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Chromecast with Google TV is the culprit behind broken speaker groups for some, fix coming [U]

April 20, 2021
A useful feature of Google Assistant speakers and Android TVs is the ability to select a bunch of them to play the same audio simultaneously. It’s a useful feature, but if the new Chromecast with Google TV is a part of your speaker group, it may also be breaking them. Article updated on April 19th with information from Google. Prior to the release of the new Chromecast, Google had been working…
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WordPress may turn off Google’s FLoC initiative on nearly half the world’s websites

April 20, 2021
Controversy rages on around Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) initiative as various tech companies take a stance on the tech that could replace third-party cookies for targeted online advertising. This week, WordPress announced a proposal that would turn FLoC off by default on all websites powered by its Content Management System. As a part of this new proposal, WordPress would…
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Watch beat-up GMC Hummer EV crab walk in traffic

April 20, 2021
A pretty beat-up GMC Hummer EV prototype was spotted using its “crab walk” feature in traffic to help change lanes. Last year, GM unveiled the GMC Hummer EV, a 350-mile electric pickup truck with an $80,000 starting price. The pickup truck is stacked with a ton of very impressive features, and one of the most impressive of them is “Crab Mode.” Not unlike a crab walking on its sides, the…
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Selfie Culture: What Your Choice of Camera Angle Says About You

April 19, 2021
Over the past decade, selfies have become a mainstay of popular culture. If the #selfie hashtag first appeared in 2004, it was the release of the iPhone 4 in 2010 that saw the pictures go viral. Three years later, the Oxford English Dictionary crowned “selfie” word of the year. We use selfies for a variety of purposes, ranging from the social to the professional. According to a 2018 survey…
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