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Vivo V1 ISP chip photographed next to Snapdragon 888

September 5, 2021
Vivo’s upcoming X70 line is one of the more curious upcoming releases in recent memory. We are currently expecting a trio of devices in the family – a vanilla X70, a X70 Pro and a X70 Pro+ – all of which we are already quite familiar with, thanks to an avalanche of multiple certifications, leaks, live photos and official teasers and press materials. Yet, there is still plenty of…
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WhatsApp chat data transfer from iOS to Samsung is now live

September 5, 2021
Last month on the day of Samsung’s official unveiling of the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 WhatsApp unveiled plans to support moving chat history from iOS to Samsung devices running Android 10 or 11. Today this feature finally went live. So, if you have a Samsung handset…
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Hands-on with the new Fujifilm XF33mm F1.4 R LM WR

September 5, 2021
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Introduction Fujifilm’s XF 33mm F1.4 R LM WR is the latest in a series of primes from the company that offer modern alternatives to some of the first optics in the X-mount system. I say ‘offer alternatives’ rather than replace, because the company says the 33mm won’t replace the nine-year-old XF 35mm F1.4…
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GamingNews

Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone mode might be inspired by Escape from Tarkov

September 4, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Battlefield 2042 is launching soon. But publisher Electronic Arts and developer DICE still have a few things left to tell fans about the game before its October 22 release. For one, a beta test is coming September 22, according to sources familiar with the game. And another key selling point is its marquee new game…
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AI Weekly: An outline for government regulation of AI

September 4, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Governments face a range of policy challenges around AI technologies, many of which are exacerbated by the fact that they lack sufficiently detailed…
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Astronaut Captures Photos of Rare Blue Aurora Illuminated by the Moon

September 3, 2021
Astronaut-photographer Thomas Pesquet recently captured photos of blue southern lights, a rarely seen hue that only happens under very precise geomagnetic conditions. The southern lights, or Aurora Australis, are visually similar to the more commonly known northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, and are beautiful displays of bright green hues sometimes tinged with red. While other colors have been…
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