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Popular iPhone apps are using sneaky techniques to identify you even if you say no to tracking

September 23, 2021
Some popular iPhone apps are using some sneaky techniques to uniquely identify you, even if you refused permission for app tracking. The data they are gathering includes everything from your iPhone’s Last Restart Time to your screen brightness setting measured to 15 significant digits. A former iCloud engineer says that this type of privacy workaround makes Apple’s App Tracking Transparency…
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Apple explains how it created the iPhone 13’s Cinematic Mode

September 23, 2021
One of the greatest additions to the iPhone 13 line is the new Cinematic Mode. Reviewers have mixed feelings over whether it’s only a gimmick or a revolution in mobile cameras, although all of them have been impressed about this first-gen feature. Now, Apple VP Kaiann…
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Google improves Spanish support on the Nest Hub, Hub Max in the US

September 23, 2021
An update to the Nest Hub and Hub Max improves how the Assistant Smart Displays handle Spanish by providing a more immersive language experience in the US. This involves more queries and displayed text appearing in Spanish, including the top navigation tabs and various cards. Google says this will let you “do more in Spanish,” and touts the following available commands: “Hey Google…
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Apple tells Epic that Fortnite isn’t welcome back on iOS yet

September 23, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Fortnite is probably not going to return to iPhone or other iOS devices any time soon. Apple made it clear in a statement it sent to Epic that it does not want to work with Tim Sweeney’s company until their legal business comes to a conclusion. This comes after Sweeney asked Apple to reinstate Epic’s developer…
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Guardians of the Galaxy is good, cheap fun so far

September 23, 2021
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Square Enix’s Marvel games exist in a strange place between the movies and the comics. That was true of Marvel’s Avengers, and it’s even more obvious in its Guardians of the Galaxy game from developer Eidos. This game draws obvious linear inspiration from the James Gunn films. But like with Avengers, the…
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