Daily News Roundup: Top Stories from March 12, 2019

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Daily News Roundup: Top Stories from March 12, 2019

Kaspars Grinvalds/ShutterstockToday, Microsoft showed off Android screen mirroring in Windows, Google gave away some Home Minis, Spotify offered Premium users free Hulu access, and a lot more. These are the top stories for March 12th, 2019.
[h=2]Microsoft and Windows News[/h]Microsoft is still one of the most dominant forces in tech today, and the company is constantly trying to expand and modernize Windows. Here’s what happened today.

• Build 19H1 came to the Slow Ring (but still didn’t fix the GSOD). [Thurrott]
• Windows 10 is getting Android screen mirroring…for a few phones. [The Verge]
• The Snip & Sketch tool got an update. Yay? [MSPowerUser]
• Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18356 was announced in the Fast Ring. [Microsoft Blog]
• Seeing AI, Microsoft’s app for the visually impaired, got an update today that will help blind users experience images on their iPad by explaining parts of the photo when touched. [Engadget]
• It’s Patch Tuesday! Tons of patches, a couple of zero-day fixes, and some other stuff. [Ask Woody]

[h=2]Google and Android News[/h]If you don’t keep a close eye on what Google is doing every single day, you’re undoubtedly going to miss something. It’s crazy.

• Google is giving free Home Minis to users who subscribe to the Google One 2 TB plan. That’s sweet. [Android Police]
• Allo is dead. RIP. [Engadget]
• More Google Assistant speakers are getting phone call capabilities. [Android Police]
• An update is rolling out the NVIDIA SHIELD TV that brings Xbox controller support and more. [9to5Google]
• Google teased its upcoming game streaming service, which it will announce next week at GDC. Fun stuff! [Google on Twitter]
• Firefox’s experimental Fenix browser for Android saw light with a unique take on mobile browsing. [Techdows]
• Speaking of Firefox, the stable version got an update that blocks auto-playing audio by default. [Android Police]
• Google is gearing up to release Android Q with a new Beta feedback and feature request app. [9to5Google]
• On-device real-time voice transcription is rolling out to Gboard on Pixel devices. Neat. [9to5Google]
• RED confused everyone with a statement on its Hydrogen One plans. I’m still not sure what’s really going on. [Android Police]
• Chrome 73 is rolling out today to the stable channel. Here’s what’s new.

[h=2]Other Stuff[/h]Look, not everything is Google or Microsoft—there’s a lot of other stuff happening in this world too.

• Netflix is planning more choose your own adventure-style shows after the success of Bandersnatch. [The Verge]
• Mozilla launched Firefox Send for easy, encrypted, destructible file sharing. [Liliputing]
• Spotify Premium users can get Hulu for free…assuming they’re new users, anyway. [Spotify]
• Alphabet-owned company Jigsaw released a fascinating new Chrome extension to let users control how much toxicity they see in comments. [Jigsaw on Medium]
• A previously unknown wresting game for NES has surfaced after 30 years. So cool. [Ars Technica]
• PUBG Mobile Beta got all sorts of new crap. [XDA Developers]
• A new Fortnite update will let PS4 and Xbox One users kill each other. [Thurrott]
• The macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Beta has hidden code revealing the company’s rumored Apple News magazine subscription service, which is expected to be announced on March 25th. [MacRumors]

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