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One UI 5.0/Android 13 arrives on Samsung Galaxy A71 5G, Galaxy S10 Lite and Tab S7 FE

December 15, 2022
Samsung is rolling out the One UI 5.0/Android 13 update to the Galaxy A71 5G. The phone came out in early 2020 with Android 10, got One UI 3.0/Android 11 in early 2021, then One UI 4.1/Android 12 this March (it skipped One UI 4.0). Now on to another major version of Samsung’s software and the latest Android features. The Galaxy A71 5G is receiving firmware with version A716BXXU6EVL2 and it seems…
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Apple to open iOS to third-party app stores next year

December 15, 2022
Apple plans massive changes on iOS and other products and services to fulfill EU requirements set in the Digital Markets and Services Act. According to , Cupertino will redesign its platform to “open up key elements”, meaning iPhone and iPad users can download apps…
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OnePlus sets up mystery event in China for December 17

December 15, 2022
Without much context, OnePlus announced it will hold an event in China on December 17 (Saturday) at 2:30 PM local time to commemorate its ninth year of existence. OnePlus CEO and co-founder Pete Lau and Li Jie, president of OnePlus China will headline the event though it…
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Oppo Find N2 and Find N2 Flip are the foldable competition Samsung desperately needs

December 15, 2022
Foldable smartphones are finally starting to hit their stride, but what the market really needs is a proper competitor to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip. That’s exactly what Oppo plans to bring to the table with the Oppo Find N2 series. The Oppo Find N2 and Find N2 Flip make up the company’s second generation of foldable smartphones. Looking first at the Oppo Find N2, this “book”…
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Google brings Matter support to Nest devices and Android starting today

December 15, 2022
Matter is finally happening. After launching the standard earlier this year and some manufacturers making their updates available, Google is today launching Matter support on Nest devices and Android. Starting today, Google is rolling out updates to its Nest devices to make them compatible with Matter, including making several Nest devices Matter hubs. The original Google Home speaker, Google…
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Large language models broaden AI’s reach in industry and enterprises

December 15, 2022
This article is part of a VB Lab Insights series on AI sponsored by Microsoft and Nvidia. In July 2022, the AI world and popular press worldwide buzzed with the release of DALL-E 2, the generative AI with 3.5 billion parameters developed by Open AI. Then came ChatGPT, the interactive conversational large language model developed and trained by OpenAI. Until then, flashy text-to-image models had…
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