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Google Assistant can now pay for parking on your phone

March 10, 2022
Public parking can sometimes be a bit frustrating, but Google Assistant is making an attempt to improve the process. This week, Google has announced that Assistant will soon be able to pay for public parking in some locations from your phone. Google says that the feature will be available in over 400 US cities thanks to a partnership with ParkMobile. You can see a map of public parking areas…
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Google Live Transcribe feature now works when offline

March 10, 2022
To help aide those that suffer from hearing impairments Google is now expanding the Live Transcribe feature to work completely offline. An important accessibility tool, Live Transcribe offers real-time speach-to-text captions in a variety of situations with support for…
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Samsung rolling out update to control GOS now says it does not throttle non-game Android apps [U]

March 10, 2022
Earlier this week Samsung was caught seemingly throttling the performance of literal thousands of Android apps through its “Game Optimizing Service” (GOS), and now the company has officially responded to those findings and will add controls in a future update. Update 3/10: This article has been updated to reflect that Samsung’s promised update is now rolling out. Recapping the situation…
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Geekbench results show iPhone SE 3 has similar performance as the iPhone 13, features 4GB of RAM

March 10, 2022
Before the release of the iPhone SE 3 next week, an early Geekbench score shows that this new phone has a similar performance to the iPhone 13. Not only that but both smartphones share 4GB of RAM. The Geekbench test is a benchmark tool for comparing the performance of smartphones and other devices. The “iPhone14,6” (which is the iPhone SE 3 internal identifier) scored 1695 in a single-core…
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Tesla (TSLA) order rate is surging in the US as gas prices are turning people toward electric cars

March 10, 2022
Tesla is seeing its order rate surging in the US, according to sources familiar with the matter, as the record gas prices are turning more people toward electric vehicles. However, it won’t significantly affect its deliveries since the automaker is still production-constrained. Amid the crisis in Ukraine and sanctions to put pressure on Russia to end its invasion, oil and gas prices have…
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