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Hum to Search can recognize over half a million songs as Google explains how it works

The ability to hum a song to Google was the breakout hit of last month’s Search keynote. In a blog post today, Google explains how the machine learning that powers Hum to Search works. Hum to Search builds on 2017’s Now Playing feature where Pixel phones can recognize songs playing in the background without needing an internet connection. Work on that feature was later applied to Sound…
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Gmail on the web now lets you pin Google Chat conversations

In the integrated Gmail experience available to Workspace customers, classic Hangouts has already been swapped out. Google Chat is in its place, with conversations now able to be pinned for consistent Gmail sidebar access. You can now pin a direct message or a room in…
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Google updates Web Stories for WordPress plugin w/ more text sets, GIFs, and caption support

Back in September, Google launched a WordPress plugin for easily creating AMP-based stories through a WYSIWYG editor. Version 1.1 of Web Stories for WordPress is now here as the first major update following the beta period and stable release. The text tab now features several sets that are optimized for “editorial use-cases.” We partnered with the typography experts at iA, known for its…
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Huawei nova 8 and Honor V40 to have similar camera design

There might be uncertainties around the future of Honor, with Huawei offloading the brand to Digital China, but for now the phone maker has no plans to step on the brakes, on the contrary – a leakster claims we are going to see both the Huawei nova 8 lineup and the Honor V40 family arrive in December. In a separate leak, one Twitter user revealed that provisional camera design of both series…
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra to support S Pen, tipster claims

Noted tipster who has one of the most accurate track records on Samsung devices is confirming that the upcoming Galaxy S21 Ultra will pack an S Pen stylus. There were previous reports that the S Pen would make its way to the upcoming S21 Ultra and that the Galaxy Note…
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Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max first teardown confirms battery capacity

The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max will be available tomorrow for pickup and shipments but today a teardown surfaced, giving us us a look into the internals of the flagship. The biggest change since the iPhone 11 Pro Max is the position of the motherboard that also is affecting the shape of the battery – now all the crucial components are on the right side and the power cell has an L…
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