How to use Android's Motion Assist feature to help with motion sickness - Engadget

Google finally launched its answer to Apple's Vehicle Motion Cues.

A passenger looking at her phone in the car.

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If you're prone to getting carsick, looking at your phone while you're riding in a car definitely won't help. However, Google has been rolling out some interesting new features — and one of them is called Motion Assist. With this new option enabled, Android users have a better chance of scrolling without getting motion sick.

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Scientists find a surprising clue to why the universe’s expansion doesn’t add up

It’s well established that the universe is expanding, but there’s serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it’s happening.

Two of our best ways of measuring the cosmic expansion rate, the Hubble constant, give answers that are stubbornly at odds. This presents a major problem in modern cosmology known as the Hubble tension.

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Why brands like E.l.f., Wendy's and Gap are branching out into original music

Beauty products by e.l.f. cosmetics are seen on display at a Target store in Union Square on April 04, 2025 in New York, New York.

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A forgotten 30-year forest experiment just delivered a huge surprise

What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities?

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I replaced Spotify with CDs for my 8-year-old. It's one parenting decision I haven't regretted.

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The author introduced the kids to CDs.

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Lately, I have been filling our home with piles and piles of CDs. I'm not alone: physical media (primarily vinyl, but also CDs) have been on an upward sales trend for the past five years.

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I'm a matchmaker for people over 50. The couples who end up in the happiest relationships don't look for chemistry first.

I'm a matchmaker for people over 50. The couples who end up in the happiest relationships don't look for chemistry first.

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This common vitamin could help fight one of the deadliest brain cancers

Edward (Ed) Waldner knew something was wrong, even though he could not explain exactly what was happening. At age 55, he was constantly exhausted, regardless of how demanding his day had been. At first, he wondered whether sleep apnea might be responsible.

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‘You have 10 minutes to decide’: answering the life-changing call to become a kinship carer

Clive vividly remembers the day when, without warning or time to work out what he was really letting himself in for, he became a kinship carer.

“The social worker left, the door closed and Savannah was lying there in a carry cot, wrapped up in a pink blanket. She looked so calm and so comfy, absolutely oblivious about what’s just happened.

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UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets

Britain’s car industry is grappling with a “difficult trade-off” between China and Europe, as manufacturers struggle to balance the benefits of both markets ahead of looming trade measures that could restrict UK exports to the EU.

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Trump defiant about midterm chances as he rallies for Republicans in Ohio

Trump tells a rally in Ohio that he believes there will be a “big surprise” in the upcoming elections.

US President Donald Trump has continued rallying for Republican candidates while visiting Ohio, proposing a defiant outlook on his party’s chances in the November 3 midterm elections.

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