR Google’s new Pixel Buds 2a lack Bluetooth audio sharing, highlighting a confusing and inconsistent implementation of the Auracast feature across Pixel devices. The feature is mysteriously disabled on the Pixel Buds Pro 2 when paired with a Pixel phone and artificially blocked on budget A-series phones. This haphazard approach hinders the adoption of the universal Auracast standard, which could …

Exclusive: CLEAR and TSA launching eGates at 3 U.S. airports ahead of national rollout  Axios Biometric ‘eGates’ to be tested at these US airports, CLEAR announces  The Hill Clear launches new expedited ID check pilot at Atlanta airport  AJC.com Hartsfield-Jackson among first 3 airports to launch CLEAR pilot program  yahoo.com CLEAR to launch biometric ‘eGates’ at Seattle airport to speed security in time for …

While we’re still waiting on a wider rollout, Google is detailing how to use its new “Remix” feature in Photos, which allows users to turn their pictures into cartoon art styles. Announced in July alongside its photo-to-video generation tool, Google Photos is also adding a “Remix” feature that can take a photo and turn it into one of four new …

During a Reddit ask-me-anything session on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and key members of the GPT-5 team were peppered with questions about the new model and requests to bring back its previous model, GPT-4o. They also asked Altman about the most embarrassing — and perhaps funniest — snafu in the presentation, the “chart crime.” One of the new features …

Google briefs brands on AI Mode ads ahead of Q4 rollout  Search Engine Land Google Search: Introducing AI Mode in the UK  The Keyword Google Pitching AI Mode Ads To Advertisers  Search Engine Roundtable It’s wild how similar Google AI Mode and Gemini are right now  9to5Google Industry reacts to AI Mode | Amazon exits Google Shopping | Coldplay meme a trap for brands: …

Josh Parry LGBT & Identity Reporter Joey Knock Joey decided to pay a private pharmacy for a course of gonorrhoea vaccinations in 2024 Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from today in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly …

The piecemeal beta rollout of M3 Expressive (M3E) in the Google Phone app continues with version 185. Google is using M3 Expressive as an opportunity to revamp how the Phone app is organized, with iOS 26 amusingly also doing the same thing with its big Liquid Glass redesign this year. The “Favorites” tab is being merged with “Recents” and is …

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk‘s satellite internet service Starlink said it had a “network outage” on Thursday. The company said it was working on a solution. There were more than 60,000 reports of an outage on Downdetector, a site that logs issues. Starlink is owned and operated by SpaceX, which is also run by Musk. Musk …

Exclusive | McDonald’s Snack Wrap Rollout Leads to Lettuce Crunch  The Wall Street Journal McDonald’s Snack Wrap frenzy leads to lettuce shortage  NBC News I compared the long-awaited McDonald’s Snack Wraps with Popeyes’ chicken wraps. Both were delicious, but one is poised to win the wrap battle.  Business Insider McDonald’s Snack Wrap launch leads to double-digit traffic jump  Restaurant Dive McDonald’s Gets Good News …