Today is the day Google makes good on a lot of its 2017 I/O VR promises. The

Google open sources Seurat, a tool for reducing mobile VR complexity

Warren Buffett&#39;s Berkshire Hathaway buys $75 million Apple shares.

Buffett&#39;s Berkshire buys 75 Million Apple shares

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Alphabet Inc.  said Friday that its Google subsidiary would increase the amount of transparency for election ads purchased on its platforms in the U.S. In a blog post, senior vice president Kent Walker wrote that it would now require advertisers to verify they are U.S. citizens by providing government-issued identification and "other information" which was not specified in the post.  Google was not immediately available for comment.  In addition to verifying the buyer, Google will also require a "clear disclosure of who is paying" for the ad.

Alphabet Inc.  said Friday that its Google subsidiary would increase the amount of transparency for election ads purchased on its platforms in the U.S. In a blog post, senior vice president Kent Walker wrote that it would now require advertisers to verify they are U.S. citizens by providing government-issued identification and "other information" which was not specified in the post.  Google was not immediately available for comment.  In addition to verifying the buyer, Google will also require a "clear disclosure of who is paying" for the ad.

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Waymo Autonomous Van Accident in Arizona
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A Waymo vehicle has gotten into an accident in Arizona.

Waymo Autonomous Van Accident in Arizona

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May 4, 2018
Over the years, great things have come out of Google's annual event, like new versions of Android, Google Home and Google Lens. Here's what the tech giant needs to introduce this year.

Over the years, great things have come out of Google&#39;s annual event, like new versions of Android, Google Home and Google Lens. Here&#39;s what the tech giant needs to introduce this year.

You can now easily buy movie tickets with Google Assistant
Lucas Matney
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Google Assistant is gaining some new capabilities thanks to a deal with Fandango which should make ordering movie tickets a quick and easy process. Simply tell Google Assistant that you want to buy some movie tickets and you'll see what's playing nearby, you can dial in the specificity to find out just what's playing at a specific theater of what theaters a particular flick is going to be at.
The deal is going live on May the Fourth™ in honor of the Star Wars™ marketing holiday and the fact that advanced tickets for Solo: A Star Wars Story™ are going on sale today.
This functionality is something that's been available on Siri, but Google Assistant allows you to make the purchase without downloading the Fandango app which had pretty much negated most of the utility this feature had on Siri.
For now, this launch is just for Google Assistant on Android phones but if you're perplexingly a heavy user of the Google Assistant app on iOS than you'll be able to get your movie ticket ordering functionality sometime later this year.
 