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welcome to alphabet city this is the show that covers everything related to alphabet Inc alphabet is probably best known as Google's parent company I'm your guide I as actor and you are the fantastic alphabet citizens today we're focusing on Google we're sorry loon X and way Moe we've got several upcoming Android phones Google's plans for China and your comments but first there's a conspiracy afoot let's head on over to pixel Park so we've been covering the upcoming pixel 3 for a while now but recently a new conspiracy theory has popped up a fellow on YouTube by the name of John Prosser says that Google contacted him to use a piece of one of his videos so why does that matter the clip Google wanted to use has Prosser saying quote Google should fire its design team this had to do with the pixel 3xl the clip would be used in the opener for the google event on October 9th likely that one clip would be one of many that discusses the new pixel and its leaks that seems a little odd right why would Google request potentially negative comments before introducing its new phones some think that Google is going to surprise everyone with a device that has not been one we've seen it's been dubbed the pixel ultra a lot of people are dismissing the idea of a surprise pixel however there was a report by noted leaker elder Matt Azzam that was published a while ago in it he said Google was working on seven smartphones to were the third gentles that we've been seeing floating around four other models would also be updated pixels Berta's instead by october two of those four would also be ready he guessed that Google may have leaked the ones we've seen to gauge reaction if it was met with negative responses Google could release the other models Google has also put up some teasers for its next phones one site has the number three on it it's at the Google store then there's this teaser at coming soon 2018 JP dot with Google com clicking the G changes the colors of things click it again and confetti drops some are guessing that there are three different colors for the pixel three a white one a black one and a mint green one no word if the pixel three will ship with confetti chrome unboxed published images of what could be a new pixel book this site received the images by an email tipster who said he saw the pics on Facebook as an ad the notebook looks to be running Chrome OS and has a very very thin bezel around the screen is this really a new pixel book or is it just a Photoshop job for an ad we'll find out soon enough and now it's the news you've been waiting for try to contain your excitement you ready google has released an updated USB C headphone adapter amazing right in eighty bitty little text Google wrote quote adapter now provides 38% more playback time and has a 53% improvement on plug-in latency than previously available pixel to headphone adapter how in the world was that not in huge text its earth-shattering news it can be yours for the low low price of one thousand two hundred cents enjoy your dongles people let's head on over to uptown updates this is the newly renamed segment where we put together a bunch of smaller news stories thanks to Reginald for coming up with a better name than my lame update Street they I came up with that one oneplus is dropping the headphone jack on the next one plus headset in an interview with TechRadar 1 + s co founder carl pace says they're making the switch because the company found that 59% of oneplus owners already owned wireless headphones pay says quote we believe now is the right time as it will benefit the majority of our users while keeping the downside low oneplus also announced it is getting into the TV business we'll have to see if they go with android TV as the interface or not details are expected early next year according to PC Mag Samsung is holding a galaxy event on October 11th the invite says Forex fun the text below says Samsung's newest galaxy device is bringing more ways to express yourself than ever before capture the fun with Samsung as the company celebrates the launch of the new device with a galaxy event so that probably means four cameras on the back we'll see razor and LG will also be introducing new Android phones soon razor is holding the event on October 10th while LG will introduce the v40 thin queue with potentially five cameras on October 3rd a New York Post report says a Long Island woman is suing Samsung over a potentially faulty Galaxy Note 9 she claims that the phone became extremely hot the plaintiff then put the note 9 in her purse then she heard whistling and screeching sounds that was followed by thick smoke coming from her purse the phone eventually stopped smoking after another person wound up taking the note 9 and putting it in a bucket of water a Samsung spokesperson told the post that quote we have not received any reports of similar incidents involving a Galaxy Note 9 device and we are investigating the matter the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was famously recalled twice due to defective batteries which led to devices Catching Fire the note 7 was then discontinued before being revived as the Galaxy Note fan edition let's go to the garden of Google the intercept published a report talking about Google's plans to build a censored version of its search engine for China according to the report the search engine codenamed dragonfly would have run on Android devices a number of items would be blacklisted from search results including Nobel Prize student protests and human rights on top of that the intercept sources say that dragonfly linked the app to the Android phone and phone number so that would mean users a dragonfly would be easily trackable dragonfly would be the product of a joint venture partnership between Google and a Chinese company BuzzFeed news reports that seven employees have left Google over quote a lack of corporate transparency end quote the site says people had left Google particularly over dragonfly the intercept published a report about a senior Google scientist by the name of Jack Paulson who quit over dragonfly in an interview he said it was his ethical responsibility to resign in protest of the forfeiture of our public human rights commitments Google has been facing scrutiny by the US government as well the company failed to send Google CEO sundar Pichai or alphabet CEO Larry Page to a recent Senate hearing in other Google News a bunch of people were online complaining that battery saver mode would somehow be activated on their Android devices even if they turned off the feature themselves Google posted a response Reddit and said the company was doing an internal experiment to test battery saving features the only problem was it was rolled out to more users than intended by mistake the company says it's put the settings back to default and apologize for the confusion fun-fun-fun I know let's go to comment Cove this is the part of the show where we shine a spotlight on the most amazing audience in the world you guys with my arm surely that one in a previous episode I asked you what do you use your where OS devices for here's what you had to say deandre says I use my where OS watch for calls when I'm not near my phone Wi-Fi calling has improved so much Calvin explained he uses his watch when he runs he doesn't like carrying his phone when he goes for a jog on top of that he didn't use his s3 to pay for items without needing to carry a wallet now those are really good use cases thanks you know I really wish you could use one the watch is like a keys get into my apartment the awesome DDS word st. 5 says why are you guys always so late to the news well DDS this is a weekly recap show like I've said in the past check out seen at 3:59 podcast for tech news daily or you could always check out daily tech news show with my pals Tom Merritt and Sarah Lane where they cover tech news daily Thanks to everyone for writing in if you've enjoyed your stay in Alphabet City 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