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Twitter for iOS rolling out offensive tweet warning feature to all users

After one year of testing, Twitter is finally launching its offensive tweet warning feature for all users to encourage people to pause and reconsider a potentially harmful or offensive reply before they hit send. This feature is enabled for all accounts that have English in their language settings and is rolling for iOS and Android users starting now. “We began testing prompts last year that…
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Chromebooks dominate the global PC market to 275% growth, with HP leading the charge

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in huge growth for PCs and tablets as a whole, but it was Google’s Chromebook initiative that really proved to be a hit during the pandemic. According to a new report from Canalys, though, things were even better than we thought, with Chromebooks seeing 275% growth entering 2021. Looking at Q1 2020 versus Q1 2021, the numbers are clear — Chromebook growth is…
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Google allowing more employees to WFH permanently, expects most will return to campus

Google prefers that employees work in an office as part of a long-held belief that physical interactions spur new ideas and solutions. As such, it planned on a “flexible workweek” after COVID-19 passed, but some were upset, and Google has reversed course to provide an option for permanent work from home (WFH).  CEO Sundar Pichai announced the change this morning in a mass email (via…
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Toyota says electric Land Cruiser could be coming after battery-electric retrofit trial with client

Toyota says it’s considering bringing an all-electric version of its popular Land Cruiser to consumers as it’s in the middle of a trial with a Land Cruiser converted to electric propulsion for a mining company. Earlier this year, Toyota embarked on a project with BHP, a mining company with nickel operations in Australia, to convert a Land Cruiser 70 to run on a battery-electric powertrain…
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