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Samsung (mostly) disables Android 12L’s taskbar when you use a third-party launcher

September 12, 2022
Android 12L’s key feature for tablets and foldables is the taskbar, but there’s a quirk on Samsung devices that disables the taskbar when using a third-party launcher. Samsung rolled out Android 12L as a part of its One UI 4.1.1 update, bringing Google’s latest big-screen features to its foldables and tablets. With that update came the taskbar, which arrived first on the Galaxy Z Fold 4, but…
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How Steve Sasson Invented the Digital Camera

September 11, 2022
Steve Sasson is an electrical engineer who invented the digital camera while working for Kodak. The Rochester, New York, company, which had made its fortune by selling photographic film and paper for most of the 20th century, did not think that Sasson’s digital camera had…
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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot: Gaming will reach $300B by 2030 and 5B people by 2028

September 11, 2022
Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Yves Guillemot has a big ambition for gaming, and he talked update his latest vision and strategy at the Ubisoft’s annual event this week. Guillemot predicted the game industry will hit $300 billion in revenues…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 10, 2022

September 11, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Roblox Innovation Awards honor the best of UGC

September 11, 2022
Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Roblox held its Roblox Innovation Awards 2022 event in San Francisco today, complete…
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Google Home app readies ‘Preview Program’ on Android, here’s how to sign up

September 11, 2022
Google is preparing to open a “Preview Program” for the Home app on Android, which would give early access to new features for your smart home — here’s how to sign up. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps)…
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