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Report: Facebook building antitrust lawsuit against Apple over iOS 14 privacy features

January 28, 2021
Facebook is reportedly planning to take its long-running battle with Apple to the courts. The Information reports that Facebook has been working with outside legal counsel to prepare an antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company “abused its power in the smartphone market by forcing app developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple’s own apps don’t have to…
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OxygenOS 10.3.8 rolls out for OnePlus 6/6T w/ January patch

January 28, 2021
The OxygenOS 10.3.8 update is now rolling out for the OnePlus 6 and 6T with the incremental update touting the January 2021 security patch but very little else of note. After seeing the entire OnePlus 7 and original Nord get an OxygenOS 11.0 Open Beta with all the…
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Galaxy S21 series can apply custom backgrounds, blur to video calling apps including Google Duo

January 28, 2021
Video calling has become more important than ever before, and Samsung’s new smartphones have a neat way to take advantage of that. With the Galaxy S21 series, users can apply custom backgrounds and other video effects to apps such as Google Duo, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Pointed out by Max Weinbach (via Android Police), there’s an option for applying video effects to calling apps buried in…
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CAKE unveils solar-charging electric motorcycle designed to catch poachers in Africa

January 28, 2021
We first reported late last year on Swedish electric motorcycle manufacturer CAKE’s ambitious plan to deliver solar-charging electric motorcycles to Africa to combat poachers. Now the company is unveiling the new bikes, known as the CAKE Kalk AP, for anti-poaching operations. The bikes are built on the existing CAKE Kalk platform, which has long been a favorite in the premium electric dirt…
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Tim Cook: Active install base of iPhones is now over 1 billion

January 28, 2021
Last year the install base of active iPhones grew to over 900 million devices, and in Apple’s Q4 2020 earnings call, CEO Tim Cook revealed that after the launch of the iPhone 12 family, it is now over 1 billion. In an interview with Reuters, he pointed at Apple’s growth…
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iPhone: How to protect your Robinhood account with two-factor authentication

January 28, 2021
Robinhood has been around since 2015 but it’s become more popular than ever recently as one of the best ways to trade stocks/invest for free. Let’s look at how to turn on Robinhood 2FA (two-factor authentication) on iPhone to secure your investment account. Robinhood’s popularity has skyrocketed over the last few years by breaking the norms of other brokerages. There’s no money needed to…
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