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New Google Assistant design that brings Pixel light bar to all Android phones rolling out

December 11, 2020
In mid-November, Google appeared to settle on a compact design for Google Assistant where the activation panel is half as tall and answers don’t take up the entire screen. Google is now widely testing an Assistant design that brings the light bar to all Android phones. Google first tested this design in June. The most notable aspect involves light — upon activating Assistant — streaming in…
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JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot launches internal game studio headed with Left 4 Dead creator

December 10, 2020
JJ Abrams’ film company Bad Robot has launched its own game development studio, Bad Robot Games Studio. The entertainment company run by the Star Wars filmmaker has hired Michael Booth, a veteran game creator behind titles such as Valve’s Left 4 Dead. Booth will be the general manager of the internal studio, and he will report to former Valve and Oculus leader Anna Sweet, who was recently…
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Canon Has Listed its Sensors For Sale to Other Companies, Just Like Sony

December 10, 2020
In at least one region of Canon’s massive global empire, the company has begun listing its sensors for sale to other companies, following in Sony’s footsteps. This is a noteworthy development, as Canon has to this point reserved its sensors for only its own camera hardware regardless of business division. Originally reported by EOS HD, Canon appears to have begun listing its CMOS sensors for…
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Nokia is announcing a new Android Go smartphone on December 15

December 10, 2020
HMD is expected to launch a couple new smartphones, including the flagship Nokia 9.3, and the affordable midranger Nokia 5.4, but apparently another device will get to stand in the limelight first – a phone with Android Go is coming out in China. The announcement will take place on December 15, the Nokia account revealed on Weibo. While we don’t know what to expect from Nokia, we do know…
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