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User successfully runs Ubuntu on a jailbroken iPhone 7

January 12, 2021
The jailbreak process lets users run several tweaks and other iOS modifications, but one user recently decided to go further and install the Ubuntu operating system on an iPhone. The experiment was shared by the user identified as “newhacker1746” on Reddit. According to the user, the iPhone 7 used during the process was no longer working due to a problem in its internal storage. That’s…
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Honor's Band 6 wearable is coming to the US for around $35

January 12, 2021
Honor, currently in the process of extricating itself from Huawei, will start selling its Honor Band 6 fitness tracker in the US. The barebones wearable, which launched in China back in November, will arrive on these shores at an as-yet unspecified date in the very near…
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PopSockets reveals new MagSafe-compatible PopGrips for iPhone 12, more

January 12, 2021
PopSockets is embracing the iPhone 12’s new MagSafe functionality with a handful of new accessories. Leading the way today is the PopGrip for MagSafe, which is a grip that attaches magnetically to MagSafe-compatible cases for iPhone 12. For those unfamiliar, iPhone accessories for many people. You simply attach one to the back of your iPhone, and you have a built-in handle that makes the…
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Videos: Apple promotes iPhone and Apple Pay privacy in new ads

January 12, 2021
Apple has shared a pair of new privacy advertisements on one of its YouTube channels today. The new privacy ads focus on Face ID and Apple Pay, while Apple has also shared a new video highlighting the iPhone’s sustainability initiatives. The three new videos were shared…
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TCL and Alcatel launching trio of Android tablets, including one w/ color E Ink competitor

January 12, 2021
Today, TCL is announcing a trio of Android tablets to be released over the next few months, including a model using a NXTPAPER display, their competitor to color E Ink. By the spec sheet, the TCL TAB 10S and TCL NXTPAPER have a great deal in common. Both tablets run on Android 10, use a MediaTek MT8768 series chip, and offer as much as 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The main thing that sets the…
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LG teases rollable phone again, this time showing it in action [Video]

January 12, 2021
After debuting its wacky Wing phone in 2020, LG has been teasing its next Explorer Project device which has a rollable display. Now, at CES 2021, LG has dropped another teaser for the Rollable, this time confirming its name and showing it in action. During LG’s CES 2021 presentation, the company cut to a very brief clip that shows a phone being held as its screen starts to shrink down. At the…
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