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Oppo working on a mobile chip of its own

November 21, 2019
Following the footsteps of other big smartphone manufacturers like Samsung, Apple and Huawei, Oppo is planning to release a mobile SoC designed in-house. It will be used to drive future Oppo models and this is not the first time we area hearing about this, but now we have a piece of solid evidence that this is indeed happening. According to a trademark filed in EUIPO (European Union Intellectual…
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OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren, The fastest phone gets slightly faster

November 21, 2019
OnePThe best OnePlus smartphone on the market is unfortunately not officially available in the United States — at least for now. But nonetheless, despite regional lockouts, the OnePlus 7T Pro is finest phone made by the OEM that essentially instigated the affordable…
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Nearly every official Apple iPhone case on sale from $24, Best Buy’s new Beat the Rush sale, more

November 21, 2019
Official Apple iPhone cases are on sale at Amazon from $24 in today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break. This week’s Best Buy Beat the Rush sale offers early price drops on iPad Pro and fresh deals on Apple Watch bands. You’ll find all that and more down below. Amazon is bringing back one of this fall’s most popular sales, discounting nearly every official Apple iPhone 11 case from $24. We’ve…
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Google quintuples top reward for hacking Android to $1 million

November 21, 2019
Google, which has already paid security researchers over $15 million since launching its bug bounty program in 2010, today expanded its Android Security Rewards program. Most notably, the company is introducing a top prize of $1 million. The previous top prize was $200,000.
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NVIDIA's latest RTX Studio drivers make Blender four times faster

November 21, 2019
NVIDIA’s latest Studio RTX driver isn’t just speeding up commercial production renderers like V-Ray. If you use the free, open-source Blender 3D animation software, you’ll also get a boost, NVIDIA announced. With the new driver, the Blender Cycles renderer will provide real-time rendering and boost performance by four times compared to using a CPU alone. Cycles uses…
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Dynamic email in Gmail launches on Android and iOS

November 21, 2019
Following a preview last February, Google brought its AMP for Email project into general availability, allowing companies to imbue their emails with interactive and engaging web-like experiences. Gmail on the web natively supported the format at launch, but the Gmail app for…
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Oppo unveils ColorOS 7 and teases Reno3

November 21, 2019
As expected, Oppo unveiled its latest Android custom skin – ColorOS 7 today at an event held in Beijing. It brings a major design overhaul with new UI visuals, under-the-hood optimizations as well as enhancements to the Breeno voice assistant and camera…
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 gets One UI 2 beta (based on Android 10)

November 21, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy Note9 may be a year older than the Note10, but it is not far behind – just a couple of days after the new model got the second beta One UI 2, the first Note9 units are joining the program as well. Besides the revamped Samsung UI, this update also brings Android 10 with it. If you’re not already in, you’ll need to download the Samsung Members app and join the One UI beta…
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