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Oppo Reno7 5G certified by various agencies

January 26, 2022
We’re expecting Oppo’s Reno7 series to debut internationally on February 4 with India being the first stop. Ahead of the big announcement, we’ve spotted the Reno7 5G on several certification agencies as well as on Geekbench which revealed it’s packing MediaTek’s Dimensity 900 5G chipset. Oppo CPH2371 on Geekbench The Geekbench listing revealed a 703 single-core score and a 2,175-point…
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Microsoft Surface Duo finally receives Android 11 update

January 26, 2022
The Microsoft Surface Duo that was announced in October 2019 and launched in 2020 with Android 10 was supposed to get Android 11 in 2021, but that didn’t happen. However, the company hasn’t forgotten its foldable as the smartphone is finally receiving the Android…
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Realme X50 Pro 5G gets Android 12-based Realme UI 3.0 beta

January 26, 2022
The Realme X50 Pro 5G that was announced in February 2020 with Android 10 picked up Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 stable update in December 2020, and now it’s got Realme UI 3.0 based on Android 12, albeit through the company’s early access beta program, and only…
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Google drops FLoC and proposes new Topics API for replacing third-party cookies used by ads

January 26, 2022
At the start of 2021, Google offered the Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) as a replacement for third-party cookies used to place relevant ads on sites. Following criticism and feedback over the past year, Google today proposed the Topics API as a new solution. Google wants to phase out the use of third-party cookies in Chrome by 2023. To do so, it’s working on a series of…
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Google Registry opens registrations for .day top-level domain

January 26, 2022
Following .app, .page, and .new in recent years, Google Registry is now launching a .day top-level domain. An Early Access Program (EAP) opens today, while wider access kicks off in a week. The .day TLD “brings attention to any day” or “cause you care about.” Google today provided a list of nonprofit organizations using .day to “raise awareness around specific issues or causes that…
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TCL Google TV lineup gets update with performance fixes and January patch

January 26, 2022
TCL has once again updated its recent lineup of Google TV devices, bringing them up to the latest security update. Late last year, TCL owners experienced a wide variety of issues with the company’s newly launched Google TV devices, which led to the products being briefly taken off of storefronts, including Best Buy. Late December brought an update that fixed many of the obvious performance…
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