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Google Messages starts rolling out iMessage reactions, but emoji translations are not quite 1:1

February 1, 2022
As we spotted in November and following the latest push for RCS support on iPhone earlier this month, Google Messages is starting to roll out iMessage reactions in beta for Android users. Once rolled out to your Android phone, Google Messages will convert iMessage reactions (officially referred to as “Tapbacks“) sent by iPhone users in response to SMS/MMS. Instead of them appearing as an…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 31, 2022

February 1, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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GamingNews

Sony has acquired Bungie, makers of Destiny, for $3.6B

February 1, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment today announced it will acquired Bungie, the creators of Destiny and the original studio behind Microsoft exclusive Halo. It reportedly shelled out $3.6 billion in the deal. According to Bungie, the studio will continue to operate independently. In a blog post, CEO Pete Parsons said, “With SIE’s support, the most immediate change you will see is an acceleration…
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GamingNews

Why Sony is acquiring Bungie | GB Decides bonus episode

February 1, 2022
 Sony announced today that it is spending $3.6 billion to acquire Destiny developer Bungie. This is the latest in a series of massive acquisitions in the gaming space this month. That started with Take-Take Interactive picking up Zynga, then continued with Microsoft buying…
AI & RoboticsNews

Now for the hard part: Deploying AI at scale

February 1, 2022
Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream. The enterprise is quickly discovering the many ways AI can streamline and improve processes, but so far, most of these successes are happening at…
MobileNews

Google could soon limit WhatsApp chat backup size on Drive

February 1, 2022
It seems like Google may introduce limits to WhatsApp chat backups when linked to your existing Drive account. All good things must come to an end, and that appears to be the case with WhatsApp backups as evidence uncovered by WABetaInfo hints that as yet unspecified limits are going to be placed upon Google Drive accounts. This makes sense given Google’s greater push towards paid-for cloud…
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