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iPhone 12 mini Diary: Overnight ICU stay shows the limitations of the smaller battery

December 21, 2020
On December 10, my world changed in a flash as I went from having a normal day at work to following an ambulance to the emergency room with my five-year-old daughter inside. Read on to see how the iPhone 12 mini performed when we were stuck in intensive care overnight. While we now know that my daughter was suffering from a seizure, it was a terrifying few hours for the Chambers’ household. My…
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ZTE Axon 20 5G now available for purchase globally

December 21, 2020
After grabbing all the headlines with the launch of its Axon 20 5G back in September ZTE has now made the world’s first phone with an under-display camera available globally. Initial sales will happen through invitation codes obtainable via ZTE’s New Vision Club as well as the brand’s official social media channels. In addition, all buyers will be treated to a free pair of ZTE TWS…
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iPhone security flaw let spies hack dozens of Al Jazeera journalists

December 21, 2020
Journalists appear to have fallen prone to a particularly sophisticated digital espionage campaign. According to the Guardian, Citizen Lab has discovered that operators using NSO Group software, nicknamed Kismet, hacked the iPhones of 37 journalists (most from Al Jazeera) using an iMessage vulnerability that had been present for roughly a year. The zero-click attacks left no trace and would have…
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Animated Google Doodle showcases the winter solstice and ‘great conjunction’

December 21, 2020
Google, in collaboration with NASA, has replaced their homepage logo in the Northern Hemisphere with an animated Doodle celebrating the winter solstice and suggesting that you keep your eyes to the skies for the current “great conjunction” of Saturn and Jupiter. This year, December 21 marks the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and on this longest night of 2020, an incredible…
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