Google adds Lens to the google.com homepage, letting users search by image, after rolling out the feature to the desktop in 2021 (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Alex Heath / The Verge:
Sources: Musk ordered Twitter homepage to be changed to show the Explore page to logged out users, not a sign-up form, which was quietly implemented on Friday  —  On his first day, Twitter’s new ‘Chief Twit’ quietly changed the homepage to send a message.

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 …

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Google begins rolling out a “results about you” tool on its Android app to let users see and remove results that contain their personal identifiable information  —  At I/O 2022 in May, Google announced a new tool to streamline the process of removing Search results that contain …

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Google unveils Android 13 Go edition, with Material You, a Discover feed, and support for Google Play System Updates, arriving in 2023 on devices with 2GB+ RAM  —  Google announced and detailed Android 13 (Go edition) today with several sizable changes to the user experience …

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Fitbit to require a Google account to use its newest devices and features starting in 2023; current users can use non-Google accounts until at least early 2025  —  With the launch of Fitbit’s latest devices, “Fitbit by Google” branding was introduced.  The Sense 2 and Versa 4 already …

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Google plans to shutter its Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard, announced in 2019, on November 21; Maps for Android’s car-optimized UI will remain  —  Earlier this week, Google told us that the Maps integration in Assistant Driving Mode is going away.  The company’s confirmation following a …