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WhatsApp comes to millions of basic cellphones running KaiOS

WhatsApp has only had limited availability on basic cellphones until now, but Facebook is about to throw the gates wide open. The messaging app is now available on the KaiStore, making it available to “millions” of low-cost KaiOS cellphones with at least 256MB…
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Microsoft invests $1 billion in Elon Musk-founded OpenAI

Today, Microsoft announced that it’s investing $1 billion in the Elon Musk-founded company OpenAI. The two companies will work together to bring supercomputing technologies and AI to Microsoft Azure. And OpenAI will run its services exclusively in Microsoft’s cloud. Ultimately, the partners hope to build artificial general intelligence (AGI), a technology that some say will match or…
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Realme X receives first firmware update in China

The Realme X is one of the most exciting phones in the midrange market at the moment. Released back in May for Chinese users and a week ago for those in India, the phone offers a full-screen experience and Snapdragon 710 chipset for just $270. Now the growing Oppo subsidiary is releasing the first major firmware update for the device in its home market. The patch comes with the latest July Andriod…
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Apple releasing iOS 12 4 and HomePod 12 4 update today as Apple Card launch looms

We expect Apple will release iOS 12.4 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch later today. The update has been in developer and public beta since mid-May. This software release could be the first version of iOS that supports the Apple Card release, Apple’s new credit card with special features in the Wallet app on iOS, although it’s possible Apple Card could appear in a later update. We also expect…
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