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Google Photos renaming ‘Archive’ to ‘Hidden’ as Android shows on-device file location

In a small tweak, Google Photos is renaming the “Archive” ability that lets you hide images and videos from the main feed to be much more obvious.  Upon updating Google Photos for iOS to version 6.1 today, we were greeted by an “Archive is now called Hidden” prompt: Hidden photos will still show up in albums and search results. You can find the Hidden folder in the Library…
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Google built the Pixel Buds Pro firmware with its Pigweed development kit

We’ve now learned that the Pixel Buds Pro mark the first known major use of Google’s open source Pigweed development kit. Back in 2020, Google unveiled Pigweed, an open source collection of libraries or “modules” meant to make it easier to develop for embedded devices. In layman’s terms, Pigweed is something of a starter kit for creating a new gadget. At the time, Pigweed was…
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Google Maps extends fuel-saving routes to Germany ahead of larger Europe expansion

Last year Google Maps added support for showing routes that are eco-friendly and fuel-saving in the United States, with the promise that those routes would expand in the future. Now, Google Maps is bringing fuel-saving routes to Germany. As fuel prices rise and climate change impacts the globe more and more, choosing a more efficient route to get from point A to point B can help save money and…
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Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Talking Tom+]

Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on Apple Arcade games. New for 8/12: The popular simulator Talking Tom has landed on Apple Arcade. You can…
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The good news about Apple’s rumored iPhone 14 Pro price hike

The iPhone 14 will be even more expensive than its predecessor, at least according to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. If he’s to be believed, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will both be more expensive than their predecessors. But the addition of a new iPhone 14 Max this year means there are some important details to keep in mind. The impact of an iPhone 14 price hike You…
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