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Feature Request: Apple should offer users more control over battery health features on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

December 25, 2020
Apple introduced a new software feature with iOS 13 that helps prolong the life of your iPhone’s battery called “Optimized Battery Charging.” I’d love to see Apple not only expand it to iPad and Mac but also take a page out of Tesla’s book (and Dell, Samsung, others) and adopt a feature from its charging strategy. Update 12/24/20: It’s now over a year since Apple released its…
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Podcast: 2020 world of electric vehicles review, and more

December 25, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a few news items about Tesla and other automakers, but as a holiday special, we are going to have a broader discussion about the year 2020 in the electric vehicle world.  Discover all the new and innovative ways that Electrify America is providing freedom for electric…
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Adobe Lightroom v6 is Falling Apart

December 24, 2020
Lightroom version 6.0, officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC 2015, was the last major release of Lightroom that was available with a perpetual license (i.e. a one-time purchase). Unfortunately, some users who don’t wish to make the jump to paying a subscription through…
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An AI reporter’s favorite books of 2020

December 24, 2020
The older I get, the more I wish I could stop time so I could read more books. Books that earn my time and attention are those that promise to enrich me as a person and deepen my understanding of AI for the work I do as senior AI staff writer at VentureBeat. This year, I read more than a dozen books, some published in recent months and others in years past, like The Curse of Bigness by Tim Wu, a…
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OnePlus 9 live images leak along with key specs

December 24, 2020
According to the latest rumors, OnePlus is planning to launch not two but three flagship models – OnePlus 9, 9 Pro and a 9 Lite or 9E. We still don’t know the official name of the latter. In any case, today’s report is all about the vanilla OnePlus 9. A…
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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro US price and battery life revealed in latest leak

December 24, 2020
The Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro are expected to go official next month alongside the Galaxy S21 series. Samsung hasn’t divulged anything about these TWS earphones yet, but their key features leaked a few days ago, and we also learned that Buds Pro will cost €229 in Europe. Now the promo materials posted by a Twitter user reveal the Galaxy Buds Pro will be priced at $199 in the US. The images…
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