Google Tasks is set to replace Assistant reminders next month. Ahead of that, Google has brought online a website that lets you directly access Google Tasks.
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The previous system has long been accessible from reminders.google.com or…
Samsung’s Galaxy devices are kitted to the teeth with top-of-the-line camera lenses and sensors. Of course, you can let your Galaxy phone automate taking photos, or you can take full control with the Expert RAW app. Here’s how to use your Galaxy phone’s Expert RAW…
Like iPhone, a stolen Android phone’s PIN could be used to change Google account password
February 28, 2023
A report from The Wall Street Journal last week sounded the alarm on an obvious, but frightening issue on iPhone that would allow a criminal to take over your Apple account. But that’s not something exclusive to iOS. Your Google account could be compromised if a criminal…
What apps support the new Android 13 media player [Updated]
February 28, 2023
Android 13’s most obvious UI change is a redesign of the lockscreen and notification shade media player. However, not all music, podcasts, and audio apps have been updated to support them yet, and here’s our running list of what controls have been modernized.
Original 8/18: The Android 13 media controls start with a new size that’s taller than what was on Android 12. (There’s a compact…
The purpose and impact of creative AI
February 28, 2023
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As robotics began to take on more and more tasks, one of the biggest questions has always been, “Will robots ever be creative?” That always seemed a laughably distant goal. Without…
OpenAI has grand ‘plans’ for AGI. Here’s another way to read its manifesto | The AI Beat
February 28, 2023
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Am I the only one who found Open AI’s latest blog post, “Planning for AGI and Beyond,” problematic?
From its inception in 2015, OpenAI has always made it clear that its central goal is to…
Waze ditches its iOS widget in latest updates
February 28, 2023
Google-owned Waze is removing its iOS widget for the left-most homescreen, with the feature being removed in the latest updates rolling out now.
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First introduced all the way back in 2014 for iOS 8, the Waze widget for iPhones has long allowed users to quickly…
Google Keep adding single note widget and Wear OS 3 complications
February 27, 2023
Following the dual-pane layout optimized for Android tablets (and Chromebooks) in November, Google Keep is getting a single note widget and a pair of Wear OS 3 complications.
The two existing Google Keep widgets let you pin a feed of notes by pinned or label to your…
Wear OS 3 getting new sound and display modes as Chrome for Android adds 300% page zoom
February 27, 2023
Google is rolling out a handful of new accessibilities feature for Android (Chrome zoom) and Wear OS 3 (sound and display modes) as part of a modest Spring feature frop.
To improve accessibility on already small screens, Wear OS 3+ will let you set mono-audio to “help…
MIUI 14: Here’s every Xiaomi device confirmed to get Android 13
February 27, 2023
After officially launching the Xiaomi 13 Pro at MWC 2023, the Chinese tech giant confirmed the MIUI 14 based on the Android 13 update is coming to a number of devices very soon.
The full-fat Android 13 update was launched way back in August 2022 for Pixel phones. Disappointingly, it has taken a long time for Xiaomi to indicate which device lineups will get MIUI 14 in the coming months. During…
