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Google Fi will stop activating non-VoLTE phones in January, offering bill credit to upgrade

December 5, 2020
T-Mobile is moving relatively quickly to have all phones on its network support voice over LTE. Google Fi, as an MVNO, has to follow this decision and is encouraging customers with older phones to upgrade before next month through a promotional credit. In requiring VoLTE, carriers can shutdown legacy 3G networks, while customers get noticeably better call quality as the conversation is happening…
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Defense Business Board members replaced with Trump loyalists

December 5, 2020
WASHINGTON — Nine members of the Defense Business Board, an advisory panel of outside experts for the Defense Department, have been replaced, the Pentagon announced Friday. Among the newcomers are loyalists to President Donald Trump, Some of the incoming DBB members are…
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Google Assistant ‘spoken notifications’ now available on all wired headphones

December 5, 2020
Besides voice commands, the key aspect of Google Assistant headphones is having incoming notifications read aloud. Google has now brought this Assistant feature to all wired headphones, regardless of whether they’ve been optimized by the manufacturer. Update: Google has confirmed to us that Assistant support, with features like spoken notifications, is officially available on all wired…
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The Incredible Work From the Artist Behind the Photoshop 2021 Splash Photo

December 4, 2020
You may not realize it, but you’ve already enjoyed the work of Photographer and digital artist Ted Chin. He makes some of the most eye-catching, surreal composite images you will likely ever see, and one greets you every time you open the latest version of Adobe Photoshop. Chin has been making photo manipulations for the last six years, one of which you’ve very likely already enjoyed. In 2017…
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Realme X50 Pro 5G gets Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 stable update

December 4, 2020
Realme opened the Android 11 beta program for the X50 Pro 5G in July and released its preview in September. Now the company has started rolling out the stable build of Android 11 to the X50 Pro 5G, which brings along Realme UI 2.0. Realme UI 2.0 focuses on three aspects – Creativity, Sociability, and Productivity. And in addition to the new UI, it comes with new features like Dual Mode…
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