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Smart glasses need to be stylish to really go mainstream

Style is crucial to wearable devices in a way that’s not necessarily true of other personal gadgets. | Photo by

Google’s Jamboard software and the hardware are both shutting down starting October 1st, 2024. | Photo by James Bareham /

Image: Google This is Platformer, a newsletter on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy from Casey Newton and Zoë

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge The first week of US v. Google begins with arguments over the power

Illustration: The Verge Google has agreed to pay $93 million to the state of California to settle claims it tracked

Google currently offers no repairs for broken Pixel Watches. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If you crack

Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge If you have an Android phone or tablet, your Google account is intrinsic

Illustration: The Verge Google is experimenting with a text-to-speech feature for Chrome’s reading mode on desktop, as reported by Android

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Gmail may add an extra verification step when you try to do things

You really should be checking them regularly anyway, but hopefully, this helps to avoid any gross build-up. | Photo by