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Report: Android TV has made ‘strong gains,’ smart TVs could be in 50% of global households in 5 years

August 10, 2021
Google has had a renewed interest in the TV market over the past year or two, and it seems those efforts are paying off. A new report projects the growth of smart TVs over the next few years and notes that Android TV has made “strong gains.” A report published by Strategy Analytics (via FlatPanelsHD) forecasts the reach of televisions sold with a smart operating system over the next several…
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Starship Technologies’ delivery robots are coming to more college campuses this fall

August 10, 2021
Starship Technologies is expanding its footprint, deploying dozens of its pint-sized six-wheeled delivery robots on college campuses this fall. Starship is adding four new schools to its operational domain: University of Illinois Chicago; University of Kentucky; University of Nevada, Reno; and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach, Florida, campus. The company, which originated…
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Roblox will host music launch party for hip-hop artist KSI

August 10, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Roblox will host a launch party for YouTuber and hip-hop musician KSI as the latest performance on Roblox’s music experience platform. Since concerts can’t be held during the pandemic, the…
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Android 12 starts showing ‘Ongoing call’ chip for Google Phone app in the status bar

August 10, 2021
Android 12 brings with it a big overhaul to notifications and Quick Settings. Many parts of the redesign launched with Android 12 Beta 1, but Google is now rolling out an “Ongoing call” chip for the Phone app. This chip appears to the right of the time as a large pill with a phone icon and time in xx:xx format from the start. Like the rest of Android 12, it adapts to your current wallpaper…
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JPL Director Michael Watkins to Return to Academia

August 10, 2021
. JPL Director Michael Watkins to Return to Academia After having served five years as director of JPL, Michael Watkins will move to the Caltech campus as professor of aerospace and geophysics. Larry D. James becomes interim director of JPL. …
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Samsung details new smartwatch chip ahead of Galaxy Watch 4 launch

August 10, 2021
Samsung has announced the Exynos W920, a new processor designed for smartwatches and other wearables. The company says it’s the world’s first wearable-specific chip to be built on a 5nm process, helping improve performance and efficiency. The Exynos 920 has two Cortex-A55 cores and a Mali-G68 GPU. (For context, Qualcomm’s high-end Snapdragon 888 has four Cortex-A55 cores that are used for…
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