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AirPods Max teardown reveals removable headband, iOS 14.4 hints at ‘headband type’ identifier

January 20, 2021
iFixit shared an initial look at its AirPods Max teardown last month, and now it has completed the intricate process. The final result has revealed some really interesting details about AirPods Max like the headband actually being user-removable which could hint at customization, how the electromechanical hinge hardware works, and that they are “actually fairly serviceable.” 9to5Mac has also…
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Galaxy Tab S7 series gets Android 11 update, adds ‘Second Screen’ support for Windows PCs

January 20, 2021
Samsung’s One UI 3.0 rollout has expanded to quite a few different smartphones at this point, and now it’s heading to tablets. The Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+ are now getting Android 11. In its home country of South Korea, Samsung has started rolling out the Android 11 update to its latest tablets. The update brings Samsung’s tablets up to One UI 3.1, the same version found on the Galaxy S21…
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Hands-on with State Share on Google Stadia [Video]

January 20, 2021
After a pretty minor rollout that turned out to be a beta test for State Share on Stadia with Crayta, the potentially game-changing platform feature has arrived in full with the release of Hitman 3 — and we have spent a few days getting to know it better. Why State…
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Chromecast w/ Google TV ‘data may be corrupt’ issue affects some users, here’s how to fix it

January 20, 2021
One of our favorite streaming devices available today is the $49 Chromecast with Google TV. However, since the device launched in September, quite a few users have run into a problem with the Chromecast with Google TV crashing and showing a “can’t load Android system, your data may be corrupt” screen. Here’s how to fix that if it happens to you. Unlike previous Chromecast releases, the…
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Apple shares shot on iPhone 12 photos – from portraits to pie

January 19, 2021
In a somewhat random press release this morning, Apple has emphasized some of the features of the iPhone 12 camera systems, and shared some “shot on iPhone 12” photos. These range from portraits to pie. The photos are, as you’d expect, beautiful examples of what can be…
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Apple begins blocking M1 Mac users from side loading iPhone and iPad applications [U]

January 19, 2021
Update January 19, 2021: Apple has reverted this server-side change, and it is once again possible to side-load unsupported iPhone and iPad apps on an M1 Mac. We don’t expect this to last long, so if there are any iPhone or iPad apps you want on your Mac, download them sooner rather than later using iMazing. Earlier this week, 9to5Mac reported that Apple would soon start blocking users from…
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