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Asus ZenFone 8 series starts at $599 w/ Pixel 5 size, Snapdragon 888 [Update: Now available]

June 30, 2021
With LG calling it quits, there’s room for smaller brands to make an impact on the smartphone market. Asus today unveiled its latest attempt at the mainstream smartphone market with the ZenFone 8 series, a pair of flagship-tier smartphones with affordable prices and a solid overall package. Small flagships are a rarity nowadays. The only flagship-tier smartphone that comes to mind in the…
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BMW will stop selling the i3 electric car in the US next month

June 30, 2021
BMW i3’s clock is ticking as the German automaker confirmed that it will stop selling the electric car in the US this year. The end of the i3 comes as BMW is launching the i4 and iX electric vehicles. BMW launched the i3 in 2013, which was somewhat early in the resurgence of electric vehicles. It gave BMW a leadership position in the electric transition, but the automaker ended up sitting on…
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Walmart’s 4K Android TV box supports HDR, but not Dolby Vision

June 30, 2021
Android TV has a new budget champion in the incredibly affordable $30 Walmart “onn” box, but details on what HDR formats the device supports have been unknown to date. Now, we’ve got answers. The listing for Walmart’s Android TV box touts 4K support but is absent of any mention of HDR — High Dynamic Range — which is a pretty standard feature of most 4K devices nowadays. Speaking to…
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Google Chrome to offer ‘HTTPS-Only Mode’

June 30, 2021
For years now, Google has been one of the biggest proponents of using a more secure HTTPS connection everywhere possible. Google’s latest optional push, “HTTPS-Only Mode,” would make older HTTP websites inaccessible in Chrome. HTTPS was once a marker of a website’s…
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Tesla releases new update for vehicles with its new ‘Tesla Vision’ system to restore Autopilot features

June 30, 2021
Tesla has started pushing a new software update for Model 3 and Model Y vehicles equipped with its new “Tesla Vision” computer vision system in order to restore some Autopilot functionality. Last month, Tesla announced the transition to its “Tesla Vision” Autopilot without radar, and it warned that it would result in limitations of some Autopilot features at first. New Model 3 and…
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