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WhatsApp for iOS starts rolling out end-to-end encrypted backups for beta testers

Almost a month since Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced WhatsApp would receive end-to-end encrypted backups, it looks like the feature is finally rolling out for some beta testers. As reported by always reliable WABetaInfo, version 2.21.200.14 of WhatsApp released end-to-end encrypted backups for specific beta testers. With that, these users will already take advantage of protecting…
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Samsung Galaxy A13 5G appears in Geekbench listing with Dimensity 700 SoC

There’s been talk of a Samsung Galaxy A13 in the works – a budget 5G phone with a 50MP main cam and a 5,000 mAh battery. Now the same device was spotted on Geekbench bearing the SM-A136U model number. Samsung Galaxy A13 5G scorecard The scorecard reveals A13 5G managed 465 single-core points and 1,106 points in the multi-core department. It is powered by the ARM MT6833V aka MediaTek…
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Halide 2.5 update brings macro mode to all iPhones

Popular iPhone and iPad camera app Halide today released version 2.5, which come with a major new feature that enables macro mode for all iPhone models. Called Neural Macro, this mode can be accessed in the app through the manual focus mode. Once enabled, the app will…
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Halide update brings the iPhone 13 Pro’s macro photography feature to the iPhone 8 and newer

Halide today announced a major update for its award-winning camera app. iPhone users can update to version 2.5, which enables iPhone 13’s Macro Mode to the iPhone 8 or newer. In a blog post, Halide’s Ben Sandofsky explains how great it is to have a macro camera, showing a ton of examples. Sandofsky also explains that this feature was available for a while thanks to third-party lenses, but…
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iOS 15.1 beta 3 adds new ‘Auto Macro’ toggle for disabling camera switching

Apple today released iOS 15.1 beta 3 to developers, and in addition to native support for ProRes, today’s update also adds a new toggle to disable Auto Macro for the Camera app. This addresses one of the biggest concerns that reviewers had for the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max… With iOS 15 on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, your iPhone’s camera will automatically switch to…
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