This beautiful suburban neighborhood is missing one thing: The cars

Good morning! After skipping its I/O developer conference last year due to the pandemic, Google revived the event this year in virtual form. Its  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Presented by   Good morning! After skipping its I/O developer conference last year due to the pandemic, Google revived the event this year in virtual form. Its keynote was so dense with news that it took four Fast Company writers to even begin to scratch the surface. Here’s everything you need to know: Mark Wilson looked at the innovative, highly customizable new design that will be the signature feature of the upcoming Android 12 operating system. Ruth Reader explained how your smartphone and a clever piece of Google AI could help detect dangerous skin conditions. Mark Sullivan examined “MUM,” a powerful new algorithm intended to make Google’s search engine feel more like an expert research assistant. And I wrote about some new Google Maps features designed to help both motorists and pedestrians get where they’re going efficiently and safely. —Harry McCracken   GOOGLE i/o How Google’s new ‘MUM’ algorithm could transform the way we search The company announced that its working on a powerful new natural language model capable of creating a package of curated multimedia search results.   google i/o See Google’s expressive new design language, built by billions of users Called Material You, Google believes the future of interface should be shaped by its users.   impact This beautiful suburban neighborhood is missing one thing: The cars An 11-minute train ride outside of Hamburg, this new community will let you have a car—you just can’t park it near your house.

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