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Vivo is making a phone that has color-changing rear glass

September 4, 2020
Vivo is developing one of the coolest looking phones I’ve ever seen. In a video posted to Weibo (and spotted by Android Authority), the company confirms that its new phone, which doesn’t yet have a name or release date, can change its rear case’s color with the press of a button. The company claims to be using electrochromic glass to achieve this dazzling effect, the same tech that OnePlus…
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Apple delays privacy feature that would let iPhone owners keep ad tracking at bay

September 3, 2020
Apple is delaying a controversial new privacy rule it’s implementing with iOS 14 that will require developers to ask users for permission to gather data and track them across mobile apps and websites on the iPhone and iPad, the company announced in a developer update posted Thursday. Apple originally intended for the rule to go live with iOS 14, slated for released sometime this fall, but…
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Report: iPhone 12 with fastest 5G limited to 1 model in 3 countries

September 3, 2020
A new report from today says that only the 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro model will support the faster millimeter-wave version of 5G. All of the new iPhone 12 models are expected to support sub-6GHz 5G connectivity, though. As a refresher, Apple is expected to introduce four new iPhone 12 models this year: one with a 5.4-inch screen, two with 6.1-inch displays, and one with a 6.7-inch display. The…
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NVIDIA shows off 'Doom Eternal' running on the GeForce RTX 3080

September 3, 2020
When it revealed its first 3000-series graphics cards earlier this week, NVIDIA said the $699 GeForce RTX 3080 runs twice as fast as the 2080. To showcase its latest tech, the company released a gameplay video of Doom Eternal running on the 3080, which includes side-by-side…
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Android 10 (Go edition) begins rolling out to Nokia 2.1

September 3, 2020
Despite the rollout of Android 11 on the imminent horizon, the Android 10 (Go edition) update has now begun rolling out for the Nokia 2.1. The smartphone is fairly long in the tooth now at 2 years old, however, this is quite the jump from Android Pie – or the Android Go flavor. Nokia confirmed that the Android 10 update has started rolling out in Asian markets before a wider rollout over the…
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