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Flock CEO Garrett Langley acknowledges the company "got this one wrong" and is assuming greater responsibility for preventing US law enforcement misuse (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/979339/flock-ceo-audits-data-retention…

Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’
Flock, which makes surveillance tools like automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) used by police, is rolling out new guardrails to combat abuse of its data.

Meta expands its AI-powered "Your Algorithm" feature from Instagram to Facebook and Facebook Reels and says it is using LLMs more in its ranking systems (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1010344/meta-facebook-your-algorithm-ai…

Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI
Meta is launching a “Your Algorithm” feature on Facebook that lets users select topics they want to see more or less of in their feed and Reels.

Googlebooks hands-on: a rocky start, with severe connectivity, file-sharing, and software stability issues; core productivity software lacks full desktop parity (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008750/googlebo…

Android is the best and worst thing about Googlebooks
As an Android phone reviewer and expert, I want to love Googlebooks — but they don’t make it easy.

Google says Android's AirDrop-like Quick Share will now let some devices exchange files and contact info when tapped together, starting with Pixel 6 and newer (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/978613/android-quick-share-tap-updat…

Android now has a tap-to-share feature
The Quick Share update makes it easier to share contact info and files between Pixel devices, and soon, Samsung phones.

Google's Pixel 11 introduces Camera Looks, a total rethink of how the camera captures and styles an image, as users seek "more authentic or traditional" photos (David Imel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/978084/google-camera…

Google is making the Pixel cameras better by making them worse
Google’s new Camera Looks feature will do less computational photography — and that’s a great thing.

Google rolls out Gemini 4 Argon globally via the Gemini API and to Google AI Pro subscribers in the Gemini app and AI Mode, and in Antigravity for Ultra users (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009862/google…

Google finally releases Gemini 4 Argon
Google has been trailing its rivals for months, but says Argon can compete with top models like Anthropic’s Fable and OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra.

Google unveils the $399 Pixel Watch 5 with a satin pyrite case finish, offline Gemini, proactive AI suggestions, better GPS maps, and insulin resistance trends (Victoria Song/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/978094/pixel-watch-5-…

Google’s Pixel Watch 5 dives deeper into AI and health
The $399 Google Pixel Watch 5 doesn’t change much in terms of hardware, but it features a ton of new AI and health updates.

Microsoft unveils its third-gen in-house AI chip, the Maia 300, built on TSMC's N2P process node and aimed at serving as its "primary AI inference system" (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/1009465/microsoft-maia-300-chip-imp…

Microsoft’s new AI chip makes it less reliant on Nvidia’s GPUs
The new Maia 300 chip will start rolling out to production AI workloads in 2027.

Google plans to launch the $29 Pixel Tag on November 11 with a four-pack priced at $99, matching AirTag 2 pricing, offering UWB, Find Hub support, and more (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/978713/google-pixel-tag-uwb-bluetooth…

The Pixel Tag is Google’s answer to the AirTag
The $29 tracker combines UWB with Bluetooth channel sounding.

Apple unveils the fourth-gen Apple TV 4K, with Siri AI, an A19 chip, 128GB of storage, far-field mics, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6, shipping November 13 for $299 (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009663/apple-tv-4k-siri-ai…

The new Apple TV 4K has built-in microphones so you can talk to Siri AI
The fourth-gen streaming box also gets a surround-sound upgrade and the ability to find your Siri remote.