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Facebook for iOS adds new COVID-19 vaccine profile frames

Facebook is launching today a new COVID-19 vaccine profile frame on iOS, Android, and the web, developed in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new frames will let you share support for COVID-19 vaccines and see that others are doing the same. Research shows that social norms can have a major…
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Google Maps restores compass when navigating on Android

After initially removing the compass within Maps on Android way back in early 2019, Google has now restored the much-loved feature after fan pressure. The little floating compass widget was unceremoniously ripped from Maps in what Google said was an “effort to clean up…
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Report: LG will announce its decision to shutter its smartphone business on April 5

The past several years have seen LG flailing to maintain its share in the smartphone market. Earlier this year, it was reported and later confirmed that LG would make some tough calls regarding its smartphone business, and now it seems we’ll hear the outcome on April 5. The Korea Times reports that LG has made a decision on the future of its smartphone business, and it’s not good news for…
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Google Home, Nest speakers in Preview Program get new Casting sound

At the start of the year, the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max started playing a new sound following a successful Casting connection, and that updated chime is now appearing on Google Home and Nest speakers. This new Casting sound is rolling out with Cast firmware version 1.54 to speakers enrolled in the Preview Program — current stable is 1.50. The previous confirmatory chime/beep had been in place…
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World-leading AI research and inclusion at the forefront of this year’s NVIDIA GTC

This article is part of the VB Lab / NVIDIA GTC insight series “The story of GTC is in many ways the story of NVIDIA, and it’s also the story of what’s happening in technology,” says Greg Estes, VP of corporate marketing and developer programs at NVIDIA. Twelve years ago, GTC began as a conference focused squarely on GPUs, and at that time, that meant primarily graphics and gaming. “But…
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