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Image: Google On November 19th, 2019, Google launched its Stadia cloud gaming service as a work in progress, and its arguably still one today. But one thing thats consistently improved is the price of entry, and Googles bringing it down even further to celebrate Stadias second birthday. You should now be able to purchase a [] The post #google Stadia is celebrating its second birthday with hardware for free or cheap appeared first on ByteFunding .

Apple does not have a good track record in terms of letting customers repair their hardware. The last decade-plus has seen Apples computers become essentially impossible for users to service or upgrade, and the iPhone has always been a locked box. Adventurous owners might follow guides from iFixit to try and do repairs themselves, but its a dangerous proposition. Remember, it was just earlier this year, when we discovered that replacing the display on an iPhone 13 would disable Face ID (something Apple eventually made an about face on). So Apples announcement earlier this week that it would start selling parts and tools directly to consumers and offer repair guides was a huge surprise, and a move immediately hailed as a victory for right-to-repair activists. One of the most visible opponents to repair access is reversing course, said Nathan Proctor , a senior Right to Repair campaign director at Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG). Apples move shows that what repair advocates have been asking for was always possible. iFixit was similarly pleased, saying that the move is exactly the right thing for Apple to be doing. Both groups caveated their statements by noting a few catches; PIRG says that Apples plans werent as comprehensive as the right-to-repair legislation being discussed in more than two dozen states, while iFixit wants to analyze the legal terms and test the program before it can say just how much credit Apple deserves.

Due to the pandemic, travel has been slow this past year, and you might be a little rusty when it comes to picking up and traveling somewhere to visit friends and family or just planning a getaway. Whatever the case, Google has a few helpful tools in Google Maps and Googles travel site to help you get started on making those plans and staying safe along the way. more The post How to get ready for a road trip using Googles travel site and Maps appeared first on 9to5Google .

Jordan Novet / CNBC : Defense Department solicits bids from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle for cloud contracts; DoD canceled its $10B JEDI contract in July - The U.S. Defense Department expects to dole out cloud contracts to multiple companies. The new push comes after Pentagon scrapped its plans

Windsor Group LTD boosted its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 0.9% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 681 shares of the information services providers stock after purchasing an additional 6 shares during the quarter. Windsor Group LTDs holdings []

In January, Sabre, the travel technology company that probably managed at least some aspects of your last flight and hotel bookings, announced a 10-year partnership with Google Cloud that would see it spend about $2 billion on Googles cloud platform over that time. Sabre, like so many companies of its size, has long operated its []

In January, Sabre, the travel technology company that probably managed at least some aspects of your last flight and hotel bookings, announced a 10-year partnership with Google Cloud that would see it spend about $2 billion on Googles cloud platform over that time. Sabre, like so many companies of its size, has long operated its []

Alphabets Moonshot Factory detailed a project to build Everyday Robots two years ago . Today it gave an update on how it has progressed towards building autonomous machines and real-world office testing. more The post Alphabets X has Everyday Robots test fleet that autonomously performs office maintenance tasks appeared first on 9to5Google .

Image: Google On November 19th, 2019, Google launched its Stadia cloud gaming service as a work in progress , and its arguably still one today. But one thing thats consistently improved is the price of entry, and Googles bringing it down even further to celebrate Stadias second birthday. You should now be able to purchase a Stadia Premiere Edition hardware kit with the Chromecast Ultra and Stadia Controller for just $22.22 or 22.22 in fourteen countries including the US and UK while supplies last. In the US, youll also be able to get one for free when you purchase any game in the Stadia store until November 29th. Google says its launching a wide variety of deals on games there today, too. Google has given away a lot of hardware already Its Continue reading

The Pentagon plans to give cloud contracts to multiple providers, rather than giving out a single contract to Microsoft, a deal that was later scrapped.

We''re officially one week out from Black Friday and it seems most retailers have launched at least a portion of their deals and sales already. You can find the exhaustive list on our deals homepage , but we''ve gathered the highlights here. Bose''s new QuietComfort 45 headphones remain on sale for $279, while the Mac Mini M1 is still $100 off. A bunch of Amazon and Google devices have been discounted, and you can still get the second-generation Apple Pencil for $100. Here are the best early Black Friday tech deals that you can still get today. Bose QuietComfort 45 Billy Steele/Engadget Bose''s new QuietComfort 45 headphones are on sale for $279 right now, or $50 off their normal price. We gave them a score of 86 for their clear, balanced audio, improved ANC and long battery life. Buy QuietComfort 45 at Amazon - $279 Mac Mini M1 Engadget Apple''s Mac Mini M1 is on sale for $600 thanks to an automatically applied coupon at Amazon. It was already the most affordable M1 machine you could get, but these deal makes it even cheaper.

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According to MediaTek, the company''s new Dimensity 9000 chip for smartphones will put up a strong show against Qualcomm, Google, and Apple.