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Google on why its design language had to change and guiding principles for Material You

Yesterday, the team behind Material You said that the new design language will be a “multiyear journey that will evolve all of Google’s products and ecosystems.” At the “What’s new in Material Design” session, Google designers provided an in-depth preview of Material You and its guiding principles. In 2014, the company set out to create a “system for building bold, beautiful, and…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 19, 2021

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…
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Google showing ‘we protect your privacy’ banner in Gmail, Drive, and Photos

At I/O 2021 on Tuesday, Google spent part of the keynote talking about privacy and security. It’s following that up with a prominent “We protect your privacy” message in Gmail and Google Photos. In Gmail, the “We protect your privacy” banner appears above your list of messages on both the web and mobile, with similar prompts in Google Photos and Drive spotted. It features the same blue…
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GamingNews

The D20 Beat: Lost Eidolons is a rarity — a single-player RPG from South Korea

Did you miss GamesBeat Summit 2021? Watch on-demand here!  The South Korean game industry is known for games like Dungeon and Fighter, Lineage, and Maple Story. What do all of these games have in common? They’re all online role-playing games. Jin Sang Kim and Jungsoo Lee helped found Ocean Drive to do something different. Veterans of publishers such as Nexon, Kim (Ocean Drive’s creative…
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Craig Federighi begins testifying in Apple vs. Epic case, focuses on iPhone security

Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, has now taken the stand and is testifying in the company’s ongoing legal battle with Epic. Apple has said that Federighi’s testimony will focus heavily on security, highlighting the lengths to which Apple goes to protect its users. In a filing, Apple said that Federighi’s testimony will cover: the iOS operating…
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