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Unistellar launches new telescope with focus on conducting cutting edge science with just your iPhone

Unistellar is a start-up building the most powerful digital telescopes that allow the average user to not only enjoy the beauty of the night sky but also contribute to scientific research and discoveries using nothing but the iPhone or iPad. We reviewed Unistellar’s eVscope a few months back, and today the company announced its new digital telescope tailored towards the scientific community: the…
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OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 4 rolls out for OnePlus 7T series

OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 4 is now rolling out for the OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro, with this update being a fairly modest one with little new to note. Those expecting an update that includes the March 2021 security patch, well, you’ll have to complain to OnePlus as the OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 4 update contains just three — yes, three — software fixes. As expected, it was announced as rolling out via…
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Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11

It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every…
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Google ‘doubling down’ on custom chips, SoCs with hire of ex-Intel VP to lead Israel server design team

Google today announced that it’s “doubling down” on custom chips as “one way to boost performance and efficiency now that Moore’s Law no longer provides rapid improvements for everyone.” The company hired a new engineering vice president, formerly of Intel, to lead a design team — focused on SoCs — in Israel. Uri Frank is Google’s new VP of Engineering for server chip design.
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Spotify updating iOS/Android app home screens with recently played, discover, and podcasts

Last year Spotify brought a redesigned UI to its iOS and Android app home screens. Building on that design, today Spotify announced new features including a section highlighting, personalized recommendations, “Recently Played,” and new and unfinished podcasts. Spotify detailed the latest redesign to its iOS and Android home screens in a blog post today. Through this latest update, we’ll…
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