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Google’s messy Reminders system just keeps getting messier

Google’s messy Reminders system just keeps getting messier

Google appears to be dropping two features from its Assistant’s reminder-setting capabilities. It’s ditching support for assignable reminders — “remind Anna to bring in the trash cans this morning” — and location-based ones — “remind me to call Becca when I get to the office.” Google didn’t announce either change, instead opting to bury one in a support page and another in a pop-up in the Assistant app. Both features still work but evidently won’t for much longer.

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The curse of messy endings

Pop quiz: Do you think things more or less work out? Or do you think organized chaos is the nature of civilization? Most of us wish we could control outcomes and get desired results. But life tends to flow in uncontrolled and sometimes maddening directions. People fail each other. Marriages and relationships collapse. Accidents and disease cut plans short. “How complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is,” Kurt Vonnegut wrote in the great satirical novel “Cat’s… Source link

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Inside the New York Democrats’ messy fight over whether to impeach Andrew Cuomo

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not being impeached — yet. Instead, with mounting sexual misconduct accusations and an alleged cover-up of nursing home deaths, Cuomo is facing an investigation from his fellow Democrats in the state Assembly’s Judiciary Committee that could, conceivably, result in his removal from office. However, multiple members of the Albany Legislature are concerned the investigation is merely “buying time” for the governor, whose term ends next year. Gov. Andrew… Source link

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Big Ten left to figure out messy Ohio State situation

Here’s the ending of the column at the beginning. It’s going to work out for Ohio State. The Big Ten is going to make sure it works out for Ohio State. Heck, even Michigan’s athletic director wants it to work out for Ohio State. That’s the easy part. The Buckeyes will be accommodated amid this most uncertain of Big Ten weeks, with games canceled and COVID-19 news popping at SEC speed. The Big Ten wants and needs to figure out the best way to help Ohio State reach the College Football… Source link

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Ohio St and Northwestern lead a messy Week 13

If you thought the Big Ten was a mess a few weeks ago, things have gotten even crazier since then. Ohio State, the conference’s main contender for the College Football Playoff, is undefeated but now in danger of missing the Big Ten title game due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The Buckeyes already missed a game against Maryland because of virus issues with the Terps, and now OSU had to cancel its game against Illinois this weekend because of its own positive tests, including one for head coach… Source link

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