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Satellite connectivity is the latest buzzword in the mobile industry that is making the headlines after the SpaceX and T-Mobile summit that was held last week. Both companies confirmed they want to bring satellite connectivity to smartphones. Since Android comes as the default OS on millions of sold devices yearly, it has a crucial role in this plan. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms & Ecosystems, has confirmed the news, saying the Android team is “designing for satellites....

According to The Verge, the Topics API can monitor your web activities per week and determine five of your interests, like “Fitness” or “Travel & Transportation.” Then, it offers advertisements based on those interests. In the advertising taxonomy of the Topics API GitHub page, 350 topics are currently available. Google is looking to add to this. These topics will remain in your browser for three weeks before deleting. Also, the Topics reveal only three of your interests to the websites you visit and “one topic from each of the past three weeks....

Amazing design Amazing design Despite the big bezels on the Pixel Watch, it still feels like a really well-designed, high-end watch. Which is interesting, coming from Fitbit and Google. Fitbit’s watches have never really felt or looked good or high-end. Google says that they made the watch to resemble a pebble. Which is rather fitting since Fitbit bought Pebble and Google bought Fitbit. And you can really see that in the watch....

This article will define a background check, indicate the difference between a general and universal checks, and give you an overview of how to complete a universal check. What is a Background Check? What is a Background Check? To put it simply, a background check is a process that individuals or businesses can use to get insight into the history and character of another person. Background checks are legal and, in the case of some processes, such as financial lending or firearms sales (in certain countries), legally required....

Latest Android 13 update vastly improves battery stats page Latest Android 13 update vastly improves battery stats page What fix are we talking about? Well, some of you will recall that, with the release of Android 12, Google changed up the battery stats page, as it removed some important info. It no longer showed stats from the last full charge. Instead, it started showing usage from the past 24 hours, regardless of when you charged the device....