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Quick Charge Podcast: October 8, 2020

October 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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Microsoft is bringing xCloud to iOS via the web

October 9, 2020
Microsoft is working on a “direct browser-based solution” to bring xCloud to iOS early next year. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the company has been developing a web version of xCloud to run on iOS and iPadOS devices, alongside continuing…
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Tesla is doing a Model 3 refresh and we’ve seen it

October 9, 2020
Tesla is making an update to Model 3, which is significant enough that people other than Elon Musk would call it a refresh, and we’ve seen it. Electrek can confirm some of the new features. Over the last few months, we have heard a lot of rumors about a Model 3 update. It…
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Android’s new sound notifications can let you know when your dog is barking

October 9, 2020
Android phones can now notify you when they detect certain sounds, which could notify people who are deaf or hard of hearing about important sounds nearby. If you turn on the feature, called Sound Notifications, you can have your Android phone inform you about some sounds via a push notification, a flash from your camera light, or by making your phone vibrate. Other devices support Sound…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 20 review: stylus tax

October 9, 2020
The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 is a good phone, but don’t buy it at its advertised retail price of $999.99. It’s a fine phone if you can find it for less, and hopefully you can because the only other phone with a stylus that matters is the very expensive Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. Luckily, Samsung phones usually end up getting discounted early and often in their lifecycle, and the Note 20 is no…
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How much is your iPhone 11/Pro worth right now?

October 9, 2020
As of this writing, the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro are still the latest and greatest iPhones. But that’s going to change soon — namely next week when Apple announces their successors. Whether you’re looking to sell your iPhone 11 to upgrade to the iPhone 12 mini or even the…
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Interview: Gregor Hembrough explains how Polestar can have its cake and eat it too

October 9, 2020
Polestar is a bit of an enigma as far as auto companies are concerned. The company, which is a joint venture between Geely and Volvo (which, in turn, is also owned by Geely), operates independently on some fronts from either Geely or Volvo in order to remain nimble. But it also leans heavily on its incestral parents for infrastructure, talent, and support. I spoke to its North American head…
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