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Civilized Cycles new ‘self-leveling’ air-suspension electric bicycle looks like the SUV of e-bikes

June 10, 2021
Civilized Cycles has just unveiled its new Model 1 electric bike today, and the New York-based company is already claiming that it “rivals a second car or moped.” Judging by the specs and design, they might be right. This is a premium e-bike, and it comes with a premium price of $4,499. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at what Civilized Cycles designed into this e-bike. The…
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Android 12 Beta 2 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

June 10, 2021
After a shorter than expected break between the first Android 12 Beta and now Beta 2, we hope that you’re ready for more new features and changes in what promises to be the biggest UI overhaul in years. We’re only just catching our breath from the first Android 12 Beta release, and we have Beta 2 here to sink our teeth into. If you have already enrolled, you should soon receive an OTA update…
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Android 12 Beta 2: Pixel 5 finally gets ‘Columbus’ double-tap back gesture with ‘Quick Tap’

June 10, 2021
We first reported over a year ago that Google was working on a new gesture for Pixel phones that allowed a quick double-tap on the back of the phone to perform a customizable action. Now, finally in the second beta release of Android 12, Google has released the “Quick Tap” feature previously known as “Columbus,” but it’s only available on the Pixel 5. “Columbus” has been in the…
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Android 12 Beta 2: Picture-in-picture windows can no longer be resized by dragging the corners

June 10, 2021
While powerful, picture-in-picture is not implemented in the most user-friendly manner and Android 12 Beta 2 takes a crack at simplifying that experience by getting rid of resizing through corner dragging. Rather, the fast way to enlarge a PiP window is by double-tapping. This action in Android 11 immediately opened the video player, but it now expands the video to be the full width of your…
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