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Google’s Nest Android TV streaming dongle and remote, plus more tech news today
July 12, 2025
1. Best look at Google’s new Nest Android TV streaming dongle
Google’s plans for a new Chromecast device have been out there for a few weeks.9to5Googlegot theearly drop, andProtocollater revealedit’ll likely be sold under Nest branding, with a content-centric user interface.
It looks more clear than ever that where Google played it safe with simple casting in the past, it’s now getting into the streaming device game proper, complete with a remote.
Why Android TV?:
Design and remote:
Competition:
2.OnePlus is making a jacket?Sure, why not (Android Authority).
3.Google pulls ‘Remove China Apps’ from Play Store, as India-China tensions continue to rise (Android Authority).
4.E3 2020 replacement schedule: How to catch the biggest game reveals of the year. Note the Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire livestream will now occur June 25th (Android Authority).
5. Lawsuit accusesGoogle of tracking users in Incognito mode(Engadget).
- Report:Fourth-generation iPad Air to switch to USB-C, iPad Mini sticking with Lightning. For now, only the iPad Pro uses USB-C (9to5Mac).
8.Apple’s iCloud service had downtime last night, worrying people that thought they’d been hacked as they couldn’t log in. It’s now working again (9to5Mac).
9.Microsoft ain’t messing around as it tries to crush Zoom and Slack in a battle for your work computer. Yesterday I was reminded Yammer still exists, which MS spent $1.2 billion on in 2012. Yammer! (WSJ, $).
- “Why galaxies are flat?Why there are no spherical galaxies but only disc-shaped galaxies?” (r/askscience).
Sega’s Game Gear Microis new, only in Japan, and for some reason is featured prominently on many good and serious tech sites.
Let me explain what it is and maybe we can figure out why that is.
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