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Google Pulls Huaweis Android License The Verge

T.C. Sottek writing for The Verge Huawei is now restricted to using the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), cutting the company off from critical Google apps and services that consumers outside of China expect on Android devices. That also means Huawei will only be able to push security updates for Android once they’re made available in AOSP, assuming the company uses its own update system. Is the AOSP even usable anymore? I mean Google has stripped so much out of it and moved it into Play Services in the name of streamlining updates that I have to wonder.

Google Gmail Tracks Purchase History How To Delete It

Todd Haselton and Megan Graham writing for CNBC A page called “Purchases ” shows an accurate list of many — though not all — of the things I’ve bought dating back to at least 2012. I made these purchases using online services or apps such as Amazon, DoorDash or Seamless, or in stores such as Macy’s, but never directly through Google. But because the digital receipts went to my Gmail account, Google has a list of info about my buying habits.

The Daily Podcast Is Always Great But

The Daily Podcast is always great, but today’s was particularly good to understand how anti-choice groups are challenging Roe https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/podcasts/the-daily/alabama-abortion-law-roe-wade.html