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Apple responds to reports that it sends user traffic to China's Tencent
Safari: Tackling intrusive ads by limiting JavaScript resources Safari engineers…
Long for a cheaper iPhone? New SE 2 with iPhone 11 chip 'due early 2020 for $399'
Losing ground in emerging markets, Apple might launch a new…
How to dramatically improve your typing speed on an iPad (or make your typing more accurate)
The iPad’s on-screen keyboard is actually pretty good, and is…
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Steam will soon let you play local-only multiplayer games with far off friends
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Microsoft adds per-app time limits to its parental controls
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Sony’s next console is… the PlayStation 5, arriving holidays 2020
service offerings in Toronto with the startup as recently as yesterday. Uber has previously experimented…
Amid AR/VR experiments, Apple reportedly buys UK visual effects studio
Rune raises $2M to help you find new friends in mobile games, starting with Brawl Stars
Tencent to take 29% stake in multiplayer games maker Funcom
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Samsung updates Chromebook lineup with two new models
Samsung Chromebook 4 The last time Samsung fully refreshed its core Chromebook models was all… -
HP launches Chromebook x360 12b, 14b with Universal Stylus Initiative support
HP Chromebookx x360 12b and 14b HP yesterday launched a pair of Chromebooks that support… -
Lenovo rolls out new IdeaPad laptops, Chromebooks, budget Android tablets
Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 It’s been a busy week for Lenovo, the world’s number 1 maker…
Mobile
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Samsung opens Android 10 One UI beta ahead of final launch
After pushing back a planned early-October launch, Samsung has introduced the Android 10 beta of… -
Foodvisor automatically tracks what you eat using deep learning
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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold concierge service is live in the US for those who need it
Part of Samsung’s reboot of the Galaxy Fold was the announcement of a Premier Service.…
Google’s Pixel 4 briefly went up for preorder on Best Buy Canada
Life with the Samsung Galaxy Fold
Apester unveils a new Story Strip format for online publishers
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Nomad’s new Base Station Pro offers a taste of what Apple’s AirPower had promised
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NASA’s new Moon-bound spacesuit is safer, smarter, and much more comfortable
The next Americans to set foot on the Moon will do so in a brand… -
Creators of modern rechargeable batteries share Nobel prize
If you had to slip a couple AAs into your smartphone every morning to check…
Gnarbox 2.0 backup SSD is a photographer’s best friend in the field and at home
With $15M round and 100K tablets sold, reMarkable CEO wants to make tech ‘more human’
Google makes moving music and videos between speakers and screens easier
Android
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Google today announced that Grasshopper, its tool for teaching novices how to code, is now…
Volvo group’s Polestar electric performance car sub-brand has announced pricing for the Polestar 2, the…
Google today announced Action Blocks, a new accessibility tool that allows you to create shortcuts…
service offerings in Toronto with the startup as recently as yesterday. Uber has previously experimented…
WhatsApp is testing a self-destructing messages feature – TechCrunch
WhatsApp users may soon…
Back in 2015, Google’s ATAP team demoed a new kind of wearable tech at Google…
Earlier this year, Google and Amazon reached an agreement to bring their streaming video apps…
This Week in Apps: AltStore, acquisitions and Google Play Pass – TechCrunch
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