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OnePlus introduced the Buds Z TWS earphones last October, and the company will follow up with its successor – dubbed OnePlus Buds Z2 – next month. Word comes from leakster , who also shared a few renders of the OnePlus Buds Z2, revealing their design. The Buds Z2 look similar to their predecessor, but the ear tips are slightly angled this time. We also see some sensors on the buds…

Apple published a new support page about how exposure to vibrations, like those generated by high-powered motorcycle engines, might impact iPhone cameras. Apple explains that some features like optical image stabilization (OIS) and closed-loop autofocus can be affected for “long-term direct exposure to high-amplitude vibration within certain frequency ranges.” As spotted by MacRumors, the…

After being hinted at and after testing in previous beta builds, WhatsApp has confirmed that end-to-end encryption for cloud backups is set to roll out soon. Announced in a Facebook Engineering blog post, end-to-end encryption has been missing from cloud backups despite the fact that the messages in chat gained the added security layer way back in 2016. The current implementation has relied…

Robot vacuums are still very much a luxury, but they’ve come down in price considerably over the past several years to the point where, now, you can get something halfway decent for around $150. What’s more interesting to me, however, are the vacuums that are still a bit more expensive but are also much better at the job in question. Roborock has become a big name in that market, and the…