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Android 12 lets enterprise admins dedicate cell connectivity to Work Profile apps, limit USB for just charging, more

October 8, 2021
With Android 12 going open source on Monday, Google today detailed what’s new in the OS for enterprise admins and end-users. The latter benefits from more privacy controls, while the former can impose more measures to secure corporate data. One particularly interesting capability lets IT admins “slice their 5G network and dedicate connectivity to all apps on a fully-managed device.” This…
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Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward expands with new Austin studio

October 7, 2021
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  Infinity Ward, the development studio behind several Call of Duty games, today announced that it is opening a new studio in Austin, Texas. The Austin location joins the original Infinity Ward in California, as well as its other offices in Poland and Mexico. The studio added in its…
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Panasonic Launches the L-Mount BS1H Full-Frame Box Camera

October 7, 2021
Panasonic has announced a new “box-style” Lumix mirrorless camera called the DC-BS1H. Similar in form-factor to the Micro Four Thirds BGH1, the BS1H packs a much larger 24-megapixel full-frame sensor. Just like the BGH1 featured similar specifications to the GH5S, the…
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Actress Says Paparazzi ‘Weaponize’ Copyright, Refuses to Pay for Photos

October 7, 2021
Actress Lisa Rinna has found herself in legal trouble after posting paparazzi images of herself on her Instagram account without compensating the photographer. The representing agency has now filed a lawsuit but the star is not willing to pay up. “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star and television personality Rinna told The Los Angeles Times that she has always seen the relationship…
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Astrophotographer Creates 3D Views of His Space Photos

October 7, 2021
Photographs of space are usually flat, telling viewers nothing about the relative distances of stars and galaxies seen in the frame. Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metsavainio has decided to change that by creating amazing 3D conversions from his 2D photos. “As an artist…
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Standalone Apple TV+ app launches on 2016 and 2017 LG smart TVs

October 7, 2021
Apple has been rolling out the Apple TV app to many different platforms, including smart TVs, games consoles, and third-party streaming devices like the Amazon Fire Stick or Roku streaming sticks. In a slight twist, the company is also distributing a ‘Apple TV+’ app for…
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WhatsApp for iOS starts rolling out end-to-end encrypted backups for beta testers

October 7, 2021
Almost a month since Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced WhatsApp would receive end-to-end encrypted backups, it looks like the feature is finally rolling out for some beta testers. As reported by always reliable WABetaInfo, version 2.21.200.14 of WhatsApp released end-to-end encrypted backups for specific beta testers. With that, these users will already take advantage of protecting…
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