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Google Assistant starts rolling out to Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 via the Play Store

Galaxy Watch 4 owners have been waiting for Google Assistant since Samsung launched the wearable with just Bixby last year, and support is now officially launching today. Google gave the first official look of Assistant running on Galaxy Watch 4 in February. There’s a new design that takes after the Pixel phone experience. Launching with “Hey Google” opens a fullscreen UI with black…
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Google TV is rolling out Profiles – for real this time

It’s finally happening. After a false start last year, Google TV is rolling out Profiles starting today. Google TV is a platform all about recommendations and putting your favorite content in one place. It’s a great goal, and the platform does a wonderful job of…
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Schwinn Coston CE electric bike review: Why don’t more e-bikes have these awesome frame lights?

Schwinn’s electric bicycle line has significantly expanded over the last couple years. When I first started riding electric Schwinns, I was largely limited to cruiser e-bikes. But with several new commuter-specific e-bikes like the Schwinn Coston CE that I recently tested, this household bicycle name is making a big move on the wider e-bike market. The Schwinn Coston CE falls in the middle of…
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Photographer Builds Giant Camera and Darkroom Bus

Photographer Bill Hao from Vancouver, Canada, spent two years building a huge oakwood camera. It shoots gigantic wet plate collodion photos measuring 32×48 inches. The collodion wet plate process has one very critical requirement: the photographer must be able to coat, expose and develop the plate while wet within 15 minutes. This would be fine for shooting in a studio with an attached darkroom…
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FCC filings reveal Apple’s mysterious ‘Network Adapter’ that runs iOS

Every time a company builds a product with radio frequency (like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi), it must be approved by regulatory agencies like FCC. Interestingly, new FCC filings this week reveal a mysterious new “Network Adapter” from Apple that runs iOS. Codenamed “A2657,” the product is simply described as a “Network Adapter.” According to documents shared by the FCC, Apple sent a sample…
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