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Google Maps can now adjust its Android Auto UI for right-hand drive cars

September 22, 2021
Android Auto and the various available apps are built with safety and quick interactions in mind. This involves putting controls close to the driver, but that’s not always the case in some parts of the world. To help remedy that, Google Maps in Android Auto can now adapt its UI for right-hand-drive vehicles.  Right-hand traffic with left-hand drive (steering wheel) is used in the majority of…
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Google Pixel 5a is now supported by LineageOS 18.1

September 22, 2021
With the phone not even a month into its life span, the Google Pixel 5a is now supported by the ever-popular Android ROM LineageOS. Google’s phones have some of the longest life spans in Android, with the Pixel 3 series that launched on Android 9 Pie set to gain Android…
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Google Stadia voice chat on Android may launch soon, support document suggests

September 22, 2021
One of the most glaring omissions of the Stadia app for Android may soon be fixed as a Google support document details how voice chat will — and won’t — work. For many months now, our APK Insight team has been watching the development of voice chat in the Stadia app, including the app being registered for Android’s “Microphone” permission. Despite that, nothing in the app has…
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GamingNews

Roblox starts age verification for those who want to use spatial voice

September 21, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox is introducing age verification for users, starting with those who want to try out spatial voice features on its user-generated content platform. As the company’s community continues to expand, both globally and by age (over 50% of the users on our platform are over the age of 13 as of the second quarter)…
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Vaonis Launches the 1050mm, 61MP Hyperia Telescope Camera

September 21, 2021
Vaonis has announced the Hyperia telescope camera, a 165-pound personal observatory that leverages a 61-megapixel sensor and sets it behind a massive 1050mm lens that is mechanically driven to allow for stunning photos of astronomical objects. Vaonis has been producing…
AI & RoboticsNews

Enterprise NLP budgets are up 10% in 2021

September 21, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Enterprises are increasing their investments in natural language processing (NLP), the subfield of linguistics, computer science, and AI concerned with how algorithms analyze large amounts of language data. According to a new survey from John Snow Labs and Gradient Flow, 60% of…
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