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Googles celebrates 2018 Winter Olympics with new AR Stickers for Pixel phones

The sports-themed stickers are the first notable addition to the playful camera mode since the launch of Stranger Things and Star Wars: The Last Jedi packs last December. There’s also an update to the Blocks AR pack which adds more balloon types and a microphone sticker. Pixel 2 XL second opinion: worth another look Features The Winter Sports pack, meanwhile, includes a dancing ice skater, a downhill skier, two hockey players, a snowman, a snow-covered tree, and a fully-dressed polar bear.

Harness data with the Apache Hadoop Training Bundle

Your data is already everywhere. Companies use it to inform decisions and develop projects every single day. You can start developing your data management skills and turn them into a lucrative career quickly. The Very Big Data and Apache Hadoop Training Bundle is just $24.65 with a promo code. A fast-track way into big data management is with Apache Hadoop. It’s an open-source framework that can handle high numbers of tasks and move mountains of data.

Huawei and UC Berkeley forge basic AI research alliance

Huawei has pumped $1 million in funding into a basic research partnership with the University of California in Berkeley with the goal of advancing artificial intelligence. The partnership will bring together Huawei’s AI researchers and the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab to collaborate across machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, deep learning, and robotics. The goal is to put those AI concepts into real-world application and develop key technologies out of theoretical models.

Names and phone numbers of 267 million Facebook users exposed online

Facebook is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. A database containing more than 267 million user IDs and matching phone numbers has been discovered on the internet. The leaked dataset was found by security researcher Bob Diachenko, in partnership with Comparitech. Evidence suggests it was collected through an illegal scraping process or Facebook API abuse by criminals in Vietnam. Whose data is affected? Comparitech reports that a total of 267,140,436 user records were exposed.

A Galaxy A52 5G competitor?

TL;DR The price and renders of the OnePlus Nord CE have leaked. Prices for three models of the OnePlus TV U1S have also leaked. The OnePlus Nord CE is coming in hot on June 10. OnePlus is still trying to keep the mystery alive but leaked specifications of the phone have given us a good idea of what to expect from the new Nord. Now, tipster Ishan Agarwal has outed the alleged price for the OnePlus Nord CE.

Create an Android Widget for Your App

Since the early days of the OS, widgets for Android have allowed users to engage with their favourite apps, from the comfort of their homescreen. So how do you create an Android widget? For the developer, widgets give your application a valuable presence on the user’s homescreen. Instead of being tucked out of sight in the app drawer, users will be reminded about your app every single time they glance at their homescreen – while also getting a preview of your app’s most interesting and useful content.

Facebook Messenger gets read receipts and locations features

For those that can’t resist the lure of profile hopping on Facebook, there’s a stand-alone Facebook Messenger app that still allows you to engage in conversation with your Facebook friends, without the usual distractions. In a bid to become the messaging platform of choice, Facebook has updated its Messenger app for both Android and iOS, bringing them closer to competing platforms, in terms of looks and functionality. The updated mobile Messenger application now comes with a “read receipts” feature, which lets you see whether the messages you send to your friends have been read or not.

It's official: Steam games are coming to Chrome OS

Palash Volvoikar / Android Authority TL;DR Google finally announced Steam for Chrome OS is on the way. You will be able to play games on powerful, high-end Chrome OS-powered laptops. Little else is known about the service so far, as Google’s announcement was off-the-cuff. Chromebooks and Chrome OS-powered machines are terrific for certain things. Browsing the web, watching YouTube videos, word processing, and even some light Android gaming are all great.

Latest Google keyboard update brings back the blue

It’s a small change, but for fans of the neon blue that characterized Android from Ice Cream Sandwich through Jelly Bean, it’s a welcome one. Google added in the latest update to its Keyboard app the ability to choose between White and Blue for the color scheme. Contrary to what you may think from the name, this actually just changes the color of the accent color – the color of keys in pressed mode, the suggested words, and the swipe track.

Amazon Dash buttons now come in digital versions

Amazon came up with an interesting way to order products with its WiFi-enabled Dash buttons not too long ago. The idea was to make it quick and convenient to order grocery products like garbage bags, cat food or detergent that people needed to buy on a regular basis. But what if you need to get some toothpaste, but that Dash button is nowhere near you? That’s where the newly revealed digital Amazon Dash buttons come in.