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Huawei MatePad Pro 5G hands-on: Is this Android’s answer to the iPad Pro? [Video]

The Huawei MatePad Pro 5G bears an uncanny resemblance to one of Apple’s finest products. At a time when “good” Android tablets are shockingly few and far between, could this be the answer many of you have been waiting for? We’ve gone hands-on to find out. If you cast your mind back, you might remember that Huawei has released this tablet in China already in 4G. This updated version…
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Sony Xperia 1 II goes official w/ ‘Super-smooth’ display, 5G connectivity, more

Sony has officially announced the Xperia 1 II (or Mark 2) even despite the cancellation of its MWC 2020 appearance due to coronavirus concerns. The follow-up to last years Sony Xperia 1 comes with some impressive internals including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of internal storage, and a 4,000mAh battery. On top of that, the Sony Xperia 1 II will ship with Android 10…
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Report: iPhone 12 may support new short-range WiFi standard, AirTags to charge wirelessly like an Apple Watch

According to Macotakara sources, the iPhone 12 lineup may support a new WiFi spec, 802.11ay, which is currently in the draft phase and expected to be finalized at the end of the year. 802.11ay uses 60GHz spectrum (separate from the 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands used in standard home router WiFi) to offer high-bandwidth device-to-device data transfer. It would be a perfect technology for Apple to use to…
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Security demo reminds iOS users that any app (or widget) can read the clipboard silently

A new demo from researchers at Mysk shines a light on the free, unrestricted, access all apps have to the iOS clipboard. In the video, the developers create a dummy app that simply prints out the information gleaned from the clipboard. When the user copies an image, the app can immediately see the image content and the metadata like the location of where the photo was taken. This becomes a little…
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