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Beijing Silvermine: Discarded, Unseen Photos of China in the 80s and 90s

Beijing Silvermine is an ongoing project by French collector and artist Thomas Sauvin. It boasts nearly a million found photos showing life in China from the 1980s to the early 2000s. During this period, the photographic color negative film became popular among Chinese families to record their special occasions. “Beijing Silvermine started in May 2009 out of my meeting with a man called Xiao Ma…
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Security key now supported on Facebook’s iPhone app

Facebook announced today that the social network is now supporting two-factor authentication on the iPhone using a security key. This gives users an additional way to protect their Facebook account. Physical security keys — which can be small enough to fit on your…
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OnePlus Store app now available to download in US and Canada

The OnePlus Store app has now arrived in the US and Canada right in time for the OnePlus 9 series launch coming March 23. So until this point, the only way for North Americans to access the OnePlus Store was to visit the dedicated website from within Chrome or any other mobile web browser. A dedicated Store app isn’t something that we thought we needed, and after launching it’s clear that we…
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TWRP 3.5.1 adds new features, preps Android 11 support

As one of the most popular custom recoveries for Android tinkerers, the release of TWRP 3.5.1 might peak the interest of those wanting more Android 11 ROMs. The update has been confirmed as rolling out, with some minor tweaks and added features, but the bulk of this…
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Google Fit rolling out a fix for users who saw steps reset to zero

While a bit simpler in focus compared to other fitness and wellness services, Google Fit is a widely available and easy to use way to keep track of your steps, weight, heart rate, and more. Unfortunately, some users have recently reported a weird Google Fit bug that reset step counts to zero, but a fix is incoming. For the past few days, some users have noticed that Google Fit has been regularly…
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Google investing $7 billion in US offices and data centers for 2021

Sundar Pichai today provided the 2021 update on Google’s US investments. The company will spend over $7 billion for new offices and data centers, as well as expansions, across the country. Despite being one of the first companies to widely adopt work from home in the past year, Google still wants to get its employees back in offices for “collaboration days” as part of a “flexible…
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