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This week’s top stories: iPhone 9 pricing and naming rumors, Swift Playgrounds for Mac...

February 16, 2020
In this week’s top stories: More details on the iPhone 9, iOS 13.4 public beta testing, Microsoft launches xCloud beta for iOS, and much more. Read on for all of this week’s biggest news. We could be just around a month away from the official announcement of Apple’s long-rumored iPhone 9. This week, a new report from corroborated that the iPhone 9 price will start at $399. While we’ve…
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Xbox has no need for a VR headset — yet

February 16, 2020
Poor Phil Spencer. No one wants him to like VR. Every time Microsoft’s Xbox guru opens his mouth to explain his stance on the technology, only the negative points seem to make the headlines, even when he’s trying to clarify any misunderstanding around previous…
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'PUBG Mobile' pro-level esports tournament kicks off

February 16, 2020
One of the biggest mobile games today, PUBG Mobile, has kicked off an esports tournament for pro-level players, showing just how much the category has grown in recent years. Mobile games accounted for 33 percent of all app downloads in 2019. And according to Sensor Tower, the online multiplayer battle royale PUBG Mobile racked up nearly 555 million user downloads worldwide from the time it launch…
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The latest 'Fortnite' emote lets you Rickroll your foes

February 16, 2020
It’s not uncommon to troll your Fortnite enemies with a victory dance, but the latest one might be particularly insidious. Epic Games has added a purchasable “Never Gonna” emote to the battle royale brawler that, as the name implies, Rickrolls your…
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Love at first fold: 24 hours with Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip

February 16, 2020
I’ll admit it, when Samsung teased the Galaxy Fold at its Developer Conference in 2018, I wasn’t sold on the concept. Sure, the technology was impressive, but it just seemed gimmicky to me. The only benefit I could think of for folding displays would be if they…
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Flashback: the Samsung Galaxy S II was a best seller, its variants ushered in the 4G era

February 16, 2020
This week Samsung unveiled three Galaxy S20 phones – well, six models actually, as each phone has a 4G and a 5G version. If you think that’s a lot of models, then you don’t remember what happened when the Galaxy S II was unveiled. The Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II was announced nine years ago in February 2011 and released in April that year. It was the second edition of…
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SteamVR beta adds new dashboard, Oculus Quest icon

February 16, 2020
The beta version of SteamVR now has an all-new interface, as well as adding an icon for Oculus Quest in Oculus Link mode. SteamVR is Valve’s PC virtual reality platform for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The runtime is downloaded and updated via Steam. SteamVR supports all PC…
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Nokia TA-1212 certified in China, it's a feature phone

February 16, 2020
Nokia had a few things planned for MWC 2020, but in light of coronavirus developments it will need to reschedule. Not that we were looking forward to that one in particular, but a certain Nokia TA-1212 device that’s been in the making for a while was likely going to be…
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Samsung Galaxy A71 5G to be available outside the US and China

February 15, 2020
Samsung announced the Galaxy A71 last December and is reportedly working on its 5G version which will be sold in the US and China. But according to a new report, the Galaxy A71 5G will arrive in other markets as well. Samsung is developing a 5G version of the Galaxy A71 bearing model number SM-A716B, which will be sold outside the US and China. It’s currently unclear which markets will get…
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