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Google and Waymo cancel in-person CES 2022 presence, booths [U]

December 24, 2021
Following many other tech companies in recent days, Waymo and Google announced today that it’s no longer having an in-person presence at CES 2022 due to the “quickly evolving COVID infection rates.” Update 1:38 p.m. PT: Google is following Waymo in pulling its show floor presence — usually a large booth outside — at CES 2022. All announcements will be done virtually. “After careful…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Shares its Top Mars Photos of 2021

December 23, 2021
The Mars Perseverance Rover has been hard at work on the Red Planet since it landed earlier this year. In addition to capturing physical samples, it has also been regularly snapping photos and NASA has shared its most liked images from the last year. NASA hosts all the photos that the Mars rover captures and each can be liked by the public. NASA compiles these likes to determine a…
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Open source NLP is fueling a new wave of startups

December 23, 2021
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more Large language models capable of writing poems, summaries, and computer code are driving the demand for “natural language…
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WhatsApp for iOS plans to animate more heart emojis

December 23, 2021
WhatsApp for iOS has even more features up its sleeve as it’s developing new animated heart emojis. Since we didn’t have new figures this year, nothing better than a revamped experience with those that already exist. As you may know, when you send a single red heart emoji on WhatsApp, it starts pumping. Now, according to WABetainfo, WhatsApp is planning to add an animation to all the other…
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Supply-chain report backs iPhone 14 hole-punch camera claims

December 23, 2021
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo was the first to suggest that next year will see an iPhone 14 hole-punch camera to replace the notch, and this is backed by a new supply-chain report today. The report says that LG will be supplying some of the display panels with the hole-punch…
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The weirdest electric bike I’ve ever tested just got a big new update, and I love it

December 23, 2021
Rungu’s dual-front wheel electric bicycles are unlike anything else on the road or the trails. And now the company is releasing new updates to make them better than ever. I’ve tested a LOT of electric bicycles over the years. Like, hundreds of them. So when I say something is the weirdest I’ve ever tried, that means something. But just because it’s weird doesn’t mean it isn’t fun…
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