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The first custom ROMs based upon Android 12 are already available

Although we’re not yet seeing the stable Android 12 update for Pixel hardware — or any other device for that matter — the first wave of custom ROMs is now already available for intrepid device tinkerers. In under 72 hours since Google pushed Android 12 and its changes to AOSP, ROM developers have hit the ground running, and for selected hardware, you can now get a taste of the latest OS…
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Sports shooters compared: the Canon EOS R3 versus the Sony a9 II

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Canon EOS R3 versus Sony a9 II What a time to be a photographer, especially one who has their eyes and lenses set on photographing fast action. We live in an age where even compact cameras have insane autofocus and burst speeds, and many midrange full-frame mirrorless cameras out there can capture bursts of images that put…
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Battlefield 2042 beta hands-on — Flying into the tornado

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  During one goofy moment in my demo of Battlefield 2042, I really felt I was enjoying myself. A tornado had appeared on the map, leaving destruction in its…
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Asus is recruiting Android 12 beta testers for Zenfone 8

The Zenfone 8 announced in May with Android 11 already got a couple of Android 12 beta builds, but those didn’t include any additional software features from Asus. However, just ahead of Android 12’s stable rollout, Asus has started recruiting testers for the Zenfone 8’s Android 12 beta update, which will come with Asus’ ZenUI 8 custom Android skin. After Google has…
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iPhone 14 to come with up to 2TB storage option

We are still about a year away from the iPhone 14 series, but rumors about the next-gen iPhones have already started doing rounds on the Internet, with the latest one claiming Apple will double the maximum storage on next year’s iPhones. Apple doubled the maximum…
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Flashback: The HTC One (M8) had two cameras and two OSes

What comes after One? Well, the HTC One (M8), of course! If we haven’t made our feelings clear, “One” is a terrible name. But we won’t go into that again, the HTC One was a promising phone that did things its own way. The M8 is the sequel to that and introduced a camera feature that is still very popular today. Or should we say “common” since popular implies that people like it. We…
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