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Messaging is no longer Android’s mess, it’s an iPhone problem: Talking RCS with Hiroshi Lockheimer

March 25, 2023
A few weeks ago, at MWC 2023, I had an opportunity to sit down with Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Platforms and Ecosystems at Google, to talk about RCS messaging. While there was not a lot into the future of what Google is planning with Google Messages and RCS as a protocol, I did get a good look into how RCS came to be and how Google sees it. 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter…
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Google Keep for Wear OS adds watch face complications

March 25, 2023
Following a redesign of the notes feed in December, Google Keep for Wear OS now offers two watch face complications. Announced last month, Google Keep picks up complications for “Add list” and “Add note.” These additions use the same icons used by the Keep Notes…
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Google Drive begins rolling out tablet redesign with navigation rail

March 25, 2023
To help those getting work done with an Android tablet, Google is rolling out a large-screen redesign of Google Drive, complete with a navigation rail. Announced on the official Workspace Updates blog, those with workspace accounts enrolled for “Rapid Release” should soon see a new look for Google Drive on Android tablets. Most notably, the redesign ditches the bottom navigation bar in favor…
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Joint NASA, CNES Water-Tracking Satellite Reveals First Stunning Views

March 24, 2023
Loading Image Comparison… Sea level data gathered Jan. 21 in the Gulf Stream by SWOT’s KaRIn instrument, visualized at left, has 10 times the spatial resolution of data taken over the same area by altimeters on seven other satellites, visualized at right. Red represents sea levels higher than the global average, while blue is lower. Credit: left: NASA/JPL-Caltech; right…
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Asus ROG Phone 7 will be officially announced on April 13

March 24, 2023
In an unexpected turn of events, Asus has just announced an April 13 launch event that will unveil the Asus ROG Phone 7, well ahead of schedule. Asus has kept up its series of “Republic of Gamers” smartphones for the past few years now, and they’ve been some of the…
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No, Bard can’t leak Pixel news, release dates, or anything else about Google products

March 24, 2023
Large language models (LLMs), like Google Bard, are trained on “trillions of words” to learn how humans talk and predict/generate the next words in a sentence that make for a good response. However, this technology is not actually aware of what’s factually correct. Given the newness of it, some are – understandably – not yet aware of this fact. In the case of Bard, one particular…
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