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Google Wallet hints at support for showing your ID at TSA airport checkpoints

Google Wallet has only been on the scene for about a month, but Google is already working toward some of its next big features. This week, behind-the-scenes developments hint at support for showing your ID at TSA checkpoints using Google Wallet. It was announced alongside the unveil for Google Wallet that, in time, the app would support housing your driver’s license and other forms of official…
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How to search any image on Chrome desktop using Google Lens

Chrome is a great browser with tons of tools and functionality; one feature that many users aren’t familiar with is the desktop version of Google Lens that’s fully integrated into Google Chrome. Follow along to learn how you can use Google Lens on Chrome desktop to…
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Razer Phone closing its Theme Store on Android later this month, nearly five years later

Do you remember when Razer, the PC gaming brand, made its own smartphone? The Razer Phone and Razer Phone 2 are mostly forgotten memories at this point, and now the brand is closing the door on its Theme Store for those devices. The Razer Phone and its sequel both shipped with a special Theme Store, which allowed the phone to redesign its UI based on packs available in the store. One click could…
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Xiaomi's second foldable phone is only 5.4mm thick in tablet mode

Merely a day after Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 launch, Xiaomi was quick to follow with a surprising punch. The Mix Fold 2 is the Chinese brand’s second foldable phone, featuring a surprising thickness of just 5.4mm when opened — barely enough to house a USB-C port — and 11.2mm thick when folded. While Huawei’s Mate Xs 2 is also 5.4mm thick when opened, bear in mind that it…
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Xiaomi beats Tesla to building a working robot

Forget about that crazy-thin foldable phone from earlier. Xiaomi just beat Tesla to unveiling a working humanoid robot prototype at a live event earlier today, and yes, it looks awfully familiar. The Xiaomi CyberOne is 177cm (5.8 feet) tall, weighs 52kg (115 pounds), is…
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Google Search improving Featured Snippet callouts with MUM and consensus

Google today announced a series of updates on improving information quality and literacy in Search, starting with Featured Snippet callouts. Featured Snippets are what appear at the top of Google Search results for certain queries that can be answered quickly. This “significant innovation to improve the quality” is focusing on the one-word (i.e. yes/no) or short sentence callouts. Using its…
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