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You can now add a Coinbase card to Google Pay and pay in crypto

If you’re heavily into cryptocurrencies, we have good news as you can now add your Coinbase card to your Google Pay account for wireless payments. Given the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies, it might not be wise to actually do this and spend a specific digital currency only to have it explode in value. That said, you still have the option of adding your Coinbase card to your Google Pay…
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Google Workspace adding Client-side encryption for Drive and Docs apps

In addition to Gmail, Meet, and other Workspace announcements today, Google Docs and Drive will soon get Client-side encryption where “customer data is indecipherable to Google.” Google Workspace is now available ‘for everyone’ and gets new paid ‘Individual’ tier Gmail for web getting navigation redesign as Chat ‘Rooms’ are now called ‘Spaces’ Google Meet adding second…
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OnePlus Nord CE 5G review: Solid core but a hard sell [Video]

The OnePlus Nord CE 5G is the latest affordable Android from the original flagship killer brand, and it diverges substantially from OnePlus’s established roadmap. Deciphering the Nord lineage is not too difficult, it’s clearly a way for OnePlus to expand fully into the…
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Google asks developers to call out Android OEMs that aggressively close background apps

Android’s open nature leads to some disparity with how apps and features can work across devices from different smartphone makers. Over the last couple of years, background app performance has been a point of attention for Google, and now, the company is asking the Android developer community to call out the worst offenders for killing background apps. A thread from Google started in 2018 is…
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Samsung says it hasn’t decided whether to halt Galaxy S21 FE production

Samsung has downplayed a report that claimed the company has suspended production of an upcoming phone called the Galaxy S21 FE. Korean publication ETNews alleged over the weekend that production of the unannounced phone had stopped because of a shortage of semiconductors, and that Qualcomm processors had been reallocated to foldable devices. The report has since been deleted, and Samsung now…
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