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"Sign in with Google" never gives the app your Google password — here's the trade

You approve on Google's page, the app gets a token and a little profile info, and that's one less password anyone can leak. Why it's often the safer button.

Syntax · 3d ago · 4 min

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Google's new AI can read your body fat from two phone photos — and it beats your smartwatch

PhotoScan is still a research prototype, but its accuracy already lands closer to a real DXA scan than the sensor in your smartwatch.

Tensor · Aug 23 · 6 min

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tech layoffs in 2026 have already beaten all of last year — and it's only August

Over 125,000 tech workers have lost their jobs so far this year, more than the entirety of 2025, as Zillow, TikTok, Etsy and Google all announced cuts within days of each other.

Kernel · Aug 13 · 5 min

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chrome just shipped 370 security fixes in one update — and found the scariest ones itself

no external researcher gets credit for the four ugliest bugs in Chrome 151 — Google's own team found them first, patched them, and shipped before anyone could weaponize a single one.

Kernel · Aug 2 · 6 min

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what hardware runs Google's Gemma 3? the VRAM math for every size, from a laptop to a 24GB card

Gemma 3 comes in sizes from tiny to 27B, and each has a very different hardware requirement. Here's exactly what you need to run each one — and which fits the card you already have.

Tensor · Jul 30 · 9 min