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U1 chip in iPhone 11 is Apple’s own design, but compatible with other devices

A teardown of the U1 chip in the iPhone 11 has confirmed that it is Apple’s own design. There had been earlier speculation that Apple was using a Decawave Ultra Wideband DW1000 chip that has similar capabilities, offering precise radio-based positioning down to 10 cm. iFixit says Apple’s chip is a different design to the DW1000, but uses the same standards and is compatible with third-party…
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How to share Notes app folders on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

A lesser-known but very useful feature included with iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and macOS Catalina is improved sharing in the Notes app. Follow along for how to share Notes app folders on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Folder sharing for iCloud Drive in the Files app was originally planned for the launch of iOS 13, but it’s been pushed back for now. However, folder sharing in the Notes app is live now…
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Google makes first official acknowledgement of ‘Android 11’

The 2019 Android Dev Summit kicks off later this month and Google yesterday posted the full conference schedule. An official Android app for the event interestingly makes the first official reference to “Android 11.” One session at the two-day conference in Mountain…
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OnePlus 7T Pro hands-on: Old, new, borrowed, and now in a lighter blue

The regular refresh of the OnePlus line has now been extended to the “Pro” line, and the result at the latter end of 2019 is the OnePlus 7T Pro — so we’ve gone hands-on. Make no mistake: Just because the OnePlus 7T Pro is available, you don’t need to go and throw your now six-month-old OnePlus 7 Pro away. As far as smartphone launches go, this is arguably the most modest upgrade in…
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Apple releasing second developer beta of iOS 13.2 today

Update: iOS 13.2 beta 2, iPadOS 13.2 beta 2, watchOS 6.1 beta 3, and tvOS 13.2 beta 2 now available. iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2 public beta 2 also now available. Apple today is releasing the second developer beta of iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2. Today’s release comes just over a…
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Facebook launches PyTorch Mobile for edge ML on Android and iOS devices

Facebook is planing to release PyTorch Mobile for deploying machine learning models on Android and iOS devices. PyTorch Mobile was released today alongside PyTorch 1.3, the latest version of Facebook’s open-source deep learning library with quantization and support for use of Google Cloud TPUs, and tools like Captum, which supplies explainability for machine learning models. PyTorch Mobile…
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