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Sonos v. Google looks bruising, and more tech you need to know today
July 20, 2025
1. Sonos v. Google: ouch
Sonos is sounding off, claiming Google and Amazon stole it speaker tech, and is suing Google, noting it can really only afford to sue either Google or Amazon, not both. And it chose Google. Twice – suing Google in two federal courts for infringing its patents.
Backstory:
I’m going to use more quotes than usual here, because of the narrative Sonos builds against Google:
Billion vs trillion:
2.The OnePlus Concept One vanishing trickis out in the wild (Android Authority). As we previewed, the electrochromic glass hides the camera lenses, but the additional detail is that with fine control, this also acts as a variable neutral density (ND) filter to the camera, which the photography people I know say is good, because it gives optical control over the volume of light that passes through to a sensor. Interesting.
3.Google Assistant now has over 500 million monthly active users, andGoogle is adding more features around privacy and reading long-form content(Android Authority). (Android Authority).
4.The best new wearables we could find at CES 2020(Android Authority).
5.Wi-Fi took some huge steps forward at CES 2020(CNET).
6.Inside Intel’s Ghost Canyon NUC, the very small modular desktop PC. But wait you say, all PCs are modular! Yes, but this one is fully swappable, with CPU cartridges. Razer has one built on the Intel platform called Next Unit of Computing (NUC), and Cooler Master says it’ll have one too, and it looks like a real winner (The Verge).
7.Facebook executive: we got Trump elected, but we shouldn’t stop him in 2020(The Verge).
8.Alienware’s latest gaming PC looks like a Nintendo Switch(The Verge).
9.Delta’s ‘parallel reality’ display for multiple people sounds like sci-fi, but is actually coming soon(Fast Company).
10.Samsung uses strikingly similar images to Apple’s Face ID and Touch ID iconsin its CES keynote — but it’s possible Apple gave Samsung permission, too (Business Insider).
11.DFree is making an emergency alert system for your colon(Engadget).
- “Are viruses like colds and flu different depending on where you are?” (r/askscience). (Yes!)
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