Rio Akasaka

Are you using an in-car unit (or plugged into a car, aka Android Auto) or just the mobile phone?

Have you tried it yet?

Dumbest rule ever at Mizuho bank- if you don't have your cash card no amount of IDs that confirm you are the owner of an account will let you transfer money at the bank

If you think I'm exaggerating, this has been in prod for at least two months

Proof that no one does QA any more now that everything is about AI

Why is it that old white men find joy in being the only people EVER in an onsen to submerge their head/hair.

I have to admit I'm a bit bearish on the social media ban. As much as I understand social media is harmful, a ban pushes motivated users to alternatives that might be even less safe. I much prefer the European approach of a social media curfew, to put guardrails rather than outright bans.

Tell me you live in Tokyo without telling me you live in Tokyo

lol if you actually read the fine print it actually says that Google does NOT use your data for AI models without permission

God forbid to get access to WiFi please scan your iris

Remember the days when signing up for free WiFi at the airport or the nearest business involved signing away your first born child

I find that asking my AI agent to be a bit snarky (using Personal Context) actually really reminds me when to use it and when not to

I don't know if we're supposed to be proud or sad about this 😂

Apple Nears $1 Billion-a Year Deal to Use Google AI for Siri Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google that would help run its long-promise...

Woah. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Well Upper East Side and to a lesser extent Upper West Side is where all the money is, and that's where the votes for Cuomo concentrated, despite most of the rest of the boro voting for Mamdani. Also the Tribeca area is probably decently wealthy too?

Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot’ “Hey Google, where am I?”

Super proud of the work that went into building this. I learned so much about how to integrate AI thoughtfully and make it truly helpful and delightful. Can't wait to see how you use Gemini on your next Google Maps journey.

www.theverge.com/news/813588/...

This is a fascinating map

So it turns out Halloween is the day grocery stores in Japan take the universal cue to change their in-store jingles to be Christmas themed and all I can say is TOO SOON

Keep your Google Maps Saved Places visible with emoji, here's how Google’s newest Maps feature lets you label Saved Places with emoji, opening up an entirely new way to keep your...

Did you know you can use emojis as icons for your saved places?

9to5google.com/2023/09/08/g...

Just because you can does not mean you should

I wonder how many transactions are lost with this one -- the default Enter keypress on my Visa OTP input form... opens a dialog to cancel the entire transaction 🤦

My most antisocial behavior is to return car share vehicles with driver seat configurations that make it impossible for the subsequent driver not to wonder what kind of misshapen person could have possibly driven the car before.

It's a bold strategy, Cotton.

Always reminded never to be totally surprised at how good the Pixel captures imagery, even tricky things like fireworks

I can't think of anything quite more American than thinking of new places to put cup holders

Update on ongoing Microsoft review - Microsoft On the Issues Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President, shared the below communication with Microsoft employees this morning. I want to let you know that Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit with...

A big corp holding itself accountable _and_ recognizing the press for their role in uncovering the issue? Must be a particularly sunny day in Seattle. share.google/7VgEOE5zYigN...

No ma'am, 88F, 31C is not normal for end of September

a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn ALT: a man wearing 3d glasses is holding a bag of popcorn

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

American grocery store experience: corn, corn, corn
Japanese grocery store experience: what is corn

Nature doesn't operate on a timetable.