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Google says it will preserve "actively used" goo.gl URLs, after announcing earlier that all existing goo.gl links would stop working in August 2025 (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/01/google-goo-gl-links-shortener/

Google now keeping ‘actively used’ goo․gl links, others will stop in August
After originally planning to have all goo.gl links stop working later this month, Google will now “preserve actively used links.”

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Ty Segall:
🎵 Skirts of Heaven
#TySegall
https://tysegall.bandcamp.com/track/skirts-of-heaven-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Mi5aCjFvlEIexrdex3kER

También salió por estos días un nuevo disco de Ty Segall «Possession»
#TySegall

Google plans to roll out ML-powered age estimation in the US over the next few weeks to detect whether users are under 18 and then enable existing protections (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/07/30/google-accounts-age-estimation/

Google starts rolling out ML-powered age estimation in the US
In the US, Google is beginning to use an age estimation model to detect whether Account users are under or over 18. 

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Ty Segall:
🎵 Every 1's A Winner
#TySegall
https://tysegall.bandcamp.com/album/every-1s-a-winner
https://open.spotify.com/track/1bShWI36VQ686EHVo3uxS3

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Ty Segall:
🎵 Fantastic Tomb
#TySegall
https://tysegall.bandcamp.com/track/fantastic-tomb-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/57ct9s69WV3r1v3fiVEWXW

Google begins rolling out new AI Mode features: Search Live with video, Canvas for planning, and PDF upload, plus AI Mode in Google Lens in desktop Chrome (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/07/29/google-ai-mode-search-live-video-canvas/

Google AI Mode adding Search Live video, Canvas, PDF upload, and more
Google is updating AI Mode with four big features across Search Live (video with Google Lens), Canvas, and more.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Ty Segall:
🎵 Shining
#TySegall
https://tysegall.bandcamp.com/track/shining-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/52La9JZaxVxzYQ9RmGS9yv

Swift, a coding language developed by Apple, is working to add Android support; Android apps are generally coded in Kotlin (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/06/26/swift-coding-language-android-support/

Swift, a coding language developed by Apple, is working to add Android support
While it's not available yet, Swift has announced plans to bring the Apple-founded coding language to Android.

Google has been banned from selling the Pixel 7 in Japan due to a patent dispute related to 4G connectivity; further bans against the Pixel 8 and 9 are possible (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/06/26/google-pixel-japan-sales-ban/
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Google banned from selling select Pixel phones in Japan, and it might not end there
Google has been banned from selling select Pixel phones in Japan over a patent dispute, and it might not end there.