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Former Essential Phone team creates OSOM, plans privacy-focused Android hardware in 2021

November 17, 2020
I loved the Essential Phone as it was built up following a rocky launch, but nothing could save Andy Rubin’s doomed hardware startup before it closed its doors early this year. Now, members of the team who helped create the Essential Phone have formed OSOM Privacy, and now they’ve got a bit to say, including a teaser for hardware coming in 2021. Jason Keats, the “first hire” at…
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ONYX RCR 60 mph electric moped gets major updates and doubles range

November 17, 2020
When it comes to electric mopeds, there are actually a lot of options these days. But there’s only one model that has been selling like crazy for years now: the ONYX RCR. And now ONYX is making a good thing even better with a long list of updates to its legendary speedster of an electric moped. For any e-bike or electric moped fans that have been living under a rock for the last two and a half…
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You can now message your friends on Google Stadia [Updated]

November 17, 2020
As its one-year anniversary quickly approaches, Google has been on a tear with new features for Stadia. We’ve been tracking it for months, and now it appears that messaging is rolling out on Google Stadia. While it’s easy to joke that Stadia is now “another Google…
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Leica’s FOTOS App is Now 100% Free

November 16, 2020
When Leica launched version 2.0 of its FOTOS universal smartphone app last year, it became a freemium app that had optional Pro features you could subscribe to for $70 a year. But Leica has now quietly made FOTOS 100% free. FOTOS is the official Leica companion app for Leica…
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Photog Builds LEGO 4×5 Camera After Being Forced to Sell Favorite Camera

November 16, 2020
A photographer in Japan was forced to sell his favorite camera earlier this year after being impacted by the COVID-19 recession. Instead of letting that put a stop to his art, he decided to build his own 4×5 large format camera… using LEGO blocks. The photographer, who goes by @wagoimages on social media, pulled out some boxes of LEGOs and built himself the camera on a tabletop, combining the…
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OnePlus 9 Pro with Snapdragon 875 SoC spotted on Geekbench

November 16, 2020
Just two days ago we got our first look at the OnePlus 9 in a set of unofficial renders. Today, we have a Geekbench listing for the alleged OnePlus 9 Pro which is powered by the Snapdragon 875 chipset. OnePlus 9 render The device managed 1,122 points in the single core…
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There will be no Galaxy Note in 2021, more rumors suggest

November 16, 2020
We’ve heard from a few places now that Samsung will decommission the Galaxy Note line in 2021 and now that rumor is gaining traction thanks to a couple of notable industry insiders. According to Max Weibnach’s information Samsung’s flagship lineup for 2021 will include four Galaxy S21 devices – S21, S21+, S21 FE and S21 Ultra – and three Galaxy Z devices – Z…
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