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Gboard responsible for all the ‘Launch Restricted’ notifications Android 12 Beta users received

July 18, 2021
While Android 12 stability is improving with every release, it’s still in beta and some users last night received a reminder of that status via an absolute slew of system “Foreground Service BG-Launch Restricted” notifications that were generated by Gboard. Some Android 12 Beta 3 users this morning woke up to several dozen or so system-level notifications titled Foreground Service…
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Light Painting Photos with a Geometric Drawing Machine

July 17, 2021
Originally, the geometric chuck was a device to make ornate patterns on a lathe. Invented in the 1860s, the device could have up to 8 layers—each driven by a central shaft. There are several of these complex devices still in existence and on display in museums. Each layer…
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Hungryroot delivers AI-powered grocery experience

July 17, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. There’s Netflix for movies. Stitch Fix for clothes. Hungryroot, an AI-powered delivery service, hopes to occupy a similar niche for online groceries in the United States. The recommender system uses a collaborative filtering, supervised learning model to match consumer preferences to foods. Customers answer questions…
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Brazilian police arrest gang specialized in unlocking iPhones

July 17, 2021
After several reports of criminals unlocking people’s iPhones and managing to access users’ bank accounts in Brazil, the São Paulo state police were able to arrest one of these gangs. According to Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, four men were arrested yesterday…
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: $2,000 stretch limousine electric trike

July 17, 2021
Back in high school, prom night saw several of the senior elite roll up to the dance in fancy limos. Something tells me that if I had pulled the same move in this funny stretch limousine electric tricycle, I might not have gotten a quick invite to the cool kids’ table. But that’s ok. Life’s too short to care about anything other than having fun — and this trike has fun written all over it…
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Honor confirms Magic3 series launch event for August 12

July 17, 2021
Yesterday a rumor started doing the rounds claiming Honor is holding a global launch event on August 12, and today the company itself has confirmed this to us through an invite. As you can see, the invite specifically mentions the Honor Magic3 series, and it also gives us a nice close-up view of one of the upcoming phones’ cameras, pitted against the horizon. Whether or not this implies a…
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