MobileNews

Google Play Books now lets you create custom shelves, get wishlist discount notifications

Google’s “Play” family of apps is now down to the Store, Games, and Books after the Google TV and YouTube Music revamps. An update to Google Play Books today adds the ability to create custom shelves for better content organization. In the “Library” tab, there’s a new “Shelves” section between “Your books” and “Series.” This “top request from Play Books readers” lets…
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MobileNews

Android TV 12 finally supports 4K UI rendering, adds new privacy features

While Android 12 builds have been available for Android TV for months now, there have been no visible changes to the platform to date. Today, though, Google has finally detailed what’s new in Android TV 12, most notably delivering long-overdue support for 4K UI rendering. In a blog post this afternoon, Google talks about the biggest changes coming to the Android TV OS platform with the Android…
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MobileNews

Android 12 Beta 3 hands-on: Top new features [Video]

The stable Android 12 release has inched ever closer, with Android 12 Beta 3 dropping just a month after the second build. Following our other deep dives, we’ve been spending time with Android 12 Beta 3 to find the best new features and changes that you can try right now. Android 12 is going to provide one of the biggest updates for years. Not only does it look very different from what has…
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DefenseNews

Polish Defence Ministry confirms plan to buy M1 Abrams tanks

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s defense minister announced Wednesday that the country will buy 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks from the U.S. to counter Russian military capabilities, confirming previous reports of a planned acquisition. “So we are ordering the most modern…
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11 Tips for Great Nature Photos That Stand Out From the Crowd

So, you just bought a fancy new telephoto or macro lens and can’t wait to get in super tight, frame-filling photos on a cool subject of animals or plants set off against a posterboard smooth background. After all, that’s why you spent lots of money on those lenses, right? These kinds of traditional nature photos are sure to impress, and I’m happy to have a few in my own portfolio…
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