This news comes from The Verge, who has spoken with a few people familiar with the matter. This news is not exactly surprising, as Apple is rumored to be launching a couple of different AR headsets this year. And as the war for the Metaverse heats up, Google does not want to be left behind – like it has with messaging. In September, there were some hints of Google working on an “Augmented Reality OS”, so there have been some hints of this being in the works....

The new Play Store logo isn’t a complete redesign or anything as such. Perhaps most regular users may not even notice the difference. But a close look at it reveals a minor design tweak and color changes. While the icon is still a triangle, the corners are now more rounded. The internal partitions that divide the icon into four parts have been tweaked to make the parts more equal in size....

Prescriptions from our doctors are some of the most important pieces of paper we will ever be handed. That being said, it can sometimes be difficult to understand what’s written on them. That’s not only inconvenient, but it’s rather dangerous for obvious reasons. If we’re talking about quantities of medications, it’s extremely important to be able to understand what the doctor wrote down. When it comes to handwriting, it can sometimes be hard to differentiate between a “1” and a “7”, a “4” and a “9”, and so on....

Google introduced the pinch-to-zoom gesture in the Messages app last June. It allowed users to quickly resize the text by pinching on the screen, like increasing the text size on a web page or zooming in on an image. Along with the text, things like timestamps, message bubbles, quick-reply prompts, and the compose field also change in size. This is a handy feature to have, particularly for people who have problems with eyesight....

Researchers are using face unlock cameras from the Pixel 4 for Alzheimer’s research Researchers are using face unlock cameras from the Pixel 4 for Alzheimer’s research Researchers based in the DigiHealth Lab at UC San Diego, are researching various diseases, including Alzheimer’s. The team is led by Professor Edward Wang, and they’re actually using the Pixel 4, as The Verge revealed in a YouTube video. That video is embedded below the article....