Google's Tech Updates: Photos and Chromecast

New Surface Laptop Go and Surface Pro X from Microsoft. Google is going to pay $1 billion dollars to support journalism. Google has a Photos update, but why is Stadia already looking shaky? And a textbook example of a developer’s dream of overnight success that was actually years in the making.

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Links:

• Microsoft’s new $549 Surface Laptop Go aims to compete with Chromebooks (The Verge)
• Microsoft updates the Surface Pro X with a new processor option (Engadget)
• Google will spend $1 billion to pay publishers for news showcase (Axios)
• Improved Google Photos editor is rolling out now on Android (The Verge)
• The new Chromecast with Google TV won’t officially support Stadia at launch (The Verge)
• Palantir closes below first trade after NYSE debut (CNBC)
• Six Figures in 6 days (tr.af)

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