That should come as no surprise, as they are basically the only OEMs that are available in carrier stores these days, with LG now having exited the market. However, somehow, Apple is not affected by this shortage. Sure, Apple develops their own chipsets, but they don’t manufacture them. Just like Qualcomm using Samsung to make their Snapdragon chipsets. But according to Wave7 Research, “Sources have told us that Apple was able to lock down chipset supply well ahead of time....

According to Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google has reportedly collected data from “millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so.” Also, millions of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry, are collected by Google through Photos, Google Assistant, and Nest Hub Max. “Google’s indiscriminate collection of the personal information of Texans, including very sensitive information like biometric identifiers, will not be tolerated,” Attorney General Paxton noted in Thursday’s statement....

Three current Nest cameras will be discontinued Three current Nest cameras will be discontinued Google launched some of its current Nest cameras a couple of years ago, with the original Nest Indoor and Outdoor cameras approaching six years of age. This means that a revamp has been well overdue. Google announced the revamp to the Nest Indoor camera, the Nest Outdoor camera, the Nest IQ cameras, and the Nest Hello doorbell recently....

Google published a blog post about this on Tuesday, stating that traditional TV is “expensive and outdated”. So it is making the switch to streaming instead. It’s a little surprising that Google did not include a free month of YouTube TV with the Chromecast with Google TV. But offering the Chromecast means that customers can try out YouTube TV, Fubo TV, Hulu + Live TV and a few other options that are out there too....

First spotted by the folks at 9to5Google (via Android Police), it’s unclear if this change was intentional or if it was accidentally pushed by Google. The update seems to be making its way to devices across the U.S. and Europe. The “Daily limit for backup” has options including No data, 5MB, 10MB, 30MB, or Unlimited. Meanwhile, there’s a toggle right below to “Back up while roaming.” The fact that users can no longer choose to upload only videos on cellular is somewhat annoying....