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Realme X7 Pro begins global rollout in Thailand

Realme introduced the X7 lineup on September 1 in China, and finally, the series made it overseas. The first phone to appear overseas is Realme X7 Pro, officially, which just made its debut in Thailand. It is already selling at major online retailers in a single memory option and two colors – Black and Gradient. The Realme X7 Pro runs on a Dimensity 1000+ chipset with 5G support. Thailand…
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Google Photos map view adds satellite layer, integrates your travel ‘Timeline’

Last month, Google briefly mentioned that the Location History-powered Timeline feature in Maps was coming to Photos. The Timeline integration is now rolled out in Google Photos for iOS and Android, along with the ability to change the map layer. Upon launching the Google Photos location view from the Search tab, users are greeted with a “See your path through the world with Timeline added to…
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AI Weekly: Facebook’s news summarization tool reeks of bad intentions

This week, BuzzFeed News, citing sources familiar with the matter, wrote that Facebook is developing an AI tool that summarizes news articles so that users don’t have to read them. The tool — codenamed “TLDR” in reference to the acronym “too long, didn’t read” — reportedly reduces articles to bullet points and provides narration, as well as a virtual assistant to answer…
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Google Photos storage bug ‘inaccurately counted’ uploads for some on iOS, Google One refunds triggered

A Google Photos storage system “mistake” this year resulted in image and video uploads being “inaccurately” counted towards your cloud storage quota. This Photos issue, which is now fixed, was present throughout 2020 and Google is offering a refund for One storage during that period. The company, specifically the Photos team, reached out to those impacted today, noting that this problem…
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