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Android 12 may solve annoying Samsung/Google Photos issue by storing screenshots correctly

May 21, 2021
If you use Google Photos on a phone from Xiaomi, Oppo, and most notably from Samsung, your screenshots are probably mixed into all of your pictures. This is because of how Samsung and others store screenshots on your device, but apparently, Android 12 will force them to do it the correct way. Documentation viewed by XDA claims that, in Android 12, Google will force all Android OEMs to store…
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Snap Launches Ambitious New AR Spectacles with Improved Camera Tech

May 21, 2021
Confirming a report from early March, Snap has officially announced its ambitious next-generation augmented reality (AR) Spectacles. They sound incredibly ambitous, but they also aren’t for sale. The new, lightweight display glasses are made for creators and enables them to overlay what are called “Lenses” directly onto the world through immersive AR. The company says it is building a…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 20, 2021

May 21, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Apple debuts humorous new ‘Tracked’ ad promoting iPhone privacy [Video]

May 21, 2021
Following the release of iOS 14.5 with App Tracking Transparency, Apple today released a new video advertisement promoting privacy on the iPhone. The humorous ad aims to visualize what it means when you allow an app to track you across other apps and services. Regarding the new “Tracked” advertisement, Apple says: App Tracking Transparency lets you control which apps are allowed to track…
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