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iPhone 12: everything we think we know about Apple’s 2020 5G iPhones

September 5, 2020
We’re likely just weeks away from Apple taking the wraps off its 2020 iPhones, and the rumor mill is in full swing, hinting at some major changes this year. If you’ve been hanging on to your first-generation iPhone SE because you just love its squared-off edges, the newest iPhones could be the ones for you — there are already a lot of rumors pointing to a brand new design with squared edges…
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Hands-on: iOS 14 beta 7 changes and features [Video]

September 5, 2020
Yesterday Apple released the seventh iOS 14 beta, and it comes bundled with a couple of noteworthy updates. Watch our brief hands-on video walkthrough as we explore new iOS 14 beta 7 changes and features. What’s new in iOS 14 beta 7? Updated App Library categories New…
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Teenage Engineering's next product is probably a Bluetooth speaker

September 5, 2020
When Teenage Engineering started teasing it was working on a “magic apparatus,” people got understandably excited. After all, this is the company that has released some of the most offbeat but capable synths (and IKEA products) in the last couple of years, and it said it had been working on this device for the past six years. There was even hope we might see an update to the…
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NVIDIA's RTX 3000 cards make counting teraflops pointless

September 5, 2020
Teraflops have been a popular way to measure “graphical power” for years. The term refers to the number of calculations a GPU can perform, but while it’s been on spec sheets forever, more recently the teraflop has gone mainstream, appearing in marketing…
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Lidar is dull on iPads, but could go beyond AR on the iPhone 12 Pro

September 5, 2020
While many of Apple’s investments in innovative technologies pay off, some just don’t: Think back to the “tremendous amount” of money and engineering time it spent on force-sensitive screens, which are now in the process of disappearing from Apple Watches and iPhones, or its work on Siri, which still feels like it’s in beta nine years after it was first integrated into iOS. In some…
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Android Auto Wireless is now available in Russia

September 5, 2020
Out of the countries where Android Auto is supported, there have been two major holdouts that have not allowed Android Auto Wireless — Japan and Russia. Today, it seems Android Auto Wireless has now become permitted in Russia. Last month, Google shared that Android 11 is…
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It will cost $1.8 billion to pull Huawei and ZTE out of US networks, FCC says

September 4, 2020
Removing Chinese equipment will cost small carriers as much as $1.8 billion, according to a new report from the Federal Communications Commission. The report estimates that as much as $1.6 billion of the cost would be eligible for federal reimbursement — but Congress has yet to appropriate the necessary funds. Significant national security concerns have been raised about the use of Huawei and…
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