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Alphabet Scoop 085: Turning it up to (Android) 11

February 20, 2020

This week is all about the Android 11 Developer Preview that Google released ahead of schedule. We’ve installed DP1 on our Pixel phones, and have spent the past day chronicling every change. Alphabet Scoop is available onGoogle Play, Google Podcasts,iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, and through ourdedicated RSS feedfor Pocket Casts and other podcast players. New episodes…

Peloton for iPhone and iPad adds Chromecast support for big screen workouts

February 20, 2020

The Peloton app for iOS has been updated today with support for Chromecast. This adds another way for Peloton users to view workouts on the big screen. The Peloton app has supported AirPlay for a while now. This allows users to beam content from their iPhone or iPad directly…

Windows 10 icons are getting an overdue redesign

February 20, 2020

Microsoft refreshed Office’s icons last year, and now it’s Windows 10’s turn. The software giant is rolling out updates to the icons for Windows 10’s core apps over the months ahead, starting with the Calendar and Mail apps in a new Release…

Android 11 Developer Preview 1 hands-on: Top new features

February 20, 2020

The next big installment in our favorite smartphone operating system is coming and we have been delving into “Android 11 Developer Preview 1” to figure out what might be the top new features of the eleventh OS iteration. As we saw with the first wave of Android 10 — formerly Q — builds last year, there are some notable and highly requested features being added right off the bat, with…

Google working to remove Android apps with disruptive fullscreen and notification ads

February 20, 2020

In addition to the web with Chrome’s industry-backed ad blocker, Google wants to reduce disruptive advertising that occurs in Android apps. The company today detailed an enforcement push against mobile advertising fraud. Google has removed 600 Android apps from the Play…

Apple releasing second public beta of iOS 13.4 and more today

February 20, 2020

Apple will release the second public betas of iOS 13.4 and iPadOS 13.4 today. This comes after the update was released to developers yesterday, bringing even more changes to the Mail app. Update: The second public betas of iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, and tvOS 13.4. The first beta…

Android 11 DP1: ‘Columbus’ gives Pixels double-tap gesture for Assistant

February 20, 2020

The Android 11 Developer Preview, as the name implies, is primarily intended to be an early preview of Android 11’s changes so developers can make their apps compatible long before it launches. However, sometimes upcoming Pixel-exclusive features leak through, as is the case with “Columbus” which lets you do things like invoking the Google Assistant with a double-tap on the back. Over the…

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'Westworld' season 3 trailer sets the stage for an AI battle

February 20, 2020

HBO has released a new trailer for the upcoming third season of Westworld. It shows Dolores, Maeve and Westworld’s other characters leave the confines of the park that defined so much of show’s past two seasons. Additionally, we see more of the futuristic city…

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Google Cloud AI removes gender labels from Cloud Vision API to avoid bias

February 20, 2020

Google Cloud AI is removing the ability to label people in images as “man” or “woman” with its Cloud Vision API, the company told VentureBeat today. Labeling is used to classify images and train machine learning models, but Google is removing gendered labels because…

Microsoft set to bring its antivirus app to iOS and Android sometime this year

February 20, 2020

Microsoft launched a preview of its Defender antivirus software for Mac last spring and now the company is preparing to bring the app to iOS and Android something this year. For the mobile versions, it’s unclear exactly how it will work or what features will be available, but the antivirus software for iOS and Android could be more focused on preventing phishing. Microsoft announced that it…