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Google Pixel Watch with Wear OS 3.1 may launch soon
According to GizmoChina, tipster Evan Blass has hinted that the Google Pixel Watch that runs on Wear OS 3.1 could be launched soon. The smart wearable device has been a subject of speculation and uncertainty for quite some time. Blass said that the Pixel Rohan's launch is imminent, although there are no specific dates 2022 seems to be it, the report said.
Apple NY retail store workers begin efforts to form a union
To date, no Apple store has successfully formed a union. According to The Washington Post, the Apple retail store employees at the New York City store have started collecting signatures to form a union. "Grand Central is an extraordinary store with unique working conditions that make a union necessary to ensure our team has the best possible standards of living in what have proven to be extraordinary times," read the organisers' website.
Microsoft plans ads in free-to-play Xbox console games
A report in Insider, quoting sources, claimed that the ads will not disrupt the game and would rather appear on a billboard in a racing game. Microsoft is also concerned that the ads could "irritate" players, and is planning on building a "private marketplace" to let only select brands into the new programme.
Twitter's edit feature may keep digital traces of earlier tweets
App researcher and reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong said in a tweet that the edit button may have an "immutable" quality. "Looks like Twitter's approach to Edit Tweet is immutable, as in, instead of mutating the Tweet text within the same Tweet (same ID), it re-creates a new Tweet with the amended content, along with the list of the old Tweets prior of that edit," Wong posted late on Saturday.. It is still not clear how a tweet's edit history will appear to users.
Musk demands long form tweets as 280 characters not enough for him
Twitter currently allows people to post in 280 characters. Reacting to a follower's tweet thread, Musk said: "My most immediate takeaway from this novella of a thread is that Twitter is way overdue for long form tweets!" Earlier, Musk demanded an Edit button, and the micro-blogging platform announced that it is working on such feature that will allow users to correct errors in their tweets, albeit with some rules.
DuckDuckGo reportedly removes pirate sites from its search results
The sites include The Pirate Bay, 1337x, and Fmovies. Several YouTube ripping services have disappeared too and even the homepage of the open-source software youtube-mp3 is unavailable, reports TorrentFreak.
China cracks down on live-streaming foreign games
The regulator further said that platforms are not allowed to live broadcast online games that have not been approved by the competent authorities, and must not use live broadcast rooms and other forms. Platforms, including their individual and business accounts, should gain approval before broadcasting overseas games or matches, the order said that came out late on Friday.
Elon Musk may bring wealthy partners to acquire Twitter
According to a report in The New York Post citing sources, "a new plan that includes partners could be announced within days". This could be Musk's 'Plan B' as he mentioned during a Ted Talk show this week on acquiring 100 per cent of Twitter for nearly $43 billion. Musk may join "private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, which was planning to co-invest with him in 2018 when he was considering taking Tesla private", the report said late on Friday.
New iPad Air to upskill creators, gamers, students in 'hybrid normal'
Everyone of us is now a content creator, thanks to the availability of several online apps/platforms, and the new iPad Air -- which joins the powerful iPad Pro, the popular iPad (9th generation) and iPad mini -- with Apple-designed M1 chip promises to deliver a massive leap in performance for all of us.
Google Assistant Snapshot disappears from phones
According to 9To5Google, Google Assistant Snapshot was a partially hidden, often forgotten addition to the Google app and the Discover feed on the leftmost part of Android home screens that debuted in 2018.
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