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Battlefield 2042 beta hands-on — Flying into the tornado

October 6, 2021
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 path. I jumped off a building and opened my parachute. But instead of avoiding the spinning tornado, I flew into it just to…
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Asus is recruiting Android 12 beta testers for Zenfone 8

October 6, 2021
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…
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Samsung Galaxy A50 is the latest phone to get October 2021 Android security patch

October 6, 2021
Samsung began rolling out the October 2021 Android security patch a few days before September ended, and the Korean conglomerate continues with its release as the Galaxy A50 becomes the latest smartphone to get the latest security update. The Galaxy A50 is also the company’s first mid-ranger to get the October 2021 patch since all other Samsung phones that got the October security update are…
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iPhone 14 to come with up to 2TB storage option

October 6, 2021
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

October 6, 2021
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…
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ColorOS 12 public beta arrives, OnePlus 9 phones first in line to get it

October 6, 2021
The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are moving away from HydrogenOS and switching to ColorOS in China, company officials confirmed multiple times. Now we have it on paper, as the designated Weibo account of ColorOS announced public beta is now avaiable, and OnePlus and Oppo users can sign up to get it. This beta follows the closed beta from mid-September. The OnePlus 9 flagships will be accompanied…
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Google adding dedicated ‘climate change’ Search page, EV research tools, & Shopping suggestions

October 6, 2021
In addition to new features for Maps, Nest Thermostats, and Flights, Google is going to surface more information about making sustainable choices in Search, Shopping, and Finance. This includes a dedicated Google Search results page for “climate change” and research on traffic light inefficiencies. Google is adding a dedicated results page for “climate change” later this month. The…
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