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Apple adding WebM audio codec support to Safari with iOS 15

August 11, 2021
Apple today released the fifth beta of iOS 15 to developers. As we get closer to the final release next month, the update brought only a few minor changes to the operating system. However, one interesting detail about the latest iOS 15 beta is that it adds support for the WebM audio codec to Safari. The feature is considered experimental and can be enabled or disabled by going to Safari’s…
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Galaxy Z Fold 2 diary: Nearly a year in, I’m more than ready for Fold 3 to fix these flaws

August 11, 2021
Just a few years ago, I never could have imagined that I would have spent nearly a year primarily using a foldable smartphone, but that’s exactly what’s happened. The Galaxy Z Fold 2 convinced me to fork over the early adopter tax, and with just a day left until we see its successor, it seems like a great time to look at how this phone has fared in terms of its durability. The hinge holds…
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Comment: Google Now, Glass, & Wear — The future we lost by making watches miniature phones

August 11, 2021
Tomorrow will hopefully mark the beginning of the Apple Watch getting a serious competitor in the form of Samsung hardware running Google software. The wearable space is in serious need of competition, but it’s unfortunate how the two competing efforts are fundamentally the same. That similarity has deep ramifications for how we will experience technology for the foreseeable future. The great…
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Nintendo will showcase more indies on August 11

August 10, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Nintendo announced today that it will host another Indie World showcase at 9 a.m. Pacific tomorrow, August 11. The 20-minute show will give Nintendo a chance to highlight some of the biggest indie games coming to the Switch for the rest of this year and beyond. The console has some major first-party releases on the way…
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