In working to expand availability around the world, Google, over the years, has brought Assistant to feature phones. Nokia is now launching the 2720 V Flip phone with Google Assistant in the US on Verizon’s 4G network.
The Nokia 2720 V Flip is officially a “smart feature phone” with a 1.3-inch outer display that shows caller ID and time/day/date. The 2MP rear camera is novelly placed on…
Alphabet Scoop 122: Previewing Google I/O 2021
May 14, 2021
This week 9to5Google’s Abner Li, Ben Schoon, and Kyle Bradshaw discuss more details in the Google and Roku YouTube TV disagreements and what they all expect from Google I/O next week.
Sponsored by NVIDIA GeForce NOW: Real-time gameplay straight from the cloud to any device…
Ford is bringing a software update to its vehicles, starting with the Mustang Mach-E electric crossover and F150 pickup.
The automaker is using its new over-the-air software capacity to follow Tesla into in-car gaming and add Amazon Alexa integration.
Tesla pioneered the…
The Specialized Kenovo SL electric mountain bike was just unveiled today, bringing the Kenevo into the “Super Light” family of Specialized’s Turbo e-bike line.
You might recall that Specialized already has an SL electric mountain bike, the Specialized Levo SL that was unveiled last year.
The Kenevo SL is a more hardcore downhill-style e-bike designed for the more extreme riders that…
LONDON — Britain has confirmed it will acquire 14 Boeing-made Chinook helicopters, but the government has prolonged the delivery schedule over the next decade years due to budget issues.
The deal was made through the U.S. Defense Department’s Foreign Military Sales…
Researchers at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) have developed a lithium-metal, solid-state battery they claim can hold significantly more energy within the same volume of traditional lithium-ion batteries while charging in a…
The F-22 is going away, eventually. But not before the Air Force gets comfortable with its successor.
May 14, 2021
WASHINGTON — Top Air Force officials are now convinced the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor lacks the magazine depth and range needed to carry it into the next decade as the service’s air superiority fighter of choice.
But the exact timing of its retirement will depend on how quickly the Air Force can put its sixth-generation fighter into production, said Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, the service’s…
When Wear OS made its debut under the name of Android Wear, Samsung was one of the first partners to give it a shot. The short-lived Gear Live was quickly replaced by Samsung’s Gear and Galaxy Watch lines that went on to become some of the most successful options out…
A group of security researchers managed to hack a Tesla car using an exploit delivered with a drone.
Tesla has already released a patch for the hack.
Over the last few years, Tesla has been investing a lot in cybersecurity and working closely with whitehat hackers.
The…
Back in October, Google made a big push to integrate and let you control Android apps with Assistant. That drive should continue at I/O next week, and ahead of that, there’s a new Google Assistant “Your apps” settings menu.
Available at the very bottom of the Google Assistant settings list, this new menu lets you “manage how your Assistant works with installed apps.” Every app that…
