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OnePlus 11 vs. Pixel 7: Best budget flagship battle [Video]

February 15, 2023
The first wave of early-2023 flagship Android phones has arrived, and although not competing at the top end of the price spectrum, the OnePlus 11 offers a lot of premium features. At $699, how does the OnePlus 11 stack up against the $599 Pixel 7 though? Here’s everything you need to know. OnePlus 10 Pro vs. OnePlus 11: Two steps forward, one step backward [Video] Galaxy S23 Ultra vs. Pixel 7…
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Google is gradually rewriting Android’s Settings app with Jetpack Compose

February 15, 2023
As part of Android 14, it seems Google is gradually rebuilding parts of the Settings app using its more modern Jetpack Compose library instead of traditional Android Views. Back in 2019, Google unveiled Jetpack Compose as a more modern way to make native Android apps, using Kotlin. Instead of using Android’s usual XML-based Views to imperatively design app UI, Jetpack Compose lets developers…
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Google Fiber rolling out $125/month 5 Gig service in 4 cities

February 15, 2023
After announcing in October, Google Fiber is rolling out a 5 Gig service for $125 per month in four cities today. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other tidbits. Sign up here! Google Fiber has…
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Google adds ‘Partial Custom Tabs’ support and ‘Running in Chrome’ label

February 15, 2023
Google is making official the ability for Custom Tabs to open in a partial, developer-defined view, and there’s also now “Running in Chrome” branding. Chrome now supports “Partial Custom Tabs” as an alternative to opening a webpage in fullscreen mode. Developers can specifically “customize the tab in pixels for a partial overlay” that, for example, only takes up half the screen…
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9to5Google Log Out: All Bard, all the time

February 15, 2023
If it’s not obvious yet, Bard, LaMDA, and large language models (LLMs) will be dominating the Google (and tech) landscape for the foreseeable future – at least the next year. There’s Bard expanding beyond Google’s trusted tester program and AI “insight” features…
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Jasper targets enterprise to expand generative AI beyond generic AI

February 15, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Generative AI has been all the rage in the recent months, but it is typically generic and not specifically focused on the specific needs of any one company. San Francisco based startup Jasper is aiming to help make generative AI less generic. The company made a series of announcements today at its Gen AI conference.
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