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Google Recorder 2.2 rolling out with Pixel audio backups, online access and sharing

February 27, 2021
Earlier this week, we spotted recorder.google.com go live for playing, searching, and sharing audio online. The required update to Google Recorder — version 2.2 — for Android is now beginning to roll out on Pixel devices to enable backups and web access.  Upon updating to Google Recorder 2.2 (from version 2.1), you’re greeted with a “Back up your recordings?” sheet that explains…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 adds a handful of new features w/ One UI 3.1

February 27, 2021
Samsung’s work towards improving foldables is mainly in hardware right now, but over the past year, the company has also debuted a bunch of new software features. With One UI 3.1, Samsung is adding a few new features to Galaxy Z Fold 2, including a handy multitasking feature. In a blog post, Samsung has revealed four new tweaks to the software on Galaxy Fold 2 that are coming with the next…
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Alphabet Scoop 113: Android 12 so far

February 27, 2021
This week 9to5Google’s Abner Li, Ben Schoon, and Kyle Bradshaw discuss the changes seen in the developer preview of Android 12. Changes to notifications, what new settings there are, new gestures that are in, and those that are coming. Alphabet Scoop is available…
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Rivian Adventure Network charging stations revealed with higher capacity than expected

February 27, 2021
The specs of the Rivian Adventure Network, the electric pickup truck startup’s upcoming charging network, have been revealed with a higher capacity than expected. Last year, Electrek revealed that Rivian is working on its own electric car charging network called the “Rivian Adventure Network” and it is hiring people who worked on Tesla’s Supercharger network to build it. We learned that…
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How smart home energy monitors could avert huge bills

February 27, 2021
During last week’s power crisis in Texas, prices surged to the market price cap of $9,000 per megawatt-hour for several days, resulting in some huge bills for a lot of homeowners. (To put that in perspective, the state’s seasonal average is $50 per megawatt-hour.) The…
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Nikon Z7 II sample gallery update

February 27, 2021
Nikon’s Z7 II has a 45MP sensor in a fantastically solid and well-sealed body, so when the snow started coming down across western Washington State, it seemed like the perfect camera to document our first major snow event in two years. Thankfully, the controls are pretty easy to operate with gloves, too. So, as we tend to the final bits of our long-awaited Nikon Z7 II review, come with us…
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