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iPhone 12 Diary: As expected, 5G coverage means little as yet

One of the headline features of the iPhone 12 lineup was, of course, 5G support. I said beforehand that 5G coverage is barely a thing yet, even in London – and subsequent tests have demonstrated I was right. I’ve been conducting periodic speed tests at various locations in central London, and while it does occasionally deliver impressive speeds, this is far from the norm … In general, the…
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Google Assistant routines will soon be available on your homescreen

Routines make it easy to accomplish a bunch of actions with just a single keyword on Google Assistant devices. Now, though, Google is making these even more accessible by allowing Android users to put Google Assistant routines on their homescreens. While the feature isn’t rolling out widely just yet, a couple of users have reported that the Google Home app is now showing support for adding a…
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Goodbye Google Play Music: 7 alternatives to YouTube Music you should probably try [Video]

With Google Play Music now dumped and dead in favor of YouTube Music, if you’re simply not a fan of the replacement, you might be looking for some serious audio alternatives. Unfortunately, while Google Play Music was ultimately flawed, it was still one of a kind. Some of the core features like the ability to upload your offline library was really a killer addition that made it such a…
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Another Oppo Reno5 incoming, 4G-only with Snapdragon 720G

Oppo is going to unveil its Reno5 lineup later this week and we expected three devices – a vanilla Oppo Reno5 5G, a mightier Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G, and a flagship-tier Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G. However, the family might be even larger, as one leakster on Twitter revealed there…
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Recommended Reading: Using AI to create alarmingly realistic fake people

Designed to deceive: Do these people look real to you? Kashmir Hill and Jeremy White, The New York Times Fake personas on the internet are nothing new, but completely fake people that appear to be alarmingly real in photographs or animations are becoming increasingly common. To better understand how easy this process can be, The New York Times created an AI system that generates portraits of…
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