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Google Search easter egg for ‘DART’ parodies NASA’s asteroid collision test

The latest easter egg in Google Search has a bit of fun with NASA’s recent “DART” experiment by having a spacecraft collide with your search results. After first being launched in November, yesterday afternoon marked the completion of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). As my colleagues at Space Explored explain it, the goal of DART is to change the trajectory of the larger…
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Intel’s Unison app on Windows will let you text and send files from your Android device or iPhone

When it comes to an all-around solution to texting and sharing files between your phone and Windows computer, there isn’t one. Intel is aiming to fix that with a new Windows app called Unison that will be capable of sending texts and sharing files to and from your Android device or iPhone. The integration between computers and phones has always been sort of hit or miss, with Apple’s ecosystem…
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Google Pixel battery widget now shows how long your phone will last

Last year Google debuted a new battery widget on Pixel phones that shows how much juice is left in your phone and its connected devices. Now, in an update, the Pixel battery widget is also showing a time estimate for how long the remaining battery will last. The widget is powered by the “Settings Services” app on Google’s smartphones and originally just showed the remaining percentage of…
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Chrome and Google Drive updated with iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets

Previewed earlier this month, Google is now rolling out its first iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets with updates to Chrome and Drive. Version 106 of Chrome is rolling out to stable today and introduces four lock screen widgets: Search: Search in Chrome with your favorite search engine. Incognito Search: Search or navigate in a new incognito tab in Chrome. Voice Search: Search in Chrome using your…
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