Places and Things

Until now, casting video to an Android TV through a Google Assistant-enabled device such as a Google Home or the new JBL soundbar has been a fairly simple affair. With the exception of playing Netflix, that is. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/15/google-assistant-works-with-netflix-android-tv/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=100&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-images%2F2018-10%2F320177f0-d0c2-11e8-bfd3-7788cd9c1b2f&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=1e680f23ead939836f18a26b1738529289c7cfca

Financial services firm Fidelity is making a move towards cryptocurrency, announcing a new company that will handle crypto investments for large-scale clients. from https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/15/fidelity-manage-cryptocurrency-trading-custody-investors/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=100&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-images%2F2018-10%2F9552ac30-d0a3-11e8-bfcf-10f3b82cac00&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=43dafe02143e09c24d84c7dc5780b7fcaadd43f4

The adoption of new versions of Android may be slow, but there’s one area where Google is (unsurprisingly) doing great: the Google Pixel. Google’s hardware chief Rick Osterloh revealed that it has seen over 75 percent of users already update to Android Pie. from https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/15/17978644/android-pie-google-pixel-users https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61776291/akrales_180813_2827_0087_lede.0.jpg

Remembers those message bugs that can crash smartphones? It turns out gaming console may have a similar problem, according to some PlayStation 4 owners who experienced it. But there’s an easy way to fix it until Sony formally addresses it. from https://bgr.com/2018/10/15/ps4-message-hack-how-to-fix-bug-that-forces-ps4-factory-resets/ https://boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/sony-ps4-message-bug.jpg?quality=98&strip=all&strip=all

The Pixel Buds’ flagship feature, its ability to translate languages at the press of a button, appears to be coming to every pair of headphones that have Google Assistant built in, reports Droid-Life. from https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/15/17978298/pixel-buds-google-translate-google-assistant-headphones https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61774175/akrales_171114_2125_0067.0.jpg

Adobe really wants you to know that the upcoming Photoshop CC for the iPad, which was announced today and is set to be released sometime in 2019, is “real Photoshop. from https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17969754/adobe-photoshop-apple-ipad-creative-cloud https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/61773309/photoshop.0.jpg

Late one moonlit night, three fictional revelers on an English moor were transfixed by a horrific sight: “a foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon. from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neuroscientists-use-rabies-to-explore-the-brain/ http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png