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New Gmail with Google Chat tabs rolling out for free accounts, here’s how to turn on [Update: iOS]

Last year, Google announced that the future of Gmail will see Chat messaging and group Rooms join the existing Meet video calling integration. This is already available to enterprise Workspace users, and Google is now letting personal Gmail accounts get this “integrated workspace.” Update: The new Gmail with access to Chat and Rooms is now available on iOS for free Google Accounts. This…
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Concept imagines a whole new approach to the iPhone notch

We’re expecting a smaller iPhone notch this year, but a designer has put together a concept with a whole new approach to the notch. Instead of a center notch to accommodate things like the front-facing camera and Face ID tech, designer Antonio De Rosa imagines lifting the…
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Security researcher exploits Find My network to send messages over any nearby iPhone’s data connection

The Find My network is used by Apple to report locations of items and devices via the data connection of any nearby iPhone, Mac, or other Apple device. Security researcher Fabian Bräunlein has today released a blog post demonstrating how the Find My network can be exploited as a generic data transfer mechanism. By faking the way that an AirTag broadcasts its location as an encrypted message, the…
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Xiaomi set to be removed from US trade blacklist

Xiaomi looks set to be removed from the controversial US trade blacklist after the US Department of Defense deemed the move “appropriate.” Bloomberg reports that the Chinese smartphone firm has won a US court appeal over the initial ban, with the US Defense Department…
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The best cases and covers for your Google Pixel 5 [Video]

We have collated some of our favorite and some of the “best” Pixel 5 cases and covers, having tested a fair few since the staggered release schedule of the “flagship” Made by Google phone for 2020. Of course, there’s more to smartphone cases than just protection, and because of that, not all cases are created equally — or with the same due care and attention. Yes, you can simply…
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Google Fiber finally has a logo over a decade after launch

Over the past few months, Alphabet’s Google-branded ISP has been rolling out 2 Gigabit Internet in existing cities. Google Fiber now has a new logo for Fiber and Fiber Webpass after previously just using a wordmark. For the entirety of its existence, the ISP’s logo has been a four-colored “Google” and “Fiber” — previously lowercased but now capitalized — in the company font. It…
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