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    Automakers and Google are not happy with California's proposed self-driving regulations

    Yesterday, California lawmakers proposed what could become the state's official self-driving car laws. Google and some automakers have objected to the proposal and claim they would delay their efforts to get the technology into the hands of consumers.
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    Positive Pixel reviews push Google's stock to an all-time high

    The market took notice of the positive Pixel and Pixel XL reviews yesterday, pushing Alphabet's stock price to an all-time high. The stock's price peaked at $828 and then settled down to $821 by the end of the day.
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    Alphabet hired comedy writers from 'The Onion' for Google Assistant

    In an effort to bring some comedy to Google Assistant, Alphabet has hired writers from The Onion and Pixar.
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    Google Fiber has completed its acquisition of the wireless ISP Webpass

    Back in June, we learned that Google had plans to acquire the wireless ISP known as Webpass. The acquisition has just been completed and Google Fiber says the company will deploy both fiber and wireless services now.
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    Alphabet’s Verily has been working on a health watch

    It seems that Alphabet's Verily lab has been working on, and produced, hundreds of health wearables for testing purposes. This will not be a consumer product though. Instead, Alphabet is using it for its Baseline Study and is simply gathering health data with it.
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    Sundar Pichai reportedly sold 4,000 shares of Google stock this week

    It's being reported that the CEO of Google has just sold off 4,000 shares of the stock he has in the company. The report goes on to say that he has sold a total of 20,000 shares over the past 3 months (totaling over $14 million).
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    The first logo for Google's Project Jacquard is revealed thanks to a recent trademark filing

    Google and Levi have partnered to release a smart jacked called the Tucker Jacket in the Spring of 2017, but the division that created this touch fabric technology hasn't had a logo until now. Phandroid has discovered that Google just registered a trademark with the United States Patent and...
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    This is how Google both uses and contributes to the open source community

    Many of Google's consumer products and services are built off the back of open source and most might not even know it. A new article from Linux.com goes over a number things Google uses open source for, and they also talk about how Google gives back to the open source community.
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    Alphabet will test Project Wing deliveries with Chipotle orders at Virginia Tech

    Project Wing has been in private testing phase for a while now, but the first commercial test will begin this month in Virginia. The FAA says that Alphabet can test their system at Virginia Tech with delivery orders from Chipotle.
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    Google is launching a ride-share carpooling service with Waze in San Francisco

    Back in May, Google launched a ride-sharing pilot program with its Waze application for San Francisco. Now, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is expanding this pilot program into a carpooling service to help make rides cheaper.
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    An Alphabet executive has just resigned from Uber’s board over conflicts of interest

    David Drummond, a longtime executive at Google/Alphabet has just resigned as a board member at Uber. Google Ventures continues to be an investor in the Uber, but David says the two companies are overlapping and it could create a conflict of interest.
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    Alphabet CEO reportedly ordered Google Fiber to cut its staff in half

    The Information is reporting that Google Fiber's 5 million user goal is no where close to being hit. As a result, the report claims that Larry Page is making Craig Barratt downsize their staff from 1,000 to 500.
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    The CTO of Google's self-driving car division, Chris Urmson, has left the company

    We knew that Chris was planning on leaving all the way back in April when he wrote a Medium blog post about it. The man has been involved in Google's self-driving car project for 7 and a half years and now he feels it is time for him to move on.
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    Latest Nest update improves video quality, adds a Spaces feature and more

    Nest is rolling out an update to their mobile application and this update comes with a couple of changes including. . . - Spaces groups your Nest products by room, and lets you see all of your cameras in one view - Share a password protected live view of your camera on video.nest.com - Video...
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    Alphabet publishes their financial report for the second quarter of 2016

    Things are looking good for Google's parent company. They brought in $21.3 billion in overall revenue for the quarter, which is up from $17 billion during the same time last year. Of that $21.2 billion, $5.8 billion was non-GAAP net profit and that is also up from $4.8 billion compared to Q2 of...
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    More details are revealed about Sidewalk Labs' free WiFi kiosks

    We're starting to learn more and more about what Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has in store for their "smart city" project. The company would like to put in free WiFi kiosks throughout the city that not only provides WiFi, but also monitor bike and pedestrian traffic, air quality and even street noise.
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    Google has a master plan to improve public transportation

    Sidewalk Labs and Google called on cities to help test the first implementation of their "futuristic city" idea. That city was Columbus, Ohio. Documents related to the plan were obtained through public records. In the documents, systems for improved parking using Nearby-like APIs to find the...
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    You can now buy Works With Nest products on Nest's own website

    Similar to how you can buy ASUS, NVIDIA, and other OEM products on the Google Store, Nest has begun to fill their web store with new products. Not every Works with Nest product will be added to their store, but they will start adding select products as time goes on.
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    Over 800 Google employees are adding 'Lady' to their job titles in response to a sexist comment

    At the annual Alphabet shareholders meeting last week, one investor asked a question and addressed Google's CFO as "the lady CFO." The next investor to ask a question called this person out saying she was "the CFO, not the lady CFO." So in response, over 800 Google employees, both male and...
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    Space Data Corporation claims Alphabet stole the Wi-Fi tech used in Project Loon

    In a new lawsuit filed against Alphabet, the parent company of Google is being sued for allegedly stealing the WiFi technology they use for Project Loon. Space Data Corporation says they developed that technology over a decade ago and says Alphabet's Project Loon is based on proprietary trade...
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    Latest Nest update adds new Farsight display option, and improves the Energy History views

    Nest has just announced a new update to their smart thermostat. The update comes with two features with the first one being a new Farsight display option to show you the current temperature. The second thing this update includes is an improved Energy History views. This makes it so what you see...
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    DEAL: Amazon discounts the Nest Cam by $50

    If you've had your eye on the Nest security camera, but felt $200 was a bit too pricey, then Amazon has your back right now. You can pick up the Nest Cam at Amazon for only $149. We've seen it drop to $170 on Amazon before, but this seems to be the lowest price so far.
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    Google drops the word Project from their AR experiment, now known as Tango

    A lot of Google's experiments get called Project [something], and their first step into a dedicated AR device was no different. With the announcement of the first consumer Project Tango smartphone today, Google has announced that it will now be officially called Tango.
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    Rumor reveals new Nest products that the company is working on

    After Tony Fadell departed from Nest, the new CEO sent out an email to Nest employees to affirm the company isn't being sold, and to talk about some of their future products. These future products were allegedly redacted from the letter that was published by The Verge, but now a rumor claims to...
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    Eric Schmidt says even Alphabet doesn't know when self-driving cars will be ready

    Alphabet held their annual shareholder meeting yesterday and during the event someone asked Eric Schmidt when they felt self-driving cars would be available to the public thanks to regulation. Eric said, "It's very hard to know," and then continues to say, "I think within the company is that...
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