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This incredible exploit could have let hackers remotely own iPhones without even touching them

December 2, 2020
Ever watch that movie, or play that video game, about the hacker who can instantly take over someone’s device without touching it at all? Those scenes are typically unrealistic as heck. But every once in a while, a real-life hack makes them seem downright plausible — a hack like the one you can see examples of in the videos above and below. Today, Google Project Zero security researcher Ian…
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Huawei's EMUI 11 reaches 10 million users worldwide

December 2, 2020
Huawei has just announced that 10 million users across the world are using smartphones with its latest EMUI 11. The accomplishment was done in 82 days since the user interface’s announcement back in September, which is a month and a half faster than the EMUI 10…
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Honor is reportedly postponing the V40 series launch until January 2021

December 2, 2020
Honor was expected to introduce the V40 series in December but the latest reports say the brand decided to regroup and do the launch next month, in January 2021. Also, up until now, there were usually up to two phones in the yearly V lineups, but this might change and see a third one with a super-zoom/periscope lens. “New Honor, New Roads” Launching a phone in January won’t be too much of a…
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Oppo Find X3 series will unsurprisingly use the Snapdragon 888

December 2, 2020
Oppo may currently be very busy preparing the launch of the Reno5 series, but the Chinese company is also developing its next flagship smartphones, which are due to arrive in the first quarter of next year, according to a press release we received. Oppo doesn’t say it…
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Oppo Reno5 series pictured before official announcement

December 2, 2020
Soon Oppo will unveil the new Reno5 series starting with a trio of phones. Leakster posted an image showing the three models from the front. All three have single punch hole cameras, but only two have curved screens (the one on the left has a flat screen). The three upcoming Oppo Reno5 phones We think these three are the Oppo Reno5 5G, Reno5 Pro 5G and Reno5 Pro+ 5G, respectively. The vanilla…
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Samsung reportedly won’t release a new Galaxy Note in 2021

December 2, 2020
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 may go down as the last of its line. According to Reuters, the company reportedly won’t release a new Note device in 2021. Instead, Samsung will focus its efforts on the Galaxy S and its lineup of foldable phones, made up at the moment of the Z…
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iPhone 8 and later now support 1080p FaceTime calls with iOS 14.2

December 2, 2020
It turns out Apple included a stealthy update with iOS 14.2 that didn’t appear in the release notes. With the latest public release, iPhone 8 and later have gained support for 1080p FaceTime HD video calls on Wi-Fi and for iPhone 12, on 5G and Wi-Fi. Discovered by MacMagazine (via Google Translate), Apple didn’t detail the upgrade in resolution for FaceTime calls that has arrived for iPhones…
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