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OnePlus’ Pad 2 has a sharp display with a price tag that stings

September 12, 2024
As an entertainment device, the new OnePlus Pad 2 shines. The display is dazzling, its speakers, top-notch. In fact, the Android tablet is even more powerful than its predecessor for watching movies, listening to music, and playing games — so much so that, during the time I spent testing the tablet, I had no desire to stream shows or listen to music on my 2022 iPad Air. 2022 iPad…
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Apple is finally going to open up iPhone tap-to-pay

September 11, 2024
Apple is going to let developers offer in-app NFC transactions using the Secure Element starting with iOS 18.1, and as part of the update, you’ll also be able to set a default contactless payment app that’s accessible when you double-click your iPhone’s side button.
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iPhones will help decide offside violations in English soccer this season

September 11, 2024
The UK’s top soccer league is switching up the tech it uses to detect offside violations on the football pitch. The Premier League has contracted with a company called Genius Sports, which will use dozens of iPhones combined with machine-learning models to help game officials make an offside call. Offside violations aren’t always clear-cut, especially when players are grouped in a way that…
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Huawei’s triple-screen folding phone leaked — again

September 11, 2024
Spy photos of a thin triple-folding phone held by consumer group CEO Yu Chengdong have surfaced again. The images were posted by Weibo user Whylab on Thursday, reports Android Authority.posted by Weibo user Whylab The device looks as if could get as thin as current…
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Welcome back, Fortnite

September 10, 2024
For the first time since August 2020, Fortnite is back on iOS, and it’s just as exciting and engaging as ever — although a lot has changed in that time. August 2020 Following years of legal battles, rumors, and the launch of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Epic Games’…
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Apple Intelligence: What to Expect from the iPhone 16 Line

September 10, 2024
Apple should be spinning up the iPhone 16 line soon, and while rumors about its phones don’t tend to leak like certain other phones I know, some details have trickled out of the halls of Cupertino and its supply chain. Physically, we mostly expect them to look, well, like iPhones, but as the first new Apple smartphones after the WWDC debut of Apple Intelligence, the changes could be more than…
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European iPhones are more fun now

September 10, 2024
Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair. They’re getting all kinds of stuff because they have cool regulators, not, like, regular regulators. Third-party app stores, the ability…
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Chrome on Android can read webpages out loud from within the app

June 28, 2024
Google is rolling out a new option called “Listen to this page” that can read a webpage out loud to you from within the Android Chrome browser. The feature comes with playback controls similar to those you’d find in music or podcast players, letting you pause, change the reading speed, scrub forward, or skip ahead or back by 10 seconds at a time. You can also change the voice it uses, as…
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