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Don’t like Gmail’s new sidebar? Now you can hide it with a single click

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Google launched a completely redesigned Gmail on the web, featuring the Google Material Theme, earlier this year. We’ve been fans of it for quite a while from purely an aesthetic perspective, but it’s definitely had some places where it feels like Google chose form over function. No longer!

Now, Google’s letting you hide that pesky new Gmail sidebar that you never use.


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Google apparently requesting YouTube clips that trash its design team ahead of Pixel 3 launch

We now know officially that Google is planning an October 9th event in New York City to launch the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. And as it usually does, the company is gathering clips from YouTubers talking about its devices. Apparently, though, some of the clips in question specifically trash the company’s design team.


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Senate Intelligence Committee to grill Facebook and Twitter on election interference countermeasures

Facebook’s COO and Twitter’s CEO will be appearing before Congress today to defend their failure to prevent Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and to explain what they are doing to prevent state-sponsored interference in the November midterms.

Google was also asked to appear, but it seems unlikely to do so …


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Opinion: Let’s stop trying to will a notchless Pixel 3 XL into existence, it’s fine

Leaks are just a fact in 2018 — they’re going to happen to any manufacturer. But I can’t remember the last time someone had it as bad as Google has with the Pixel 3 XL. Just this week, there have been almost non-stop Pixel 3 XL leaks largely thanks to a black market seller.

Since the first leak, though, the biggest complaint I’ve seen is the infamous notch and it’s spurred some crazy conversations over the past few weeks.


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President Trump claims Google is rigging search results against him [Updated]

Early this morning, the President of the United States tweeted of his discontent toward Google’s search results, claiming a bias toward left-wing media. In his tweets, the President claims that searching for the phrase “Trump news” primarily returns results from “National Left-Wing Media” with Republican and conservative publications being “shut out.”


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Google launches ‘Jobs for veterans’ search to help military personnel find civilian jobs

Google has created a new search tool designed to help veterans find civilian jobs when they leave the military. The program was create by a Google engineer who has first-hand experience of how difficult it can be to find appropriate roles.

When I transitioned out of the military in 2014, I asked myself a question that many service members know too well: “What am I going to do next?” For seven years, I had counted on the clear role and security net the military provided. Civilian life, to me, was unknown. Navigating job applications was new, and I remember feeling overwhelmed as I went to job fairs …


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