Waze helps ease road trip planning with new toll calculator

Are you working out the budget for your upcoming road trip? Waze is introducing a new feature for its Canadian and American users. The app now has a new toll calculator that wouldn’t just tell you how many tolls you’re going to drive by along the way. More importantly, it’s going to show you an estimate of how much these will cost you. The navigation app has been able to tell you if you’re going to pass by toll roads, but it’s the first time it can show you how much it’s going to cost you. This feature will help you decide if it’s worth spending your time and money on main highways, or if it’s better to take the scenic route to avoid them. For now, the feature seems to be exclusive to Waze users. Waze’s parent company Google hasn’t said yet if the feature will make its way to Google Maps.

Source: Gizmodo

‘Captain Marvel’ star Lashana Lynch is tipped to be the new 007 in upcoming ‘James Bond’ film

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The upcoming James Bond film will certainly get the internet talking. Rumour has it Captain Marvel actress Lashana Lynch will step in as the new 007 in the film being dubbed “Bond 25.” According to a report from the Daily Mail, the British actress will be taking over the role from Daniel Craig. A movie insider said, "There is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M says 'Come in 007', and in walks Lashana who is black, beautiful and a woman. It's a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he's been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman." The film is directed by True Detective’s Cary Joji Fukunaga. Not much is known about it, but it seems this will have Craig’s character come out of retirement for one last mission—and so that’s Lynch’s characters cue to step in. The film is expected to premiere in April 2020.

Source: GQ

Huawei will reportedly lay off hundreds of employees at its US R&D facilities

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The implications of the US blacklisting on Huawei’s business is reportedly affecting the jobs it offers in the country. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the company will be laying off hundreds of employees at Futurewei Technologies, its U.S. research and development lab. The company has begun informing some staff from its offices in Texas, Silicon Valley, and Washington State that they are letting people go. Some of their Chinese employees are being given the option to return home and stay with the company. Other layoffs are also reportedly planned in the future.

Source: The Verge

Google Pixel 4 gets spotted out in the wild

There seems to be a pattern of Google Pixel phones being spotted out in public transport. This time around, a 9to5Google reader made out the phone while riding the London Underground. The phone is hidden under a generic case, but the camera sensor arrangement gives it away. What we know about the sensors so far came from a leaked version of the Google Camera app. It has one main sensor, a suspected 16-megapixel telephoto lens, a spectral sensor for sensing gestures, and a flash. Google made the unusual move of showing us official renders of the phone way ahead of its release. The consensus is the phone will be coming out in October, but it wouldn’t come as a surprise if Google decides to release it earlier.