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The Essential phone set to gain Android 11 Developer Preview support

February 24, 2020
Even with Essential as a company biting the dust, the firm confirmed that device support would end after the February 2020 security patch. Despite that, appears that we might see the Android 11 Developer Preview on the one and only Essential phone. After some digging by Braden Farmer on Twitter (h/t ), it looks as though Essential engineers have opened up a new branch called “r-preview” on…
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Karius raises $165 million to identify infectious diseases with AI

February 24, 2020
Approximately 9% of the U.S. population has been diagnosed with an infectious disease. Worldwide, these diseases are the second-leading cause of death after heart disease, and they’re responsible for more deaths annually than cancer. Mickey Kertesz and Tim Blauwkamp — who worked together at Moleculo, a startup spun out of Stanford that focused on commercializing technology for generating long…
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Huawei Mate Xs hands-on: On the ‘other’ side of the fold [Video]

February 24, 2020
At MWC 2019, Huawei unveiled the Huawei Mate X, a folding device that felt like the complete opposite of the Samsung Galaxy Fold. A lot has changed since then, but the Huawei Mate Xs has been unveiled to hopefully — and potentially — pick up where the original left off. The rumors of a follow-up have circulated for some time, but this updated and upgraded device still lacks any official…
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2020 iPad Pro case leaks show new square camera bump similar to iPhone 11

February 24, 2020
As we continue to hear rumors that a new iPad Pro revision is coming in the spring, Ben Geskin shared photos of supposed cases for the new hardware. Mirroring CAD leaks from the end of the year, the eye is naturally drawn to the new square hole for the expected new 3D-sensing iPad Pro camera system. Based on the case photos, the iPad Pro bump will be very similar to what we’ve seen in the iPhone…
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