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Bluetti’s new modular power stations can power your whole home & be managed from your phone

The latest power stations from are designed to let you slowly scale up your battery backup system from powering only the most important electronics to keeping your whole home energized in an outage. Just this month, the folks at Bluetti have launched the , both offering significant upgrades from last year’s debut. Bluetti’s biggest focus is on making their power systems modular. By not…
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Android’s built-in ‘COVID Card’ vaccination record is now available for California [U]

At the end of June, Google Pay gained the ability to save and display COVID-19 vaccination cards on Android. More countries and states are letting people add this “COVID Card” to their Android phones. This COVID Card system is built directly into Android devices that support Google Play services. The experience is not too different from saving a flight boarding pass, transit fare, or…
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Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G officially discontinued in leadup to the Pixel 6 launch

This year’s Pixel situation is a bit of a weird one with the Pixel 6 technically now officially announced, but with a couple of months between now and the formal launch. Tonight, Google has confirmed that its current flagship, the Pixel 5, will be discontinued alongside the Pixel 4a 5G. The Pixel 4a 5G being discontinued makes perfect sense following the Pixel 5a’s debut this week. However…
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YouTube Music widely rolls out Now Playing redesign on iPhone [Update: Back]

Back in June, YouTube Music for Android got a redesigned Now Playing UI that did a great deal to help modernize the streaming service, and it’s now finally coming to iPhones. Update 8/20: Google has re-rolled out YouTube Music’s Now Playing redesign on iPhone. End the current tune you’re playing (by closing the mini-player), swipe away YouTube Music in multitasking, and start another song…
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