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Opera’s AI browser assistant is now available in its iOS app

August 17, 2023
Opera announced today that its Aria AI assistant has made its way to iOS. The feature launched on desktop in June and stems from a partnership with ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Opera says Aria, now available on all major desktop and mobile platforms, has tallied over a million users on desktop and Android. Like Microsoft’s Bing Copilot and Google’s Search Generative Experience, Aria can answer…
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New York City bans TikTok for government employees

August 17, 2023
New York City will ban TikTok from government devices, The Verge reported on Wednesday. City agencies have 30 days to remove the ByteDance-owned app from their devices. Employees will not be allowed to download or use TikTok on their city-sanctioned tech effective…
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Apple AirTag 4-pack is back to $85 at Adorama

August 17, 2023
You can grab a four-pack Apple AirTag for $85 again, if you missed your chance to do so last time it was on sale for the same price. Previously, you could get the discounted AirTags on Amazon and Walmart — now, it’s Adorama that’s selling the four-pack bundle…
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Teardown video shows the Galaxy Z Flip5 is much easier to repair than predecessor

August 16, 2023
Last year the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 received a below average 4/10 repairability score in disassembly video. How does the new Galaxy Z Flip5 fare? Much better actually, it got a 7.5/10. A major reason for this improvement is that Samsung used pull tabs for the two batteries whereas they were just glued in place last year. The small battery in the top half has 1,000mAh capacity, the one in the…
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Watch the Honor Magic V2 get assembled on video

August 16, 2023
We assume that, over the years, you’ve seen your fair share of teardown / disassembly videos, where one YouTuber or another takes apart a smartphone or another. Maybe they even reassemble it at the end. That’s cool enough. But you know what would be cooler?
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The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 is $100 off right now

August 16, 2023
If you’ve been looking to pick up Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Flip 5, the foldable phone is now down to $900 at Amazon for a 256GB model. That’s a $100 discount for a device that only officially went on sale last week. You’ll just need to clip an on-page coupon to see the deal at checkout.  Photo by Cherlynn Low / Engadget Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5…
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Apple's 10.2-inch iPad drops back to a record low of $250

August 16, 2023
No matter how old you get, something happens inside your brain in mid-August that signals it’s time to buy new supplies. As a child preparing to go back to school, this might have been notebooks and erasers. As an adult, it can be a little bigger — especially if…
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Xiaomi's third foldable phone adds a zoom camera but keeps the slim frame

August 15, 2023
Summer season is also foldable phone season, it seems. Following on the heels of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and the impressively slim Honor Magic V2 (along with smaller models from Samsung and Motorola), it’s now Xiaomi’s turn to unveil its annual refresh. The aptly named Mix Fold 3 offers several expected improvements in terms of folded thickness (5.26mm), unfolded thickness…
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