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Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 goes official w/ 10.5-inch display, Android 11, arrives next month

December 15, 2021

Mid-range Android tablets aren’t particularly hard to find, but Samsung has some of the best when it comes to longer-term support. Today, Samsung is unveiling its Galaxy Tab A8, which features a 10.5-inch display. The Galaxy Tab A8 fills the spot of an affordable tablet sitting below the Galaxy Tab S7 series, but it’s not a bad package overall. A 10.5-inch, 1920×1200 display is the central…

Google employees unvaccinated against COVID-19 will be put on leave starting next month

December 15, 2021

Google previously announced its policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for employees, and now the company is preparing to put those who have not complied on unpaid leave in accordance with that policy. CNBC reports that an internal memo shared by leadership at Google…

Latest Google Pixel 6 update is causing network issues for users in Europe

December 15, 2021

Google’s Pixel 6 series saw a slightly delayed December patch that arrived earlier this week, but it seems the update is causing trouble for users in Europe as more and more user reports link the update to network issues. Since the December patch rolled out earlier this…

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Tesla is facing mounting lawsuits for ‘fostering a culture of sexual harassment’

December 15, 2021

Six current and former Tesla female employees have filed lawsuits against the company at the same time alleging that the automaker is “fostering a culture of sexual harassment.” The firm Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe LLP is representing the six women who filed the lawsuits following another similar lawsuit filed by Jessica Barraza, an employee at Fremont factory, last month. The Washington…

UK calls out Google and Apple for limiting competition, asks for better ways to move between iOS & Android, more

December 15, 2021

Both Google and Apple have been the target of several anti-trust suits and complaints in the past couple of years, and this week the UK is progressing further towards attempting to intervene with the two tech giants. A new report released today shows that the UK takes issue…

Google Calendar for Android, iOS adding standard account avatar and switcher

December 15, 2021

Google is making a straightforward tweak to the Calendar mobile apps so that the first-party account switcher now appears in the top-right corner. For whatever reason, Google Calendar has historically never followed the Workspace/G Suite convention of always showing the…

Huawei Watch GT 3 review: Fitness tracking with finesse [Video]

December 15, 2021

Huawei has had a tough couple of years but despite the obvious smartphone constraints, the company is still producing some solid smartwatches — such as the Watch GT 3. Google’s increased commitment to Wear OS means that for Android owners, buying a smartwatch is set to get tricky. If you simply must have a fully integrated smartwatch with all the functions and features you associate with a…

Google Search is testing a new UI with some slick animations [Video]

December 15, 2021

Google Search is perhaps the most-used tool on the internet, and the company is always looking for ways to improve it. We’ve seen several UI tests in Search over the past couple of years, including the recent rollout of dark mode, and now Google Search is adding some slick…

Android 12 (Go edition) brings UI redesign, faster app launch, guest access, & more in 2022

December 15, 2021

As Android 12 arrives on more devices, Google today detailed what the latest version of its mobile OS will add to very affordable “Go edition” devices. From the full operating system, Android 12 (Go edition) adds three privacy capabilities, starting with microphone and…

Android 12L suggests Pixel 6 Pro may still get Face Unlock support, but not the $599 Pixel 6

December 15, 2021

One of the much-anticipated leaked features of the Pixel 6 series was the return of face authentication. While the Pixel 6 series didn’t end up launching with Face Unlock, it could still arrive in a future update, but exclusively for the Pixel 6 Pro, according to information within the Android 12L Beta. With the Pixel 4, Google dropped the usual support for fingerprint authentication in favor…