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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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Tesla’s 1 million robotaxis by end of the year becomes ‘1 million people in FSD Beta’

May 17, 2022
Elon Musk’s claim that Tesla will have “1 million robotaxis by end of the year” has now become “1 million people in Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta.” Musk has a long history of making claims about Tesla’s self-driving effort that haven’t come through, especially when it comes to the timing. The biggest claim has been that “Tesla will have 1 million robotaxis on the road by the end of…
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Tesla singled out in Bluetooth hack that can unlock cars

May 17, 2022
A new research paper showing a vulnerability with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is being used to single out Tesla for potentially resulting in unlocking vehicles remotely. Today, Tesla is in the news with headlines like “millions of Tesla vehicles vulnerable to hacking.” These reports are coming up after a paper from the NCC Group came out exposing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE): We’ve conducted…
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