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Smaller iPhone batteries next year, thanks to new tech – Kuo

November 13, 2020
Next year’s iPhones could have smaller batteries, thanks to the use of new technology known as soft board batteries. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that what he refers to as the iPhone 13 would be the first iPhones to use the new tech … An investment note says that Jialianyi will double its Apple business next year through supplying soft board batteries. Benefiting from the return to…
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iPhone 12 Diary: First impressions of my first giant phone

November 13, 2020
I don’t want the headline to imply that I will buy future giant iPhones — the jury is very much out on whether I even keep this one — but it really does feel like I’m trying a whole new product category here. In the old Apple days, there were small screens, aka…
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Android gains support for hardware-accelerated PyTorch inference

November 13, 2020
Google’s Android team today unveiled a prototype feature that allows developers to use hardware-accelerated inference with Facebook’s PyTorch machine learning framework, enabling more developers to leverage the Android Neural Network API’s (NNAPI) ability to run computationally-intensive AI models on-device. Google says that with this partnership between the Android team and Facebook…
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First iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max pre-orders now arriving to customers

November 13, 2020
As the clock slowly turns to November 13 around the world, the first iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max orders have started arriving to early pre-order customers. This also means that the new devices are officially available for purchase and pick up at Apple Stores in many countries. Eager iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max users have taken to Instagram and Twitter to share new pictures of…
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Apple stops signing iOS 14.1, blocking downgrades from iOS 14.2

November 13, 2020
As Apple released iOS 14.2 to the public last week, the company today stopped signing iOS 14.1 and iPadOS 14.1. That means users who have updated their devices to iOS 14.2 can no longer downgrade to iOS 14.1. iOS 14.1 was introduced in October with bug fixes and also initial…
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Google confirms that it’s working on Nest Audio and Chromecast integration

November 13, 2020
Earlier this month, unused marketing hinted at Google’s latest smart speaker becoming a “home theater sound system” for its Google TV streaming dongle. Google has now confirmed it is working on Nest Audio and Chromecast integration. This revelation comes from the Wall Street Journal’s review of the HomePod Mini, Nest Audio, and latest Amazon Echo. The non-Nest offerings can pair with the…
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