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DOJ letter reveals the FBI recently cracked an iPhone 11

January 23, 2020
While the Department of Justice, US attorney general and even the president continue to pressure Apple for additional technical support in unlocking iPhones tied to the naval base shooting in December, a letter reveals that the FBI recently cracked a password-protected iPhone 11. That phone belonged to Lev Parnas, an associate of the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has been indicted…
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Sony Xperia 5 review: The not-so-compact, ‘compact’ phone

January 23, 2020
Finding a flagship phone in compact form is something that has become increasingly difficult as OEMs steadily move to building more oversized devices. However, Sony has persisted with their now-defunct “Compact” series, and more recently the Xperia 5. Sony called time on…
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Microsoft releases Surface Duo preview SDK with Android Studio emulator

January 22, 2020
At its October hardware event last fall, Microsoft made quite a splash with the Android-powered Surface Duo. Slated to launch holiday 2020, the Windows team today released a preview SDK with an emulator and other documentation. With this release, Microsoft wants to let Android developers “get started and optimize for dual-screen devices.” The preview SDK for Microsoft Surface Duo is available…
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How to offload apps in iOS to save space without deleting their data

January 22, 2020
With ever-growing apps, better cameras and high-resolution video there’s always plenty of competition for the precious storage space on your iOS device. Deleting apps is one solution, but it might be better to simply offload your iOS apps instead. Deleting an app in iOS removes its icon, its app data, and any user-created data. That’s not an issue if you never plan on using that app again, but…
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How to cancel Apple TV Plus on iOS and the web

January 22, 2020
You’ve reached the end of have finished your second run of , and it seems like there isn’t much to watch on Apple TV Plus. So how do you cancel your subscription. If you bought a new Apple device recently, you were the lucky recipient of a one-year Apple TV Plus trial.
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GitHub now uses AI to recommend open issues in project repositories

January 22, 2020
Large open source projects on Github have intimidatingly long lists of problems that require addressing. To make it easier to spot the most pressing, GitHub recently introduced the “good first issues” feature, which matches contributors with issues that are likely to fit their interests. The initial version, which launched in May 2019, surfaced recommendations based on labels applied to issues…
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