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WhatsApp is only the second non-Google Android app to hit 5 billion installs

There are only a few apps on the Google Play Store to have reached the mythical 5 billion install figure, bar some of the pre-installed Google options. Third-party messaging app WhatsApp is now only the second non-Google app to do so, having amassed the figure over a decade on Android and the Play Store. Given the popularity of WhatsApp around the globe, it probably comes as no surprise and…
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Supposed OnePlus 8 Pro 120 Hz display settings, punch-hole leaked in hands-on photo

We already know that OnePlus is planning on slapping an ever higher 120 Hz refresh rate AMOLED display into the upcoming OnePlus 8 Pro. Now, thanks to an alleged leaked hands-on photo courtesy of True-Tech.net, we’ve got a potential glimpse of the adjustable settings of that ew display. On top of that, the leaked photo also gives us a slightly closer look at the in-display punch-hole camera…
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Chrome for Android tests recommending tabs you should close, even if you won’t listen

There are two types of people in this world — those who keep maybe three Chrome tabs open at most, and those who treat Chrome tabs like a running backlog of things you want to get done or look into but not . For those, like myself, in the latter category who end up with way too many open tabs, Chrome for Android is testing out a new recommendation to maybe close some of those, even though you…
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Civil liberties groups back Apple against FBI in Pensacola iPhones case

Three different civil liberties groups are backing Apple in its refusal to create a weakened version of iOS to allow the FBI access to two iPhones used by the Pensacola shooter. They support Apple’s position that compromising iPhone encryption would be a far greater risk to national security than not gaining access to the phones… Background History repeated itself when the FBI asked Apple to…
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