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This week’s top stories: 2020 iPhone rumors, iOS 13.1, ceramic Apple Watch Series 5, more

September 29, 2019
In this week’s top stories: Apple releases iOS 13.1 and iPadOS to the public, more details on the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, speculation on the 2020 iPhones begins, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news. Now that the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro have been available for over week, we’ve learned quite a bit more about the new devices. For instance…
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Weekly poll: How good is the OnePlus 7T?

September 29, 2019
The OnePlus 7T feels more like the phones that made the company popular – while the 7 Pro was a pricey attempt to take on flagships, the 7T adds a lot the value proposition of the phone but not much to the price. Camera selection on pure or nearly pure Android phones is…
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LG launches the G8s ThinQ and Q60 in India

September 29, 2019
LG has launched two new devices in the Indian market, the G8s ThinQ and the Q60. The LG G8s ThinQ looks similar to the more expensive G8 ThinQ but is a cutback version at a lower price. It has the same Snapdragon 855 chipset but the triple camera system on the back is…
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Facebook: Oculus Link will work with SteamVR games, too

September 29, 2019
You should be able to play SteamVR games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and No Man’s Sky on your Oculus Quest when Oculus Link arrives in November. Facebook revealed this new feature at Oculus Connect 6. The free update will enable a Quest to play Rift games when you plug the headset into a VR-ready PC with a USB-C cable. During the keynote speech, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said “all” Rift…
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'Fallout 76' will get a public test server in 2020

September 29, 2019
Fallout 76‘s software quality has been… not-so-stellar. Soon, though, you might have a way to help address issues before they create another fiasco. Bethesda now plans to introduce a Public Test Server sometime in 2020. It won’t share more about how the…
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First Meizu 17 renders show off a curved screen design

September 29, 2019
With the Meuzi 16 and 16s series in the past, it’s time too look forward to the Meizu 17 and the first renders of the smartphone arrive just in time. As of now, there’s only a render from the front revealing a curved screen design (could be an extreme, “waterfall” curve like the vivo NEX 3 or the Mate 30 Pro) or it could be just a standard curve like the Galaxy S and…
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Google Assistant is now available for most Chromebooks

September 29, 2019
Google has started rolling out Chrome OS 77, and it makes Assistant widely available to the devices the platform powers. The voice AI used to be a Pixel exclusive, though adventurous users have been able to switch it on as a hidden feature for a while if they’re in one…
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Twitch revamps channel pages to help you tune in to streamers

September 28, 2019
Twitch has unveiled a slew of improvements for viewers and streamers alike at its annual TwitchCon event, and one of them addresses one of the most basic challenges: deciding who to watch. It’s revamping channel pages to provide much more information to prospective…
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Future iPhones could come with LED-illuminated Apple logo, patent reveals

September 28, 2019
According to a new patent, future iPhones might finally get LED notification light of some sort, which would double as an Apple logo too. The patent tells a story about a transparent layer on the back of a smartphone with adjustable decoration overlapping by the transparent layer changing the appearance of the light that comes out of the logo. There’s also a control circuitry that can adjust…
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