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WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted backups are rolling out on both Android and iOS

Starting today, WhatsApp is adding end-to-end encryption to your cloud backups on both Android and iOS. While WhatsApp itself has been end-to-end encrypted by default for the past five years, until now if you chose to backup your chats to Google Drive (from the Android version of WhatsApp) or iCloud (if you’re on iOS), those backups wouldn’t be encrypted. Now, however, you can turn on…
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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE is now rumored to launch on January 11

Yesterday Samsung surprised everyone by announcing an ‘Unpacked part 2’ event for October 20, adding its own contribution to what was already shaping up to be a pretty big week in terms of tech announcements – what with Apple and Google also hosting stuff…
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Oppo K9s will be unveiled on October 20

Oppo launched the K9 5G in May and followed up with a Pro variant last month. We recently learned that the company will add a new member to the lineup dubbed Oppo K9s, which we now know will be unveiled on October 20. The poster shared by Oppo on Weibo confirms the K9s’ design. Its rear panel is reminiscent of the K9 Pro’s and sports a triple camera system headlined by a 64MP…
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Samsung teases that new color options are on the way to the Galaxy Z foldables

“Get ready to unfold something unmistakably you”, says Samsung’s latest teaser for the Galaxy Unpacked Part 2 event set for October 20 (Wednesday). The video features the “Galaxy Studio” where three aliens customize the color scheme of their clothes. A few days ago leakster posted that there are new colors coming to the Galaxy Z Flip3: Gray, Light Pink, White, Blue and Yellow. thought…
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Samsung swaps continuous heart-rate tracking on Galaxy Watch 4 w/ confusing new graph

Health tracking is one of the biggest things Samsung brings to Wear OS with its new Galaxy Watch 4, but the company’s experience still isn’t perfect. A change that went mostly unnoticed with the Galaxy Watch 4 was Samsung Health’s update to a new type of heart-rate tracking graph which is… not good. Highlighted by the folks over at Droid-Life, Samsung recently updated its Health app with…
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