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This week’s top stories: Android 13 arrives, Pixel 6 can’t be downgraded, Pixel 7 hits FCC, more

August 21, 2022
In this week’s top stories: Google releases Android 13 for its phones, Pixel 6 owners are unable to downgrade back to Android 12, Pixel 7 moves closer to launch with FCC approval, and more. After months of beta testing, this week Google released Android 13, which may not feel too terribly different for those on the Pixel series. Android 13 does a variety of minor things like update the media…
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Death, resurrection and digital immortality in an AI world

August 20, 2022
Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. I have been thinking about death lately. Not a lot — a little. Possibly because I recently had a month-long bout of Covid-19. And, I read a recent story about the passing of the actor Ed Asner, famous for his role as Lou Grant in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” More…
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Comment: These are the worst privacy features coming to iOS 16

August 20, 2022
Apple wants to be known for its privacy-first approach to hardware and software products. While the company has successfully introduced essential features to this matter, such as Sign In With Apple, end-to-end encryption to iMessage and FaceTime, iOS 15’s Find My function…
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WhatsApp for iOS plans to bring Stories-like feature to the chat list

August 20, 2022
WhatsApp for iOS is always working on a handful of new features. Over this year, the app introduced Reactions, the ability to migrate the chat history from iOS to Android – and vice-versa –, and many more other features. But now, Mark Zuckerberg’s messenger app is planning to add a bit of a controversial feature: the ability to watch Status directly from WhatsApp’s chat list. Status has…
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Apple extends iPhone 12 ‘no sound’ speaker service program

August 20, 2022
Apple is adding another year to the eligibility window for an iPhone 12 service recall program it launched last year. The service program applies to iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro devices that experience “no sound issues” due to a faulty component in the receiver module. Apple first launched the service program in August of 2021. At the time, the company explained that a “very small…
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