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Google officially making Pixel displays, batteries, and other repair parts available on iFixit

April 8, 2022
Google is partnering with iFixit to make Pixel phone repairs easier by making genuine spare parts available online. The company touts a “full range of spare parts for common Pixel phone repairs” including batteries, cameras, and displays. The latter is a common thing that breaks, while battery replacements will extend how long you can use a device. These components will be available…
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Google Discover feed tests showing like counts for articles

April 8, 2022
In a limited experiment, Google Search has begun showing like counts for articles in the Android app’s Discover feed for some. When browsing news and blog articles on social media, the like count can be a helpful metric in deciding what to read. Google, of course, hasn’t had a true social networking app in years, following the closure of Google+. However, it has long been possible to share…
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WhatsApp for iOS brings changes to saving disappearing messages

April 8, 2022
A new report from WABetaInfo notes that the popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, is rolling out changes to its media visibility. The update, coming to its latest beta, is changing the way media from disappearing messages save onto your device. WhatsApp for iOS is now automatically turning off “Save to Camera Roll” for disappearing messages. Previously, if users saved an item from their…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Exclusive: Full specs leaked for the 45 mph ONYX CTY2 electric moped

April 8, 2022
We learned earlier this week that California-based electric moped manufacturer ONYX was rebooting the short-lived CTY electric moped. That lower-cost model, with half of the speed of its bigger brother, the RCR, was put on the back burner a few years ago in favor of the much higher-demanded and higher-performance model. But now ONYX has given it new life with the CTY2, and bumped its performance…
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