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Emergency SOS via satellite for iPhone 14 launching later this month, Apple announces $450 million investment

November 10, 2022
Apple confirmed today in a press release that the new satellite features for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro will indeed launch in November for customers in the United States and Canada, as originally announced. When out of cell service, iPhone 14 users will be able to connect to a satellite overhead to send a short emergency text message, and share their location with family. Apple today announced a…
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The race is on to build generative AI for the enterprise | The AI Beat

November 10, 2022
Join us on November 9 to learn how to successfully innovate and achieve efficiency by upskilling and scaling citizen developers at the Low-Code/No-Code Summit. Register here. In the wake of last week’s release of the DALL-E API, a crowd of startups is sure to follow, racing to build generative AI for the enterprise. I thought of this as I watched coverage of 50,000 runners converging on New…
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Google confirms Pixel Watch bug that counts calories in Fitbit app inaccurately

November 10, 2022
The Pixel Watch is the first Wear OS smartwatch to integrate support for Fitbit, and it works fairly well on the whole. However, a bug with the Fitbit app and the Pixel Watch leaves calorie counts inaccurate, but Google is looking into it. Since the launch of the Pixel Watch, some owners have noted disparities between calories counted on the Pixel Watch compared to other smartwatches and fitness…
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Google One VPN coming to desktop with Mac and Windows apps

November 10, 2022
Following iOS availability earlier this year, the Google One VPN is now available for Mac and Windows through new desktop apps. The Google One VPN is available to those on the 2 TB or greater “Premium” plan, which is above the 100 GB “Basic” ($1.99/month or…
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Google Contacts getting a large Material You homescreen widget

November 10, 2022
While we wait for YouTube’s to go back live, Google Contacts is in the process of getting a new Android widget that lets you more prominently place a person on your homescreen. Contacts has long let you create three types of homescreen shortcuts: Contact, Direct dial, and Direct message. Sized like app icons, they feature a person’s profile image with the Contacts app badge in the bottom-right…
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