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Google Tasks web sidebar getting a list-focused redesign, favoriting

Back in August, Google updated Tasks for Android and iOS with tabs that let you quickly jump between lists. The instance of Google Tasks that exists in the web sidebar of Gmail, Docs, and other Workspace apps now looks to be getting a similar redesign, as well as the ability to favorite items. A Google blog post about productivity tips this morning includes a screenshot of a new Google Tasks web…
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This LOFAR 'video' may have helped researchers discover how lightning forms

Lightning is a widespread atmospheric event. Per the Met Office in the UK, there are three million flashes of lightning every day on Earth, or about 44 strikes per second. Despite this, scientists haven’t been able to conclude how exactly lightning forms inside a thundercloud. That could be changing though, with the help of new video recorded by a team of researchers. In 2018, a very…
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iPhone plant shutdown: Rats, food crawling with worms, toilets without running water

We’re today learning more about what prompted the Foxconn iPhone plant shutdown in southern India – and it makes for truly gruesome reading. We learned yesterday that Apple ordered Foxconn to suspend production at the plant, and placed the company on probation, until it resolved problems with living conditions in the company dormitories. It’s only today, however, that we’re getting the…
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Samsung brings Android 12 to the Galaxy Note 10 and its original Galaxy Fold

Samsung is far ahead of schedule with its Android 12 rollout right now, with the efforts expanding today to the Galaxy Note 10 series and the original Galaxy Fold. Following just a day behind the Galaxy S10 series, Samsung is rolling out Android 12 to the Galaxy Note 10 series, excluding the Lite variant. The update has already shown up for users in Switzerland, as SamMobile spotted, and should…
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