Report: Google “doubles down” on Pixel hardware, cuts Google Assistant support

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Google is facing turbulent times due to CEO Sundar Pichai’s decision to cut costs across the company. We first got word of this belt-tightening in August, and since then, we’ve seen the “Area 120” incubation lab get cut in half, a spinoff of what was left of Project Loon,…

Meta grudgingly agrees to sell Giphy after admitting defeat in UK battle

Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) Considering that Meta bought WhatsApp and Instagram without issue, it may come as a surprise that Meta’s purchase of Giphy will be blocked. But that’s the situation, as the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has now ordered Meta to sell Giphy. The decision comes two years…

Abbot voluntary recalls a small percentage of infant formula and Pedialyte

A baby bottle feeding. Keira Burton/Pexels Abbot Laboratories announced a new the recall late last week of some of its popular items, including some Similac infant formulas and Pedialyte Electrolyte Solution products due to bottle deficiency. This latest recall is not due to bacterial contamination concerns, like the one that prompted the a massive voluntary…