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U.S. Supreme Court divided over Google’s bid to end Oracle’s Android copyright lawsuit

October 8, 2020
(Reuters) — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided on Wednesday as it considered whether to protect Alphabet’s Google from a long-running lawsuit by Oracle accusing it of infringing Oracle copyrights to build the Android operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones. The shorthanded court, down one justice following last month’s death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, heard oral…
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iOS 14: How to limit third-party access to the iPhone’s Photos app

October 8, 2020
Among the variety of security and privacy enhancements with iOS 14 is improved control for photo permissions. Read along for how to limit third-party access to the iPhone’s Photos app. With iOS 13 and earlier, when a third-party app asked for permission to access your Photos library, the only options were to deny or allow the request. That meant saying yes gave access to your full Photos library…
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App Store Connect for iOS updated with TestFlight integration

October 8, 2020
Apple today updated its App Store Connect app for iOS with some great new features. Developers will now be able to set up and manage TestFlight apps right on their iPhone and iPad through the App Store Connect app. The App Store Connect is the place where developers can…
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Apple’s Hi, Speed iPhone event may normalize low-speed 5G and fast CPUs

October 8, 2020
Believe it or not, I’ve spent the last several years preparing for Apple’s “Hi, Speed” media event, which will largely focus on officially introducing the first 5G iPhones. When I began studying 5G, there were no business or consumer 5G devices and zero 5G cellular towers, but plenty of excitement across multiple industries. 5G has been hyped as the basis of a fourth industrial…
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OnePlus 8T camera performance teased w/ a nice low-light shot

October 7, 2020
Perhaps the biggest Achilles heel of the OnePlus 8 released earlier this year was a camera that was inferior to the OnePlus 8 Pro. It wasn’t bad per se, but there was a lot of room for improvement. Now, OnePlus has shared the first camera sample from the OnePlus 8T, teasing the low-light performance. In previous OnePlus 8T leaks and rumors, it’s been strongly hinted that OnePlus is upgrading…
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