Google Play system updates occasionally lag behind the current month, with the Pixel 6 and 7 series starting to see the January 2023 release today after skipping December entirely.
Update 1/30: Coming in just before month’s end, the January 2023 Google Play system update is now available for the smaller Pixel 7 following last week’s wider release for other phones. It also comes in at 63MB…
Google TV is getting an Android homescreen widget
January 31, 2023
After rolling out a Material You redesign in December, the Google TV Android app is now readying a homescreen widget.
With version 4.38.7.4 (from December) Google TV is appearing in the Widgets list, but it’s clearly not ready. The preview says the default size is 4×5…
Gear in this story
January 30, 2023
The Canon EOS R7, like most modern cameras, has a menu filled with page after page of features. With so many settings (in fact more than 450) it’s easy to gloss over things that you don’t immediately need to adjust.
In this article I’d like to take a closer look at a…
Samsung's Galaxy S23 Unpacked - what to expect
January 30, 2023
Samsung’s February 1 Unpacked event is nearly upon us and despite the myriad of leaks that have taken most of the curiosity away from us, it’s still one of the most important events the year. So let’s summarize all of the leaks to get a better idea of what we expect.
Galaxy S23 series
We’ll see the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, along with the S23 and S23+, and likely some new…
There are always software-related risks and potential pain points when running preview software. Not everything works perfectly but the latest issue means that the Google One VPN for Pixel 7 is unavailable when running the Android 13 QPR2 Beta.
Google offers a free VPN for…
The Galaxy S23 series launches on February 1, but ahead of that event AT&T has mistakenly gone live with a promo page early that offers official images of the Galaxy S23 in all four colors, and explicit confirmation of its key specs and some features.
At this point…
Honor teases global launch of its ‘Magic Vs’ foldable
January 30, 2023
More and more foldable phones are headed to market as the competition against Samsung heats up, and ahead of MWC 2023, Honor is teasing the global launch of the Magic Vs foldable.
The Honor Magic Vs first launched in November of last year in China, and brought a pretty solid package to market. The foldable phone had great hardware with a wide, edge-to-edge outer display and a 7.9-inch inner…
Who will compete with ChatGPT? Meet the contenders | The AI Beat
January 30, 2023
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.
Today, ChatGPT is two months old.
Yes, believe it or not, it was less than nine weeks ago that OpenAI launched what it simply described as an “early demo” a part of the GPT-3.5 series —…
After years of rumors, noted Apple analyst says that he is “positive” a folding iPad launch is happening sometime next year.
This is significantly earlier than a previous – and vaguer – prediction of a folding “notebook” of some kind in 2026 …
Folding iPhone…
Goldeneye 007 launches January 27 for Switch and Game Pass
January 30, 2023
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The classic Bond title Goldeneye 007 is getting another new release date 26 years after its original launch. Specifically, it’s coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox Game Pass on January 27. Both services have teased the game’s return for some time, and now it’s finally happening. The Switch…
