Wed. 06/22 – New (Google) News

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Tech News, News, Technology

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🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

News is new again, after Google does a size-able redesign. Copilot AI is available on GitHub, but is it worth paying for? Amazon unveiled some new warehouse robots, but is this partially because they fear running out of workers? The new Twitter Notes feature and why it’s increasingly likely that you’ll buy your next car online, even if you don’t buy it from Telsa. Sponsors: Linkedin.com/ride Athleticgreens.com/ride Links: Google News gets desktop redesign with focus on customization (9to5Google) GitHub’s AI-powered Copilot will help you write code for $10 a month (The Verge) Twitter to expand into long-form content with upcoming Twitter Notes feature (TechCrunch) Amazon announces its first fully autonomous mobile warehouse robot (The Verge) Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire (Recode/Vox) Why You Might Buy Your Next Car Online (NYTimes) Announcing StackHawk’s $20.7 Million in Series B Funding to Drive Developer-First Security (StackHawk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Wednesday, June 22, I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.0	Today, news is new again after Google does a sizable redesign. Co-pilot AI is available on
0:15.6	GitHub, but is it worth paying for? Amazon unveiled some new warehouse robots, but
0:20.3	is this partially because they fear running out of workers?
0:24.0	The new Twitter Notes feature and why it's increasingly likely that you'll buy your next car
0:28.6	online even if you don't buy it from Tesla.
0:31.2	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:35.0	New news is new. Google has redesigned news, elevating local news and
0:42.0	fact checks and relaunching the service in Spain after eight years,
0:45.8	following Spain adopting EU copyright rules, which caused Google to pool news from that market. By the way, we're coming up on the 20th anniversary of
0:55.5	Google News, which was famously launched after the attacks of 9-11, making it one of
1:00.2	Google's first successful side products, even older than Gmail, quoting 9 to 5 Google.
1:06.4	With shared elements from the Android and iOS apps, Google News now features a row of tabs at the
1:11.6	top of the screen underneath the search field.
1:13.7	Replacing the navigation drawer at the left, there's home for you and following.
1:19.0	That matches the mobile client, while sections for your country, world, local, business, technology,
1:24.4	entertainment, sports, science, and health come after.
1:27.8	The Google News Desktop Redesign starts with a Your Briefing header that notes the day, date, and current temperature, which can be expanded to get a four day forecast.
1:38.0	Top Stories is the first card, while local news and picks for you are right next to it.
1:42.0	Google is making use of pastel colors. Local News and Picks for you are right next to it.
1:42.8	Google is making use of pastel colors to differentiate the section titles.
1:47.0	The Your Topic section is next with a prominent button to edit the cards.
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