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iPhone City lockdown ended, as Foxconn plant troubles estimated to cost Apple $1B/week

November 30, 2022
The iPhone City lockdown has ended, allowing free movement of residents and workers in Zhengzhou, China. The move will help relieve pressures at the Foxconn plant after a massive production disruption that is estimated to have cost Apple around a billion dollars a week in lost iPhone sales. The ending of COVID-19 restrictions in the city will allow Foxconn to exit the closed-loop production…
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Samsung will reportedly debut its Galaxy S23 lineup in early February

November 30, 2022
We may get to see Samsung’s next flagship phones in just a couple of months. Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S23 devices in the US in the first week of February 2023, according to news outlet Korea JoongAng Daily, which cites an anonymous company executive. As The Verge notes, it echoes a previous report by Chosun, stating that the company will reveal the lineup by February next year. The…
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Baby Star ‘Burps’ Tell Tales of Frantic Feeding, NASA Data Shows

November 30, 2022
Newborn stars “feed” at a furious rate and grow through surprisingly frequent feeding frenzies, a recent analysis of data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope shows. Outbursts from stellar babies at the earliest stage of development – when they’re about 100,000 years old, or the equivalent of a 7-hour-old infant – occur roughly every 400 years, the analysis found. These…
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Yes, Google changed the Messages ‘sent’ sound: Do you prefer the old or new beep?

November 30, 2022
In addition to an updated icon, Google Messages has a new “sent” sound that more people are now encountering on Android. Whenever you press the send arrow in a conversation, Google Messages plays a confirmatory sound — if calls and notifications are set to ring. This beep (message_sent) was loud and prominent, but the SMS/RCS app is now switching to something quieter and ever so slightly…
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