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These Incredible Glacier Photos Were Shot on an iPhone

January 28, 2021
Photographer Toby Harriman has published a stunning set of photos of the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska that he captured with his iPhone 12 Pro Max and Apple ProRAW and has provided a few opinions on the performance. In short: he was blown away. For a very long time, taking photos with a smartphone has been a compromise. You can take photos more easily with a device you always have on you, but the…
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World Economic Forum launches global alliance to speed trustworthy AI adoption

January 28, 2021
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is launching the Global AI Action Alliance today, with more than 100 organizations participating at launch. The steering committee includes business leaders like IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, multinational organizations like the OECD and UNESCO, and worker group representatives like International Trade Union Confederation general secretary Sharan Burrow. The Global AI…
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MobileNews

Report: Facebook building antitrust lawsuit against Apple over iOS 14 privacy features

January 28, 2021
Facebook is reportedly planning to take its long-running battle with Apple to the courts. The Information reports that Facebook has been working with outside legal counsel to prepare an antitrust lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company “abused its power in the smartphone market by forcing app developers to abide by App Store rules that Apple’s own apps don’t have to…
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OxygenOS 10.3.8 rolls out for OnePlus 6/6T w/ January patch

January 28, 2021
The OxygenOS 10.3.8 update is now rolling out for the OnePlus 6 and 6T with the incremental update touting the January 2021 security patch but very little else of note. After seeing the entire OnePlus 7 and original Nord get an OxygenOS 11.0 Open Beta with all the…
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Galaxy S21 series can apply custom backgrounds, blur to video calling apps including Google Duo

January 28, 2021
Video calling has become more important than ever before, and Samsung’s new smartphones have a neat way to take advantage of that. With the Galaxy S21 series, users can apply custom backgrounds and other video effects to apps such as Google Duo, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Pointed out by Max Weinbach (via Android Police), there’s an option for applying video effects to calling apps buried in…
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