Acer Halo is a Google Assistant Smart Speaker with Hidden LEDs, RGB Lighting We have seen a number of Google Assistant smart speakers launch in the past month or two. TheMi Smart SpeakerandNest Audioare being followed by the Acer Halo. It marks the tech giant’sentryinto the smart speaker market, that too with some added pizzaz and style. Acer Halo: Specs and Features Acer Halo is one of the coolest smart speakers we have seen in a while....

Apple iPhone 12 Lineup Backed by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 5G Modem TheiPhone 12 lineupis the first from Apple to support the much-hyped and speedier 5G connectivity. While the Cupertino giant talked about the phone’s 5G capabilities at great length during the event, Apple did not reveal the 5G modem present onboard. An iPhone 12 teardown video has, however, now shed light on this piece of information. As per the teardown video shared on Weibo, the iPhone 12 series is equipped with the QualcommSnapdragon X55modem....

Apple to Use Qualcomm’s 5G Cellular Modems in Future iPhones Following asettlement with Qualcommafter an unseemly legal dispute,Appleis reportedly planning to use the US chip-maker’s cellular modems in its future products.According to the Apple-Qualcomm settlement filing, the former intends to launch new products with the Snapdragon X60 modembetween June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022.The iPhone-maker will also use the upcoming X65 and X70 modemsin products launched between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2024, as per the agreement....

Chrome 86 Blocks Abusive Notification Permission Requests Earlier this month, Googlereleased Chrome 86for desktop, Android, and iOS with a few new feature additions. In a new post on Chromium blog, the company says the update has also improved the notifications system to avoid potential abuse. The feature builds onquiet notification permission UIintroduced in Chrome 80. With Chrome 84,Googlestarted auto-enrolling websites with abusive notification permission requests. In Chrome 86,the browser blocks requests if a website is known to abuse notificationsin order to spread malware or make a phishing attempt....

Edge Canary Now Supports Tab Strips for PWAs Months after Google Chrome received tab strips on PWAs through aChrome flag,Microsoft Edgeis gaining the feature in the latest Canary version. With tab strips, you get the tabbed layout from web browsers right on the PWA. If you’re running the latest Edge Canary, you can use tab strips on PWAs by enabling a flag. Theflag is titled ‘Desktop PWA tab strips’and is available on Windows and Mac....

Google Workspace Add-Ons Now Available in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides Google already offerssupport for add-onson Calendar, Gmail, and Drive. With the latest update, the company has expanded the availability toGoogle Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Thanks to this expansion,you can now use supported third-party apps withinGoogle Workspaceacross Docs, Sheets, and Slides. This integration will avoid the need to often switch apps as you can access everything you need in one place....

How to Run Android on Linux Using Virtual Machine Recently, we curated a list oftop Android emulators for Linuxsystems and were disappointed to find that there is no proper application that can mimic Android on a Linux distro. That said, we did find a cool way to run Android on Linux using avirtual machinewith Play Store support. And in fact, it works better than emulators due to better binary translation and desktop-like features....