The demand for adding wireless Android Auto to your car is unsurprisingly high, which makes Motorola’s “dead simple” MA1 dongle a hard gadget to buy. Here’s where you can find it in the US.
First released at the beginning of the year, the Motorola MA1 is a simple gadget that plugs into your (Android Auto-compatible) car’s USB port and pairs over Bluetooth to your phone. Once paired…
Tonga Eruption Sent Ripples Through Earth’s Ionosphere
February 5, 2022
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Tonga Eruption Sent Ripples Through Earth’s Ionosphere
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NASA detected the shockwave from the underwater eruption high up in the atmosphere.
The powerful underwater volcanic…
AI Weekly: DeepMind’s AlphaCode, automatic age verification, and a new open language model
February 5, 2022
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This week in AI, DeepMind detailed a new code-generating system, AlphaCode, that it claims is competitive with top human programmers. Supermarket chains in the U.K. announced that…
Can you trust AI to protect AI?
February 5, 2022
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Now that AI is heading into the mainstream of IT architecture, the race is on to ensure that it remains secure when exposed to sources of data that are beyond the enterprise’s control. From the data center to the cloud to the edge, AI will have to contend with a wide variety of vulnerabilities and an…
Android TV: Must-have apps for 2022 [Video]
February 5, 2022
Android TV is an incredible entertainment OS at the very heart of many TV, projector, and home theater setups for millions across the globe. Android TV and by extension the new Google TV overhaul for selected devices is great as-is, but with just a few apps, it can be even…
The Google Nest Doorbell got a refresh last year with a new battery-powered model and also the promise of new support. Now, the Google Nest Doorbell is getting a couple of limited-time ringtones for the Lunar New Year.
Much like the seasonal ringtones available over…
Google Chrome icon gets first update in 8 years & will now be customized for iOS, Mac, Windows
February 5, 2022
The Google Chrome icon is in the process of being updated and modernized for the first time in eight years. This is meant to better “align with Google’s more modern brand expression,” with the company now optimizing the logo for each operating system.
In 2011, the original 2008 logo was greatly flattened and no longer explicitly three-dimensional. Google modernized the logo three years…
The homescreen is one of the biggest selling points of Google TV, with the content-focused design surfacing recommendations and keeping everything in one place. Soon, it seems Google is planning to improve the Google TV experience with a new “Restricted Mode” feature and…
How and when you can watch the 2022 Winter Olympics on Google TV, Android, Chrome OS
February 5, 2022
It’s that time again! Snowboarding, skiing, elegant figure skating, and the luge are all in full swing for the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing. So how and where do you watch the 2022 Olympics on Google TV, Android, or Chrome OS? This guide will help you secure your virtual…
Later this year, Google will update the latest watches with the newest version of its wearable operating system. Until then, Google is already redesigning some core parts of older watches with Wear OS 3’s new UI.
Previously, Google started bringing Wear OS 3’s new design language to non-Galaxy Watch 4 devices inside new and redesigned apps. This includes Google Maps, Messages, and YouTube…
