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Google has already stopped selling the Stadia Controller – now it needs Bluetooth unlocked

September 30, 2022
Stadia is dead. After three years of ups and downs, the platform has been confirmed to shut down early next year, and Google has immediately stopped selling all hardware related to its gaming efforts. While the Stadia Controller is dead, we still wish Google would unlock support for using it over Bluetooth. In announcing the shutdown of Stadia earlier this afternoon, Google confirmed the…
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Google Play Store redesign for Wear OS rolling out [U]

September 30, 2022
As telegraphed by September’s Google Play system update, the Wear OS Play Store is beginning to get its new redesign. Update 9/29: The Play Store redesign is now rolling back out. We’re seeing this server-side update with version 32.3.44-26+. The design appears…
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Chrome for Android’s tab count now includes pages within Tab Groups

September 30, 2022
Google rolled out Tab Groups to Chrome for Android last year and is now changing the behavior of the open tab count to be more accurate. Previously, Tab Groups and whatever was open within them would only count as one tab in the eyes of the indicator to the right of the Omnibox.  With Chrome 106, all open tabs count towards the total, with the shell of the Tab Group ignored. As a result, you…
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PSA: Don’t try to use iOS 16’s iCloud Shared Photo Library yet

September 30, 2022
Apple is close to launching a major new feature in the Photos app that makes it much easier to share photos and videos with loved ones. iCloud Shared Photo Library lets you automatically or manually share your whole library or parts of it. But while the feature is available in the iOS 16.1 public and developer beta, you can’t share with anyone running the public iOS 16.0.2 release or…
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Adobe brings guided edits and AI animated photos to Photoshop Elements 2023

September 30, 2022
Ahead of its annual MAX event next month, Adobe has unveiled the 2023 version of its non-subscription Elements products. As with years past, the highlights are new AI features like animation for Photoshop Elements images and AI-applied art styles for Premiere. For Photoshop Elements 2023, the most dramatic update is the ability to add motion to still photos. To do so, you just need to select the…
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