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MIUI 13 scheduled to arrive on June 25, phones from 2019 or newer to get it

The MIUI 12.5 update is still being pushed to Xiaomi smartphones, but the company is already planning the launch of the next version – MIUI 13. According to sources from China, it could be launched in the second quarter, just like every version in the past few years. This time the date is apparently set for June 25. Xiaomi was known for supporting models that were on the cheaper side of the…
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Honor to introduce MagicBook X series on May 7

Honor has scheduled an event for tomorrow, May 7. The brand is expected to introduce a new laptop lineup, called MagicBook X, and it seems the new devices will be thinner and more compact than ever. The venue is scheduled for 14:30 Beijing time or 6:30 GMT. The new…
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Google announces Entertainment Space for Android tablets

Android tablets still exist, somehow. And people may still be buying them, for some reason. All of this in spite of Google’s best efforts to simply ignore the form factor completely for the past few years, and we don’t mean just by not releasing any more of its own tablets, but also in not adapting Android to the bigger screen sizes at all. Today the search giant has suddenly…
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Apple banned Shadow app after Microsoft used it as an example to get xCloud for iOS approved

Microsoft tried to launch its xCloud game streaming service on the App Store for iPhone and iPad users, but Apple rejected the app due to its strict guidelines. Now emails revealed in the Epic vs. Apple trial on Wednesday show that Apple even removed a similar app from the App Store after its existence was mentioned by Microsoft. Microsoft began testing xCloud for iOS in February of last year in…
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Google allowing more employees to WFH permanently, expects most will return to campus

Google prefers that employees work in an office as part of a long-held belief that physical interactions spur new ideas and solutions. As such, it planned on a “flexible workweek” after COVID-19 passed, but some were upset, and Google has reversed course to provide an option for permanent work from home (WFH).  CEO Sundar Pichai announced the change this morning in a mass email (via…
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