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Asus Zenfone 6 Android 11 update arriving on global units

January 6, 2021
After a select few Zenfone 6 units in Taiwan got the Android 11 update last week, the firmware is now making its way to global and European variants of the device. Both come with the same 18.0610.2011.107 build number as the prior release with WW prefix indicating the global rollout while the European one bears the EU marking instead. The new firmware brings the familiar set of Android 11…
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Dell announces new Latitude 9000, 7000 and 5000 laptops

January 6, 2021
Dell has just announced a slew of new products ahead of CES 2021. Most notably, the company has updated the Latitude 9000, 7000 and 5000 laptops. For starters, the Latitude 9000 gets Intel’s latest 11th Generation processors but arguably the more notable new feature is…
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Samsung Galaxy A72 case mold reveals design

January 6, 2021
After the success of the Galaxy A71 and its 5G counterpart, Samsung is expected to follow up with the Galaxy A72. The device already appeared in detailed renders as well as a Geekbench listing and the latest leak gives us a look at an aluminum case mold of the phone. We can see the back will feature a sizeable camera island with five cutouts though we’re only expecting four camera sensors.
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 5, 2021

January 6, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Google Nest will release a new line of security cameras in 2021

January 6, 2021
Following our report that the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor is out of stock, Google today confirmed that it’s sold out. Nest also revealed to 9to5Google that it’s planning a “new lineup of security cameras for 2021.” Nest first announced the Cam IQ in June of 2017 as an upgrade over its entry line of security cameras. Later in September, a Cam IQ Outdoor variant was unveiled. The company confirmed…
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OpenAI debuts DALL-E for generating images from text

January 6, 2021
OpenAI today debuted two multimodal AI systems that combine computer vision and NLP, like DALL-E, a system that generates images from text. For example, the photo above for this story was generated from the text prompt “an illustration of a baby daikon radish in a tutu…
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iOS 14.4 beta suggests guided audio walking workouts coming to Apple Watch

January 6, 2021
As spotted by Khaos Tian on Twitter, there’s an interesting new setting in the Workout app for Apple Watch. Named “Time to Walk”, the setting describes a feature where walking workouts are downloaded to the watch when connected to power and the iPhone is nearby. This toggle appears on the watch itself and in the companion Watch app on the iPhone. Combined with evidence from 9to5Mac code…
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