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Google Assistant Routines can now be renamed independently of their starter trigger

Following the ability to set seconds-long delayed starts, Google has made another tweak to Assistant Routines that lets you rename these macros to be different from their starters. As spotted today, there is now an edit (pencil) button next to the name of a Routine when you open one up. You can enter any “Routine name” you’d like. Previously, Routines were named by whatever phrase you set…
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Pestle for iOS updated with new options for sharing recipes

Pestle is a recipe and cooking app for iOS that was released earlier this year by indie developer Will Bishop – who’s also behind Chirp for Apple Watch. This week, Pestle was updated with new options that let users easily share recipes from the app. For those unfamiliar, Pestle lets you import recipes from any website, so the app turns them into a step-by-step process automatically. The app…
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Fujifilm Warns Its 120 Slide Films Will Be Hard to Find

Fujifilm has announced some bad news for medium format photographers who use its slide films: there will be shortages of 120 reversal films as the company struggles to source the necessary ingredients. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen supply chain issues and soaring…
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This week’s top stories: Google Maps gains toll estimates, YouTube TV picks up Weather Channel, more

In this week’s top stories: Google Maps begins showing toll estimates and fine road details, YouTube TV gains The Weather Channel and G4TV, Google Phone gains a Material You dialer, and more. After being in testing for years, Google Maps has widely rolled out some major improvements to its navigation maps, most notably by making things like traffic lights and stop signs visible in the app.
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: A $500 self-balancing one-wheeled dorkmobile

I love electric vehicles as much as the next guy, and I’m particularly enthralled with personal electric vehicles. You know, the kind built for just one person: electric bikes, electric scooters, electric rideables, and such. I like to think I’ve embraced some of the more oddball designs out there, though I’m not sure I’ve faced anything as nutty as this self-balancing seated electric…
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