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Tesla is looking to acquire stake in LG’s battery business, surprising report says

Tesla is looking to acquire a stake in LG’s upcoming separated battery business, according to a surprising new report. LG Chem has been rumored to be looking at separating its battery business from its other operations and making them a new publicly-listed entity. Now The Korea Times, a news outlet based in South Korea like LG, reports that Tesla is interested in acquiring a stake in the…
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MobileNews

Zen Mode 2.0 now works with older OnePlus devices w/ OxygenOS 10

Late last year, OnePlus made their intriguing mindfulness-focused Zen Mode app a standalone option for those with compatible hardware. With OxygenOS 11, the Zen Mode 2.0 app was overhauled with the rest of the system UI but it was incompatible with older OnePlus hardware running Android 10 or below. Now an update is letting older OnePlus devices running OxygenOS 10 (based upon Android 10) download…
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MobileNews

Samsung’s home market of South Korea a priority target for iPhone 12, says report

A report today suggests that Apple might be making South Korea a priority target for the iPhone 12, with this year’s models to go on sale there earlier than usual – or at least, at an earlier point in the rollout. To manage supplies of new iPhones, Apple makes them available in waves, with the US, Canada, and Europe among those to be able to buy the devices when they are first launched…
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ComputersNews

Dell updated its 13-inch XPS laptops with 11th-gen Intel CPUs

Dell is upgrading several of its XPS laptops with 11th-generation Intel processors. The refreshed XPS 13 2-in-1, XPS 13 and XPS 13 Developer Edition are the first Dell laptops to receive Intel’s Evo certification. That means they support fast charging, can run for at least…
GamingNews

Xbox Series X impressions: No going back to Xbox One and PlayStation 4

I’ve had an Xbox Series X for almost a week now. This is a preview version of the console with a lot of unfinished elements, but Microsoft gave me permission to talk about some aspects of the way the console works. For now, I can mostly focus on how the next-gen console handles backward-compatible games, Quick Resume, and the general flow of its user experience. And that’s exactly what I’m…
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