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Report: Vox Media, BuzzFeed, and others working on alternative to Google’s AMP format 

In 2020, Google started to deprioritize its Accelerated Mobile Pages format in favor of general site speed and a “page experience” metric. The biggest news publishers are now planning to move away from the Google-backed AMP format.  This deprioritization started internally with Google’s new metric to rate websites by speed, responsiveness/interactivity, and visual stability — like when…
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Best smart wallets for iPhone (or your pocket)

Apple’s MagSafe wallet (the latest with Find My support) has grabbed a lot of attention over the last couple of years, but there are a lot of other great iPhone wallet choices with varying advantages. We’ll also look at some wallets with smart iPhone integration for…
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Oppo Find X5 Pro goes official with Hasselblad camera, custom Marisilicon X NPU

The Oppo Find X5 series arrives with notable improvements to image processing, battery tech and even build quality. The new series debuts with two similar phones, one vanilla and Pro model. We will focus on the Oppo Find X5 Pro here, the vanilla model is covered in a separate article. Like the Find X3 models, the X5 phones have two 50MP cameras (wide and ultrawide) based on the Sony IMX766 sensor…
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Motorola Edge 30 Pro is official with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and 68W fast charging

Motorola just announced its latest global flagship dubbed the Moto Edge 30 Pro. It comes with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, two 50MP cameras on the back and a 60MP selfie shooter. While mostly based on the Edge X30, the Edge 30 Pro has a different battery and slightly altered dimensions. The screen of the Moto Edge 30 Pro is a 6.7” P-OLED with Full HD+ resolution. It comes with 144Hz refresh…
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Oppo Find X5 series goes official with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, imaging-dedicated MariSilicon X chip

Oppo has today announced its latest flagship smartphone series, the Find X5 and Find X5 Pro. Both phones deliver top-tier specs and a new era of imaging for Oppo; here’s what you need to know. The biggest focus of the Find X5 Pro compared to past entries in the series is its camera array, which includes a 50MP primary camera, 50MP 110-degree ultrawide camera, and 13MP telephoto camera with a…
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