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iOS 14: What developers need to know

September 13, 2020
The only constant in the game industry is change. And as changes go, the upcoming updates planned for the UA and advertising ecosystem in iOS 14 are pretty substantial for game makers. And while Apple recently announced that some of the most disruptive changes won’t be enforced until early 2021, it’s never too early to start planning. The good news is that developers will have a few months of…
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Samsung's Galaxy S20 Fan Edition appears headed to the US

September 13, 2020
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Fan Edition is a poorly kept secret, but there have been questions about availability — would it be widely available, or sell only to a limited audience? Americans, at least, might not have to look at the phone from afar. WinFuture’s Roland Quandt…
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Google’s Android dongle may be called ‘Chromecast with Google TV’

September 13, 2020
Over the past few months, leaked renders and internal listings pretty much confirmed that Google is working on an Android TV dongle codenamed “Sabrina.” Now, Artem Russakovskii of Android Police has discovered a listing on Target’s retail system that calls the device “Google Chromecast with Google TV” and prices it at $50. Now Target&aposs internal system dropped Sabrina&aposs…
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SoftBank is reportedly close to selling ARM to NVIDIA

September 13, 2020
SoftBank might be close to finding a buyer for ARM, and it won’t surprise you who the bidder might be. Wall Street Journal sources say SoftBank is close to a deal to sell ARM Holdings to NVIDIA for “more than” $40 billion. The two have reportedly been in exclusive…
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Canon: We Don’t ‘Cripple’ Cameras, Idea is ‘Conspiracy Theory’

September 13, 2020
Much has been made of the overheating time limits of the Canon EOS R5 and R6 and the fact that the overheating timer can be bypassed with seemingly no ill effects. But Canon has now gone on the record to confirm that they did not intentionally hamstring their latest mirrorless cameras to protect other camera lines from self-cannibalization. Johnnie Behiri of CineD, formerly known as cinema5D…
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Leica M9 Sensor ‘Corrosion’ Due to Dumb Design Decision, Report Claims

September 12, 2020
Leica recently discontinued its replacement service for M9 cameras afflicted by the widespread “sensor corrosion” issue that surfaced back in 2014. Now a new report claims that it wasn’t “damaged” coatings that caused the corrosion, but the fact that protective coatings were inexplicably left out completely. LDP LLC, a camera conversion and repair business based in New Jersey, opened up…
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