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Apple may offer tighter iOS parental controls this week

December 9, 2019
Apple’s flurry of iOS updates might include one more substantial tweak before the holiday break. Vietnamese carrier Viettel has posted a page that hints at a release for iOS 13.3 (plus a minor watchOS 6.1.1 update) this coming week, most likely on or before December 11th. The new software could represent a big deal for parents thanks to the ability to limit access to contacts in Screen…
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Bethesda stops work on 'The Elder Scrolls: Legends'

December 9, 2019
It’s not a good time for card battle games, apparently. Bethesda has put all The Elder Scrolls: Legends development “on hold” for an indefinite amount of time, effectively canceling both the console version and a planned card set. The game will still be…
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Weekly poll: can Motorola One Hyper's 64MP camera and 45W charging carry it to victory?

December 8, 2019
Motorola’s One series of phones is now focused on delivering interesting cameras rather than an Android One experience. The newest member of the family, the Motorola One Hyper, brings Moto’s first 64MP sensor and its first pop-up selfie camera. The pop-up houses a 32MP sensor, topping previous 25MP selfie cams in the Motorola range. This is a Quad Bayer sensor, which enables the Night Vision…
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Flashback: Nokia N9 was ahead of everyone but went nowhere

December 8, 2019
Nokia’s Symbian phones are often seen as the big victim of the Nokia-Microsoft alliance, but the truth is that the old OS was dying already. There was a promising new OS on the horizon poised to replace it, unfortunately it powered only one phone in its short existence – Nokia N9. Development of Symbian and Linux-based OSes was scrapped so that the company could focus on its upcoming Lumia line…
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OnePlus may return to low-cost phones with the 8 Lite

December 8, 2019
OnePlus might be returning to truly low-cost phones years after the OnePlus X faded away. OnLeaks and 91Mobiles have posted renders and early tidbits of what they say is the OnePlus 8 Lite, a budget model that would sit below the rumored OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. Not…
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Super Mario Maker 2’s Ninji Speedruns are missing a crucial feature

December 7, 2019
Super Mario Maker 2 is a really good game. I love playing it. I’ve gone back to it again and again since it debuted over the summer. But I’m still baffled by Nintendo’s struggle to get parts of it right. The publisher just launched the second major update for the make-your-own-Mario platformer this week. And it’s a pretty beefy patch. It features new tools for building stages and even the…
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