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Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm announce XR partnership ahead of Apple’s rumored headset debut

Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm announce XR partnership ahead of Apple’s rumored headset debut

Three of the biggest players in Android hardware have turned their sights on XR. Screenshot by ZDNET/Samsung While the world waits for Apple to finally tear off the band-aid and let us know what mixed/virtual/augmented reality device it’s been working on all of these years, Samsung took the opportunity during its 2023 Unpacked event to tease something very slightly more concrete.  The device maker brought executives onstage from Qualcomm, which has produced chipsets like the Snapdragon… Source link

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New, oddly familiar Google Play Games icon makes its debut on Android

New, oddly familiar Google Play Games icon makes its debut on Android

Google Play Games for PC beta testers should know how it looks There are a whole bunch of visual allegories you could tie to the various logos of the various properties housed under the Google Play umbrella. At one point, it had all you wanted to see, listen, read, and game from the Play Store proper to Play Movies and Play Music. Those last two were turned into Google TV and YouTube Music, respectively, leaving us with two other auxiliaries: Play Books and

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Dwight Howard has unreal Taiwanese basketball league debut

Dwight Howard has unreal Taiwanese basketball league debut

Eight-time NBA All-Star Dwight Howard made his debut in Taiwan’s T1 League on Saturday with an impressive statement performance. The 36-year-old put up 38 points, 25 rebounds, nine assists and four blocks to lead the Taoyuan Leopards to a 120–115 victory over New Taipei CTBC DEA. His 14-for-32 shooting even included two made 3-pointers. You may be thinking, “Did 6-foot-10 center Dwight Howard really try shooting a three?” The answer is yes, 10 times. Not only did the former Los Angeles Laker… Source link

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Inside Taylor Swift’s ‘genius’ branding and ‘Midnights’ debut

Inside Taylor Swift’s ‘genius’ branding and ‘Midnights’ debut

Taylor Swift’s brand is a bonafide business — and her new album proves it. On Friday, the singer-songwriter released her fourth studio album in three years, titled “Midnights.” The album generated so much demand that it crashed the Spotify (SPOT) platform upon its debut with nearly 8,000 outages reported on Downdetector shortly after midnight. Prior to the album’s release, Swift delivered an intentional marketing campaign complete with viral TikTok videos, which have amassed more than 80… Source link

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Arizona State’s David Puig turns professional, will make debut at LIV Golf Chicago

Arizona State’s David Puig turns professional, will make debut at LIV Golf Chicago

On the eve of the final match of the 2022 NCAA Championship back in May, news broke that Arizona State junior David Puig would be competing in the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event in June. This week he travels to Illinois, but it’s not to play for the Sun Devils. Instead of competing at the Fighting Illini Invitational in Olympia Fields, Puig will make his professional debut at LIV Golf Chicago at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove. The Spaniard has made two starts for the Greg… Source link

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A.J. Brown flies high in Eagles debut

A.J. Brown flies high in Eagles debut

As great as A.J. Brown was in his Tennessee days, he was more secret weapon than anything. Rookie season? Brown finished as the fantasy WR9 despite ranking 46th in receiver targets. The following year, it was more of the same — WR9 finish, 30th on the target board. Brown’s rank collapsed to WR32 last year, despite a bump up in workload. But the Titans never peppered him with constant opportunities. For Brown’s time in Tennessee, he had just five games with double-digit targets. So… Source link

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Panthers lose heartbreaker to Browns as 58-yard FG from rookie kicker sinks Baker Mayfield’s Carolina debut

Panthers lose heartbreaker to Browns as 58-yard FG from rookie kicker sinks Baker Mayfield’s Carolina debut

Baker Mayfield may or may not have said that he planned to “f***” the Browns up on Sunday Regardless, he made his best effort to do so with a second-half rally, but came up excruciatingly short as a 58-yard field goal by Browns rookie kicker Cade York sank the Carolina Panthers in a 26-24 Cleveland win. Facing a Cleveland team absent starting quarterback Deshaun Watson for the season’s first 11 games, Carolina got off to a rough start against Mayfield’s former Browns. But Mayfield rallied the… Source link

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