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Android 14 DP2: Pixel phones gain monochrome theme, prep for custom clocks

As part of the second preview of Android 14, Pixel phones have gained a new monochrome Material You theme and are preparing to add custom lock screen clocks. Since the launch of Material You with Android 12, Google has been steadily building upon that colorful foundation, adding things like color variations that use your wallpaper palette in new ways and preset themes that aren’t based on your…
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Google adding site favicons to desktop Search results

The last time Google added favicons to desktop Search in early 2020 there was an uproar, but the company is now rolling out a new design. Back in October, mobile Search received larger favicons and site names. Google is now bringing both of those changes to the desktop…
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Android 14 DP2: Settings app gains wild in-app predictive back gesture

For the last few years, the Android team has been working on ways to improve the back gesture, making it more clear what going back will actually do. With the latest Android 14 preview, the Settings app has a predictive back gesture that can show which page you’ll be going back to. The “predictive back gesture” was added with Android 13, and at first, it was solely designed to let you know…
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Google Cloud’s ‘Immersive Stream for Games’ was shut down alongside Stadia

It seems that when Google shut down Stadia for consumers, Google Cloud also formally discontinued its B2B offering, “Immersive Stream for Games.” In 2021, Google made a sharp pivot with Stadia, shutting down the Stadia Games and Entertainment division that was responsible for developing first- and second-party games for the platform. With that, the platform shifted firmly away from focusing on…
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AI & RoboticsNews

How NLP is turbocharging business intelligence

Natural language processing (NLP), business intelligence (BI) and analytics have evolved in parallel in recent years. NLP has shown potential to make BI data more accessible. But there is much work ahead to adapt NLP for use in this highly competitive area. Integrated NLP-enabled chatbots have become part of many BI-oriented systems along with search and query features. Long-established and…
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