Google's Android 17 was live as of June 16, 2026, with select Pixel, Samsung, and Motorola models leading the rollout, while other brands awaited stable updates.
Google's Android 17 was live as of June 16, 2026, with select Pixel, Samsung, and Motorola models leading the rollout, while other brands awaited stable updates.
Tech firms have spent years hawking the idea of a connected home filled with "smart" devices that help smooth daily domestic lives -- and this year's CES gadget show in Las Vegas is no different. The biggest firms have spent years trying to tackle the "interoperability" problem, finally agreeing a protocol last year called "Matter" that sets a standard for connected home products.
The dominant US services sector contracted for the first time in more than two years in December, survey data showed on Friday, as business activity slumped. The ISM services index "ended a 30-month period of growth, contracting for the first time since two straight months of sub-50 percent readings in April and May 2020," said ISM survey chair Anthony Nieves.
A Gallery of Flops including a handset just for tweeting and a failed Apple stereo system warned entrepreneurs at CES on Thursday that dreams of market glory can crumble. Failures on display in the cautionary Gallery of Flops also included Zune MP3 players launched by Microsoft and the defunct Pippin game console from Apple, which never became popular.
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