Mass Accidental Notification From Airbnb Appears To Be A Test

The apparent glitch itself wasn’t necessarily anything to worry about. Summarily, it simply sent a notification to users’ devices from the widely-lauded travel app. The app gave the notification the title “Test” in the pop-out. But its contents didn’t reveal too many additional details either. Selecting the notification didn’t do much either. Instead, it sent users to the Airbnb app’s home page. Just as would happen if they’d opened the app directly....

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 284 words · Zachary Hendricks

Material You In Android 12 Beta 4 Brings Google Logo Icon Changes

What gets the Material You rework in Beta 4? What gets the Material You rework in Beta 4? The biggest change is, of course, to the Google search bar. For clarity, that’s the bar-style widget placed on the home screen featuring the Google “G” logo and a mic icon. And that’s typically used to access Google search or voice search. With the update to Android 12 Beta 4 installed, that bar can be given a new Material You theme....

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 280 words · Sarah Moore

May Google Play System Update Brings Android 13 Photo Picker More

The change is fairly straightforward, as highlighted via the images provided by the source — included below. Summarily, the new feature changes how apps can access media files stored on a device. It accomplishes that by restricting access to those users have selected, just as Android 13’s Photo Picker will. And the UI matches that change. Previously, the permission was granted more generally. What’s coming in this update aside from an Android 13-inspired Photo Picker?...

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 264 words · Shane Daniels

Meta Will Open A Retail Store Next Month

Now, most people probably winced when they read the title. Meta isn’t quite the most trustworthy company, and people will probably feel their data leaving them the second they set foot in the store. Folks can’t deny that there will be a community of people who will boycott this store. The Meta retail store will sell Meta and Ray-Ban products The Meta retail store will sell Meta and Ray-Ban products...

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 274 words · Margaret Lam

Microsoft Is Planning To Make A Processor For Its Surface Devices

According to Phone Arena (via HotHardware), news recently broke that Microsoft and AMD are working together to develop a laptop processor. In terms of graphics performance, this processor can surpass Qualcomm processors. The joint chipset of Microsoft and AMD will likely feature Cortex-X1 core and mRDNA 2 GPU. Moreover, an Exynos modem for 5G connectivity will also be included. The coincidence of these two news leads us to conclude that Microsoft, with its new ad, is looking for someone to take responsibility for developing new chips for Surface devices....

January 26, 2023 · 2 min · 393 words · Derek Porter
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