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Google’s Android TV partners can apparently make Fire TVs now, as Hisense plays both sides

May 18, 2022
Google’s Android TV has long been competing for its place in the market, and in the United States it primarily goes against Roku and Amazon’s Fire TV. Most Android TV and Google TV partners also sell Roku models, but they’ve never mixed in with Fire TV. That changes now, as Hisense has launched its first Amazon Fire TV model. The first Hisense smart TV (50U6HF) with Amazon’s Fire TV…
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Pixel Launcher app search is broken on Android 12 for some

May 18, 2022
Ahead of going stable next month, Android 12 QPR3 Beta 3 has a curious Pixel Launcher bug that breaks the ability to search for apps installed on your device. Swiping up from the homescreen to open the Pixel Launcher’s app grid/launcher and searching does not reveal the…
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Report: Apple ML exec that left over in-person work policy joining Alphabet’s DeepMind

May 18, 2022
According to Bloomberg today, Ian Goodfellow, who oversaw machine learning at Apple before quitting due to the in-person work policy, is joining Alphabet’s DeepMind. Goodfellow started at Google as a “Software Engineering Intern” in 2013 and was a “Senior Research Scientist” at Google Brain upon leaving in March 2016. After a year at Open AI, he returned to Google for two years. In March…
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Apex Legends Mobile is now available to download on the Google Play Store

May 17, 2022
After a long wait and a number of limited region-locked beta previews, Apex Legends Mobile is now available for all Android users on the Google Play Store. Originally, Apex Legends Mobile was launched in limited betas in the Philippines and India, but EA and Respawn confirmed that more regions would gain access over time. Previous workarounds to play Apex Legends on your smartphone…
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Google Messages RCS is being abused for ads in India

May 17, 2022
Advertising tends to creep its way into anything and everything you’re using in some form, and it seems that text messaging is a focus for some brands in India. Lately, Google Messages and its RCS messaging has been abused by businesses in India. Over the past few weeks…
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Verizon’s latest C-Band 5G phone is the all but forgotten LG Wing

May 17, 2022
2020’s LG Wing turned out to be a bit of a “last hurrah” for LG, as it was the company’s last ambitious smartphone release before shutting down its mobile division. Despite the concept not taking off in any major way, LG isn’t quite done with the Wing, as it has this week rolled out an update to add support for C-Band 5G on the Verizon model. System Update 11 for the Verizon variant of…
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