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Google Fit for Android adds guided ‘paced walking’ activity

Back in March, Google Fit rolled out camera-powered heart and respiratory rate tracking. Google is now adding a “Paced walking” activity for Fit that offers somewhat of a guided experience. Paced — or brisk — walking “should leave you a little out of breath.” It involves taking “around 100 steps per minute” for most people.  Brisk walking is an easy way to fit exercise into…
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Quick Charge Podcast: June 3, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. This episode of The Electrek Podcast is brought to you by the all-new…
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A simple model of the brain provides new directions for AI research

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Last week, Google Research held an online workshop on the conceptual understanding of deep learning. The workshop, which featured presentations by award-winning computer scientists and neuroscientists, discussed how new findings in deep learning and neuroscience can help create better artificial intelligence…
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MobileNews

Twitter for iOS rolling out redesign with dedicated tab for Spaces

Twitter is beginning to roll out a notable redesign to its iPhone app today. As reported by TechCrunch, the company is updating Twitter for iOS with a new focus on its Spaces audio chat room feature, making it the center button in the bottom navigation bar. The report explains that not all Twitter users will see this design change at first. Instead, the company plans to roll it out to “around…
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Google Search iOS widgets can now be themed with backgrounds that update daily

With the launch of iOS 14 last year, many Google apps added support for updated homescreen widgets. The Google Search widgets are now adding nice customizable backgrounds for iPhone and iPad.  The main Google app on iOS offers two widgets, starting with a simple 1×1 shortcut that immediately opens the search field and keyboard to quickly enter a query. Google’s bigger widget also lets you…
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