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Quick Charge Podcast: December 8, 2020

December 9, 2020
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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iOS 14.3 Release Candidate now available, here are the full release notes

December 9, 2020
The Release Candidate version of iOS 14.3 is now available to developers and public beta users. In addition to many of the changes we’ve already reported, iOS 14.3 RC includes changes to the TV app, the Health app, and more. Apple has also released watchOS 7.2 RC and tvOS 14.3 RC. With today’s release of iOS 14.3 RC, we expect a release to the general public sometime within the next week…
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New Google Pay rewards are powered by Rakuten

December 9, 2020
The new Google Pay comes with some pros and cons, but one big benefit is the addition of rewards. The automatic rewards are great, but at launch, some users were wary of how they worked. Now, we know that Google Pay rewards are powered by Rakuten. Odds are you’ve heard of…
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Google is opening Fuchsia OS development to the public

December 9, 2020
For the past five years, Google has been developing a new operating system, Fuchsia, from the ground up. Starting today, Google’s Fuchsia OS is now being developed more openly, including accepting contributions from the public. For almost as long as it’s been in…
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Google rolling out the final Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL update

December 9, 2020
The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL officially reached end of life status in October after three years of updates. Google promised one last release, but it did not come yesterday alongside the Pixel Feature Drop. The final Pixel 2 update is now rolling out. Similar to the first Pixel phone, the Pixel 2 skipped a November update, but is now getting the previous month’s patches, along with those introduced…
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EGEB: Ireland is converting old phone boxes into EV chargers

December 9, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Irish telecoms company Eir and EasyGo will replace 180 phone boxes with EV rapid charge points. Denmark and Norway team up to build the world’s largest green hydrogen ferry. Norway’s plugin vehicle market share jumped from 60% to 80% in just one year, to November 2020. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar…
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