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If only one iPhone 12 model has mmWave 5G, that’s fine — until 2022

September 4, 2020
I would love to tell you that buying a 5G smartphone will be simple this holiday season — that your late 2020 investment will have everything you need for the typical phone’s three-year lifespan. But as the iPhone 12 family launch is only a month away, it’s becoming clear that Apple will create two tiers of 5G performance, and the line between them might not be drawn where most people…
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Apple delays privacy feature that would let iPhone owners keep ad tracking at bay

September 3, 2020
Apple is delaying a controversial new privacy rule it’s implementing with iOS 14 that will require developers to ask users for permission to gather data and track them across mobile apps and websites on the iPhone and iPad, the company announced in a developer update posted Thursday. Apple originally intended for the rule to go live with iOS 14, slated for released sometime this fall, but…
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iOS 14 beta 7 coming today for developers [Update: Now available]

September 3, 2020
Continuing its nearly-weekly schedule for iOS 14 beta releases, Apple will release iOS 14 beta 7 and iPadOS 14 beta 7 to developers today. The update comes just over one week after the release of the sixth beta to developers and public beta testers. iOS 14 beta 7 will be available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings app. As usual, if the update does not immediately appear…
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MSI unveils its first Intel Evo-certified laptop

September 3, 2020
MSI has revealed its latest slate of laptops. Included in the lineup is the company’s first laptop that’s been certified by Intel’s Evo initiative (formerly known as Project Athena). Not only will it include Intel’s 11th-generation Tiger Lake CPUs, the Prestige 14…
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Google Maps is improving travel ETAs with DeepMind AI

September 3, 2020
Google Maps helps users navigate over one billion kilometers in more than 200 countries and territories daily, and Google says its estimated time of arrival (ETA) predictions have been consistently accurate for over 97 percent of trips. That’s not good enough for Google, though, so the company partnered with DeepMind to use machine learning to make its ETAs even more accurate. Before partnering…
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