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OnePlus 8 Pro tipped to include wireless charging, but CEO implies otherwise

For years now, OnePlus has been ignoring wireless charging and coming up with pretty poor excuses for not adopting the technology. However, there’s now a rumor going around saying that the OnePlus 8 Pro may adopt wireless charging this year. Max J teased on Twitter earlier this week that the OnePlus 8 Pro would finally deliver support for wireless charging. His graphic was only for…
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Mario Kart Tour opens multiplayer racing to all players on Android and iOS

At launch, Mario Kart Tour was missing the key multiplayer component, but it was quickly added in follow-up updates. Unfortunately, this multiplayer racing element was behind a steep $5 per month Gold Pass subscription. We have good news though, as Nintendo has confirmed in an official blog post that the multiplayer racing element is now open to all Mario Kart Tour players on Android and iOS as…
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Microsoft’s software plan for the Duo Android phone is surprisingly realistic

I’m going to leave the analysis of the truly bonkers story of Jeff Bezos’ phone hack to Casey Newton’s newsletter, The Interface. Go subscribe now. He’s drafting it as I write these words and it contains Very Practical Advice like “Never open a WhatsApp message from the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.” For me and my personal obsession with the various ways companies are trying to…
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DOJ letter reveals the FBI recently cracked an iPhone 11

While the Department of Justice, US attorney general and even the president continue to pressure Apple for additional technical support in unlocking iPhones tied to the naval base shooting in December, a letter reveals that the FBI recently cracked a password-protected iPhone 11. That phone belonged to Lev Parnas, an associate of the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has been indicted on…
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