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Google rolls out next-gen RCS texting to Android users in the US

November 14, 2019
At long last, you can get next-gen text messaging on your Android phone in the US without vendor-specific support or resorting to unofficial tricks. Google is rolling out Rich Communication Services (RCS) support to Android Messages users across the US. When it arrives, you’ll be prompted to enable chat features in the app. RCS should be “broadly available” by the end of…
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Google’s rollout of RCS chat for Android users in the US

November 14, 2019
Google is announcing that today, a year and a half after it first unveiled RCS chat as Android’s primary texting platform, it is actually making RCS chat Android’s primary texting platform. That’s because it is rolling out availability to any Android user in the US…
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Rockstar apologizes for buggy Red Dead Redemption 2

November 14, 2019
Red Dead Redemption 2 was one of the biggest console hits of 2018. After waiting a full year, PC gamers finally got a chance to play the gritty, Western-themed adventure when it was released last week. However, many experienced game-breaking bugs. Rockstar has apologized for the bumpy start and released fixes for many of the issues. Users who were unable to open Rockstar’s launcher or the…
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Apple debuts Research app with new iPhone and Watch health studies

November 14, 2019
Apple has released its Research app and opened up its latest iPhone and Watch health studies, just after the results of its heart-rate project with Stanford emerged. This time around, it’s hoping to uncover insights about women’s health, heart and movement and hearing. For the women’s health study, the company’s teaming up with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
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Share your memories of the first Xbox console!

November 14, 2019
Tomorrow marks the eighteenth anniversary of the original Xbox, the first console from Microsoft that kicked off a rivalry with PlayStation that still burns today. Stockier and arguably more stylish than the first PlayStation, the first generation Xbox featured a 733MHz…
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DoJ charges 14 people in $6 million counterfeit iPhone and iPad scheme

November 14, 2019
Scammers are continuing to cause problems for Apple, submitting counterfeit iPhones under warranty and getting them replaced with genuine devices. The US Department of Justice recently unsealed a federal grand jury indictment against a China-based group which has allegedly committed fraud and money laundering in a scheme using counterfeit Apple products. In raids on two businesses and several…
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