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Samsung Galaxy S20 and Fold 2 to be unveiled on February 11

January 4, 2020
Back in November last year, we came across a report which claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S20 (previously rumored as S11) will be unveiled on February 11. Well, an official-looking promo video that’s leaked online confirms that the S20 will indeed go official on February 11 at an Unpacked event, which will either take place in New York or San Francisco. The clip doesn’t explicitly…
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Xiaomi will continue to pre-install Google's Phone and Messages apps on global devices

January 4, 2020
Starting with (and including) the Mi 9T Pro, all Xiaomi smartphones that launch internationally are shipping with Google’s Phone and Messages apps. This change has finally been acknowledged by Xiaomi on its official forums today, and it’s definitely been a long time coming. Thus, if you have a Xiaomi handset running a Global or EEA ROM, you no longer have MIUI Dialer and Messaging…
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U.S. government limits exports of AI software

January 4, 2020
(Reuters) — The Trump administration took measures on Friday to crimp exports of artificial intelligence software as part of a bid to keep sensitive technologies out of the hands of rival powers like China. Under a new rule which goes into effect on Monday, companies that…
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Samsung releases a trio of promo videos for the Galaxy A51 and A71

January 4, 2020
Samsung made the Galaxy A51 and A71 official last month in Vietnam, and earlier today it published release details for the duo in Europe. To celebrate their arrival on that continent, the Korean company has also outed a trio of promo videos for the phones. All of these videos are for both the A51 and A71, as Samsung seems to view them as conjoined twins or something like that. Before you buckle up…
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LG G9 renders show a quad camera on the back and a G8X-like design

January 4, 2020
Early last year there was talk that LG will discontinue the G-series – well, rumors of its death seem largely exaggerated. OnLeaks just revealed a set of CAD-based renders for the LG G9. It appears similar to the G8X, though it has twice as many cameras on the back. LG got up to three cameras last year, this 2020 model has four arranged in a horizontal strip (similar to the V50 and G8). However…
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