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Baby Star ‘Burps’ Tell Tales of Frantic Feeding, NASA Data Shows

Newborn stars “feed” at a furious rate and grow through surprisingly frequent feeding frenzies, a recent analysis of data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope shows. Outbursts from stellar babies at the earliest stage of development – when they’re about 100,000 years old, or the equivalent of a 7-hour-old infant – occur roughly every 400 years, the analysis found. These…
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Yes, Google changed the Messages ‘sent’ sound: Do you prefer the old or new beep?

In addition to an updated icon, Google Messages has a new “sent” sound that more people are now encountering on Android. Whenever you press the send arrow in a conversation, Google Messages plays a confirmatory sound — if calls and notifications are set to ring. This beep (message_sent) was loud and prominent, but the SMS/RCS app is now switching to something quieter and ever so slightly…
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You can play these Android games with your Netflix subscription

Back in November 2021, Netflix announced that it would launch a new addition to its mobile app – a gaming section. While the service only started out with a few titles, it has been expanding over time. So what does Netflix’s gaming section have to offer in terms of…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 5’s sapphire glass is better than the $800 Apple Watch Ultra [Video]

Sapphire glass is something we usually only see on the most expensive smartwatches, but the Galaxy Watch 5 brings the scratch-resistant glass down to a cost of under $300. And surprisingly, the quality of Samsung’s sapphire glass on the Galaxy Watch 5 beats out the Apple Watch Ultra, which costs nearly three times as much in a new test. JerryRigEverything on YouTube recently put the $799 Apple…
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Google One VPN starts rolling out for Pixel 7 and 7 Pro

During the launch keynote, Google touted two features as “coming soon.” One of those, the free “VPN by Google One” now appears to be rolling out early for Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. Effectively the same VPN service that comes with the 2TB tier of the Google One cloud storage…
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Samsung expands its Android 13 update to Galaxy S10 Lite and a few other devices

Samsung is getting into the thicker part of the list of devices to bring Android 13 around to. With that, Android 13 – One UI 5 – is now available for the Galaxy S10 Lite, Galaxy A52, Galaxy M33, and the Z Fold 4 in another region. Samsung’s version of Android 13 brings performance improvements as well as features that we didn’t see with Android 12. On the surface, the new theming and…
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