Q&A with Chris McKillop, former director of engineering for Google’s Fuchsia project, on the past, present, and future of the OS, failures of Nexus Q, and more (Kyle Bradshaw/9to5Google)

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google:
Google confirms the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro will run on a new “Tensor G2” SoC  —  Ahead of October’s Pixel 7 launch event, Google has confirmed that their next series of phone will run on the second-generation “Tensor G2” chip.  —  Last year, the “Google Tensor” …

Megha Paul / Tech.eu:
Berlin-based Latana, which offers brand tracking and consumer insights tools, raised a €36M Series B led by Oxx, with participation from Balderton and Kreos  —  The German startup offers direct channel to consumers that helps brands understand exactly what their key audiences are thinking

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google unveils search results with a “Discussions and forums” section, rolling out on mobile in the US, and with machine-translated news coverage, in early 2023  —  At Search On 2022, Google announced that “Discussions and forums” will be getting their own sections in results …

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
London-based Chattermill, which analyzes customer feedback data across channels to give companies actionable insights, raised a $26M Series B led by Beringea  —  Chattermill, a platform that helps companies unlock insights by analyzing customer feedback data from across myriad digital channels …

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Apple releases iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1, and macOS Ventura, with iCloud Shared Photo Library, Continuity Camera, Stage Manager for the Mac and the iPad, and more  —  Apple has released iOS 16.1, iPad OS 16.1 and macOS 13, as it announced it would do last week.

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
FCC filing and B&H product page detail a Google Nest Wi-Fi router, expected at Google’s Oct. 6 event, using the 6E Wi-Fi standard for better network performance  —  Back in June, we reported that Google was working on a new Wi-Fi 6 router and it has now leaked as the “Nest Wifi Pro.”