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Android Auto’s new killer feature is the ability to create custom Google Assistant shortcuts

February 13, 2021
in 2019, Android Auto got a redesign that put a new coat of paint on old features, but didn’t really add anything new. Now, nearing two years from the release of that redesign, Google is giving Android Auto a powerful new feature — custom Assistant shortcuts. This feature doesn’t arrive as a surprise, as it was first spotted earlier this year in teardowns of the Android Auto app. With…
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Gocycle releases teaser image of upcoming G4 sports car-inspired electric bike

February 13, 2021
Even though Gocycle-founder Richard Thorpe doesn’t work at McLaren anymore, he took his automotive engineering experience with him when he began his own high-end electric bicycle company. That has led to a very sophisticated series of urban-oriented commuter e-bikes under the Gocycle brand. Designed and produced in the United Kingdom, Gocycle’s e-bikes have offered innovative designs with…
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Google proposes way for Fuchsia OS to run Android and Linux programs ‘natively’

February 13, 2021
For years now, Google has been developing Fuchsia, an operating system that is distinctly not based on Linux. The latest proposal for Fuchsia OS shows how this “not Linux” operating system could run “unmodified” programs for both Android and Linux. One of the bigger issues with making a new operating system, particularly one that’s being built from scratch like Fuchsia, is that people…
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GamingNews

Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War is NPD’s 20th best-selling game ever

February 12, 2021
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is reaping what its most recent predecessors have sown. Fans of the series praised Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and the free-to-play battle royale Warzone, and that positive sentiment led to huge excitement and sales for the latest entry in the military-shooter franchise. The game is selling so fast that it is already one of the best-selling games of all time in…
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