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Google Keep for Android rolling out Material Theme bottom bar with inset FAB

Google Keep rarely gets updated these days, but it’s mostly feature complete following dark themes earlier this year for Android and the web. The mobile client today is rolling out a Material Theme bottom app bar with inset FAB. Previously, the left side of the bottom bar had a “Take a note…” field that opened a blank screen when tapped. To the right were shortcuts for creating a new…
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Recommended Reading: The making of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge

A journey to Galaxy’s Edge, the nerdiest place on Earth Adam Rogers, Wired By now, even people who aren’t Star Wars fans have heard something about Galaxy’s Edge: the massive and detailed new attraction at Disneyland. Wired spoke to “Imagineers&#8221…
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US carriers can no longer purchase Huawei and ZTE equipment with federal subsidy

And while things are slowly going back to normal around the Huawei ban, the US FCC is making things harder on the other end. The latest development around the US-China trade war is that USA operators can no longer purchase Huawei and ZTE equipment using federal subsidy funds. As of now, only select operators with approval can purchase Huawei and ZTE equipment and they can still do it but not with…
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OnePlus reveals its second website data breach in two years

Early in 2018, popular cellphone maker OnePlus revealed it had coughed up credit card information on over 40,000 users in a data breach, and now it’s informing users of another one. This time, while the website is the source of the breach, the company believes…
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Honor V30 confirmed to ship with Kirin 990 SoC, price surfaces

The Honor V30 and V30 Pro arriving on November 26 were expected to ship with the flagship Kirin 990 SoC, and just three days ahead of the unveiling, the company has officially confirmed that the V30 series will indeed have the Kirin 990 chipset under the hood. Honor made…
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OnePlus security breach exposes customer names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses

OnePlus has revealed today that its systems have been breached, resulting in information about certain orders having been exposed. Names, contact numbers, emails, and shipping addresses could be in the possession of nefarious third parties. The company stresses that only a subset of orders have had these details exposed. Additionally, OnePlus says all payment information, passwords, and accounts…
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New Nokia smartphone launches on December 5

HMD Global, the company that makes Nokia smartphones, has started teasing its next product, which will be officially unveiled on December 5. We know this much from the tweet you can see embedded below. Unfortunately, aside from the date and an outline of a handset, we…
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Review: iPhone 11 Pro Smart Battery Case levels up with a dedicated camera button

Earlier this week Apple quietly released its latest version of the Smart Battery Case for its newest iPhones. The Smart Battery Case for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max helps to extend your iPhone’s battery life just like previous versions. But unlike previous versions of the Smart Battery Case, this year’s edition comes with a brand new physical camera shortcut feature that…
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