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EFF sides with Apple, slams Facebook’s criticism of iOS 14 privacy features as ‘laughable’

December 21, 2020
Facebook has spent the last week publicly criticizing Apple’s plans to add new privacy features to iOS 14 in early 2021. While Facebook has slammed Apple’s planned changes, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has now come out on Apple’s side, saying Facebook’s criticisms are “laughable.” In 2021, Apple will roll out a new App Tracking Transparency feature, which will require that…
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Razer's BlackWidow Elite keyboard returns to record low of $85

December 20, 2020
You can drop a ton of money on mechanical keyboards but now you can grab a great one from Razer at its lowest price ever. The Razer BlackWidow Elite mechanical gaming keyboard is on sale for $85 at Amazon, and that sale price is good for the models with green and orange switches. A few other Razer peripherals are discounted along with the BlackWidow Elite, including the Basilisk X HyperSpeed…
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Apple iPhone 13 to come with WiFi 6E

December 20, 2020
The iPhone 12 lineup introduced this year comes with Wi-Fi 6, but Barclays analysts predict the iPhone 13 series coming next September will support the Wi-Fi 6E standard. Wi-Fi 6E comes with the features of Wi-Fi 6 but extends into the 6 GHz frequency band, offering…
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Google Fi’s 2020 holiday gift asks subscribers to vote on $2 million in donations

December 20, 2020
In lieu of hardware or Play Store credit, the 2020 Google Fi holiday gift will let subscribers vote on how $2 million in donations is dispersed among three charities. A banner at the top of the Google Fi app invites members to “Help us decide where to donate!” Voting is only open to signed-in MVNO customers on a standalone site. This year, we’ve identified three organizations who are doing…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 19, 2020

December 20, 2020
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…
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How to Freeze Camera Cables: The Otherworldly Beauty of Ilulissat, Greenland

December 19, 2020
It’s a bit like arriving on the set of a nature documentary; watching whales swim around distant icebergs and fresh blueberries underfoot. The key to this passion project was to show the extreme seasonal variations on the incredible island of Greenland. Juxtaposing the summer warmth with the extreme winter cold. During winter, filming temperatures reached a high of -25°C / -13°F and dropped as…
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