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Galaxy A52 and A72 5G go official w/ high-refresh-rate displays, affordable prices

The next wave of affordable Samsung smartphones has arrived in the form of the Galaxy A52, A52 5G, and Galaxy A72. After leaks and rumors, Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy A52, A52 5G, and Galaxy A72 with some notable hardware improvements and a taste of some normally “high-end” components and extras. Let’s start with the Galaxy A52 and A52, which comes with a 6.5-inch FHD+…
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OnePlus Watch officially won’t be running Google’s Wear OS

There’s been a fair bit of back and forth for the past few months regarding whether or not the OnePlus Watch would be running Google’s flailing Wear OS platform. Now, CEO Pete Lau has officially confirmed the OnePlus Watch will have its own operating system. In a forum…
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Android Auto fix prevents audio from playing from the phone’s speaker

Google’s Android Auto sees its fair share of bugs, but following the release of Android 11, some new ones have popped up. Now, with a recent update, Google says it has fixed a bug that caused some users to have audio played through the phone speaker while using Android Auto. In a community forum post this week, Google directly confirmed that Android Auto version 6.1 that rolled out in recent…
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BMW unveils i4 electric sedan with 300 miles of range

BMW unveiled today the BMW i4, its new all-electric vehicle, and confirmed that it is going to have up to 300 miles of range based on the EPA standard. After the German automaker brought the BMW i3 to market in 2013, we thought that it would release the BMW i4, i5, and so…
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Play Music is now fully gone as Google Takeout downloads stop [Updated]

At the start of December, the Google Play Music website and mobile apps officially stopped working for all users worldwide. It marked the biggest milestone in the transition to YouTube Music, but there is one last step. Before February 24th, transfer your Play Music library to the replacement YouTube service, or download using Google Takeout. Update 3/17: While the official last day to download…
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AI patent intelligence platform PatSnap secures $300M

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. PatSnap, which offers a patent and R&D platform and services, today announced that it raised $300 million in series E funding from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Tencent Investment.
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Shooting Landscapes with the Horizon 202 Panoramic Film Camera

The Horizon 202 is an analog panoramic camera from a company out of Russia, and for those who couldn’t afford a Hasselblad XPan or Fujifilm GX617, it was the next best thing. Photographer Jay P. Morgan decided to take the camera out to enjoy it today, nearly 50 years after it originally debuted. In this short 5.5-minute video, Morgan shows how the Horizon is designed differently than something…
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