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Google Translate is the latest app to get a dark mode (and it’s not all that dark)
Google has begun rolling out a new dark mode for Google Translate for Android, and it’s surprisingly bright. The new option is starting to appear for Android 10 users who have upgraded to Google Translate version 6.4.0 and are using their phone’s system-wide dark mode (which forces dark mode on…
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Alphabet’s Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile turn solar-powered drones into flying cell towers
Alphabet-owned Loon, the company that had been focused on delivering internet communications to remote areas via stratospheric balloons, has completed development work on a new payload for partner HAPSMobile, a subsidiary of SoftBank that’s building high-altitude solar-powered uncrewed aircraft. The two companies jointly adapted the communications technology that enables Loon’s…
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Meet the musicians who compose in Mario Paint
If you go to YouTube and search “Mario Paint Composer” you’ll be treated to a variety of quirky remixed music. Some of the best tracks sound as if the original song was put through a chiptune music filter and uploaded, staying incredibly faithful to their source material. Mario Paint remixes,…
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Datree announces $8M Series A as it joins Y Combinator
Datree, the early stage startup building a DevOps policy engine on GitHub, announced an $8 million Series A today. It also announced it has joined the Y Combinator Winter 20 cohort. Blumberg and TLV Partners led the round with participation from Y Combinator . The company has now raised $11…
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China’s smartphone giants reportedly unite to challenge Google’s Play Store
Huawei, Xiaomi, and BBK’s Oppo and Vivo are working together on a platform that will allow developers outside of China to upload their apps to all of the respective app stores simultaneously, Reuters reports. The manufacturers have joined together under the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA) in what appears to…
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Diablo 4 just stole Gears of War’s studio head away
The Coalition studio head Rod Fergusson has announced he’s leaving the Gear of War developer to oversee the Diablo franchise at Blizzard Entertainment. Fergusson officially made the announcement on Twitter, revealing that he will be joining Blizzard in March where he will, no doubt, join the team in developing the…
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