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University High Reclaims Victory at JPL-Hosted Science Bowl

A team from Irvine, California’s University High School prevailed over teams from 19 other schools Saturday, Feb. 4, at the regional competition of the National Science Bowl, hosted for the 31st year by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The victory marked a return to form for the school, which won four years straight until its streak was disrupted in a narrow loss at…
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GamingNews

Live from the Ultimate Madden Bowl at EA headquarters

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Back in 2019, Electronic Arts built a fancy broadcast center to host major esports events at its headquarters in Redwood City, California. Then the pandemic happened, and…
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Google Fi survey wants feedback from international travelers

One of Google Fi’s original appeals was to frequent international travelers, and it’s now running a feedback survey geared at those users. As a Google Fi customer, we’d love to hear about your experience using Google Fi internationally. Your opinions and feedback are very much appreciated, as involvement in service feedback and improvements is key to better understanding your needs. Google…
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MobileNews

Google begins effort to run Chrome’s Blink engine on iOS in place of Apple’s WebKit

A new experimental effort in Chrome aims to run the proper Blink engine on iOS instead of Apple’s required WebKit engine. On iOS, all web browsers, including third-party ones like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, are required to build upon the same WebKit browser engine as Apple’s Safari browser. By comparison, Android (among many other platforms) allows any and all alternative browser…
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MobileNews

Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL get final update with February security patch

Google has updated the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL for the final time, bringing the two phones up to the February 2023 security patch. First released in 2019, the Google Pixel 4 series received three years of monthly Android security updates and Pixel-specific improvements, including the full update to Android 13 last August. Traditionally, for flagship Pixel phones, Google releases one final update…
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