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This week’s top stories: Apple event recap, iOS 14 features, Apple Watch Series 6, and more

September 20, 2020
In this week’s top stories: Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE announcement, new iPad Air, iOS 14 released to everyone, and more. Read on for all of this week’s top stories. Apple this week officially held its September “Time Flies” event. During the virtual event, the company announced new Apple Watch hardware, new iPad hardware, and more details about its fall software…
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Olympus 100-400mm F5-6.3 IS gallery updated with Raws

September 20, 2020
The Olympus 100-400mm F5-6.3 offers Micro Four Thirds shooters a whole lot of reach in a hand-holdable lens. We’ve been putting its versatile zoom range to use ever since it was announced last month, and have updated our initial sample gallery with even more images…
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iOS 14 Weather app includes real-time precipitation data, more

September 20, 2020
iOS 14 adds a slew of new features such as widget support on the home screen and Siri enhancements. The update also brings new features to the Weather app, including a variety of new data points and much more. As a quick refresher, Apple acquired the hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky back in March. Presumably, this is what’s powering the new features in the iOS 14 stock Weather app — which is a…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 18, 2020

September 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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TuneTrack app brings Spotify widget to your iOS 14 home screen

September 20, 2020
As we’ve been rounding up all week, a variety of third-party apps have rolled out powerful iOS 14 home screen widgets. Spotify itself has not updated its iOS app with support for widgets, but there is a third-party app available that brings Spotify widgets to your iOS 14…
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If Your iPhone Has a Green Dot in iOS 14, Your Camera May Be Spying On You

September 20, 2020
If you’ve upgraded your iPhone to iOS 14 already, you may have noticed a little green dot at the top of your screen when using certain apps. It’s a new security feature Apple came up with to help you have peace of mind about your camera privacy. When you see the little green dot, that means that there’s an app that’s actively using your iPhone’s camera. If you see an orange dot, that…
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This week’s top stories: ‘Phone by Google’ app, Google TV Chromecast, OnePlus 8T leak, more

September 19, 2020
In this week’s top stories: Google’s ‘Phone’ app for Android gets renamed, new images leak of the upcoming “Google TV” powered Chromecast, renders appear for the OnePlus 8T, and more. Recently, Google brought their “Phone” app, previously a Pixel exclusive, to nearly all Android phones. This week, possibly to emphasize that change, the company has renamed the app to “Phone by…
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