From 2022, Verizon will begin preloading Google Messages as the default SMS and RCS messaging app on all Android phones sold by the US carrier.
Announced today, Verizon will join AT&T and T-Mobile in adopting the RCS for interoperability between all major US carriers. This now means that the three largest US mobile carriers will soon adopt the Universal Profile and ensure that all video…
Google gently pushes Apple to adopt RCS by pointing out the poor security of SMS fallback
July 20, 2021
Messaging has always been a tough point for Android phones compared to iPhones simply because iMessage is, put simply, very good both for its experience and its security. As Google finally solves that problem with expanded adoption of RCS with end-to-end encryption, the…
The Chromecast with Google TV launched last year with a special bundle offer that delivered six months of Netflix access and the device for a cut cost, and now a similar offer is launching with HBO Max.
Starting today, Chromecast with Google TV buyers can get their…
After years of delays, Tesla is finally about to start production of Tesla Semi, its all-electric semi-truck.
The whole truck industry is watching.
While there are already a few electric trucks on the road, none of them have the specs enabling longer range hauling in a class 8 semi-truck, like the Tesla Semi is promising.
When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the electric…
Gboard redesign with Material You theming rolling out for more on Android 12 [Update: Google Sans]
July 20, 2021
With Beta 3 earlier this week, Google’s upcoming design language is appearing in more places throughout the OS. Some Android 12 users are now seeing the Gboard Material You redesign live.
Update 7/20: The Gboard Material You redesign, with its “Dynamic Color” option…
RadRover 6 Plus e-bike launched by Rad Power Bikes with new battery, dual screens, and more
July 20, 2021
The newly released marks the biggest update Rad Power Bikes has ever launched and showcases brand-new components like upgraded hydraulic disc brakes, new dual-screen displays, and a totally redesigned semi-integrated battery.
The last few years have seen several new…
Google will shut down ‘Bookmarks’ in September, possibly affecting Maps ‘starred’ locations
July 20, 2021
After 16 years of service, Google is about to shut down a service that isn’t very well known. On September 30, 2021 “Google Bookmarks” will be closed off for all users.
The announcement has been fairly quiet, but as was spotted this week, a banner now appears on Google Bookmarks explaining that the service will “no longer be supported” later this year. Google will cut off access after…
Kodak has deleted a photo from its official Instagram account after its content upset Chinese netizens. The photos were of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the linked photographer’s personal account contains language that mentions the mass detentions of the Uyghur…
In 2020, the global camera industry sold roughly one-eighth the number of cameras it did at its peak in 2008: 15 million units for CIPA companies versus 120 million just 12 years earlier.
Faced with an existential crisis, camera companies had no choice but to try…
Honor will launch the Magic3 smartphone on August 12, as confirmed earlier. The device is going to be among the first smartphones with a Snapdragon 888 Plus chipset, and thanks to a new video on Weibo, we also know it will have a dual selfie camera in a pill-shaped punch hole.
The short 20-second clip is an ad playing on one of the state TV channels CCTV5, supporting the Chinese athletes, going…
