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Apple Events app for tvOS updated ahead of iPhone 11 unveil stream

September 5, 2019
Apple has updated its Apple Events app for Apple TV ahead of next week’s “By innovation only” iPhone 11 event. The event will be live streamed as usual, and the Apple Events app for tvOS will allow users to tune in directly on their Apple TV. With today’s update, the Apple Events app now features a light and colorful theme to match the invites for next week’s gathering. Apple also offers…
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Google Assistant and Maps are coming to GM vehicles in 2021

September 5, 2019
GM and Google are working to bring a voice assistant, embedded navigation and in-vehicle apps to Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles beginning in 2021. The companies announced the partnership today, and according to GM, it plans to eventually roll the tech out in…
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Android 10 code find corroborates that Pixel 4 will have 90Hz display

September 5, 2019
Last month, our Stephen Hall exclusively reported almost the entire spec sheet for the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. One of the most exciting details first uncovered there, the inclusion of a 90Hz display on both Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, possibly branded as a “Smooth Display,” has now been corroborated by a piece of code uncovered in the Android Open Source Project. Following the…
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Nokia 6.2 and Nokia 7.2 go official w/ Assistant button, triple camera, more

September 5, 2019
HMD Global has unveiled its latest wave of affordable Android One smartphones at IFA in the form of the Nokia 6.2 and Nokia 7.2. The mid-range devices follow a similar design language with various similarities between the two sub-$450 handsets. That includes much of the base specifications and 6.3-inch HDR certified display and Android Pie atop Android One, physical fingerprint reader, headphone…
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HMD's Nokia 7.2 could be the new mid-range smartphone to beat

September 5, 2019
The Nokia 7.1 was a fan-favorite, so a sequel was all but inevitable — what’s more surprising is just how ambitious it is. HMD just pulled back the curtain on the Nokia 7.2 at IFA in Berlin today, and if nothing else, it’s a clear sign that the Finnish company…
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NTSB says Tesla Autopilot was partly to blame for 2018 crash

September 5, 2019
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited both driver error and Tesla’s Autopilot design as the probable causes of a January 2018 crash, in which a Model S slammed into a parked fire truck at about 31 mph. According to the report, the driver was distracted and did not see the fire truck. But NTSB says that Tesla’s Autopilot was also at fault, as its design “permitted…
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