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New app allows Apple’s iMessage to run on an Android phone

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While there are Android users who are always putting down iOS for its notification system, Siri’s aggravating weak points, and ...

Forsaking funding at a $1 billion valuation, Solugen preps a new green chemical product and a big 2021

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Late last year, Solugen, a startup using synthetic biology to take hydrocarbons out of the chemicals industry, decided against pursuing ...

Pebble founder launches Beeper, a universal chat app that works with iMessage and others

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Decades ago, a software program called Trillian introduced a way for internet users to interact with multiple IM networks, like ...

Uncertified Android phones will lose support for an important app in March

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the latter is making changes to its Messages app that will prevent some devices from receiving texts. One group of ...

Xiaomi gets blacklisted in the U.S. by Trump administration

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UPDATE:Xiaomi got in touch with us today to deliver an official statement about allegations made by the Trump administration claiming ...

Apple’s plan to drop iOS 15 support for three popular iPhones gains traction

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While is already in full swing, calling for with at least one surprisingly conspicuous functionality change in tow, we obviously ...

Collateral damage: MediaTek dethrones Qualcomm in world’s largest smartphone market

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Smartphone System-on-Chip (SoC) shipments fell 20.8 percent to 307 million units in China last year, according to CINNO Research (via ). ...

Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G battery life: the longest lasting Samsung flagship?

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The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is the most premium phone in the S21 series, and it’s also the one that ...

New report suggests LG could (partially) exit smartphone market

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UPDATE: has corroborated earlier reports about Vietnam-based Vingroup’s bid for LG’s smartphone business. The original story continues below.  ### LG’s ...

Apple releases iOS 14.4 RC and watchOS 7.3 RC for developers

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When released iOS and iPadOS 14.2, it made a change to the naming system it had used to denote a ...

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs iPhone 12 Pro Max

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The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and the Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max are two of the most premium, large-screen phones ...

You literally can’t do better than this awesome new OnePlus 8 deal

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Do you know how we literally just told you a couple of days ago about ? Well, a small Verizon-owned ...

Nintendo Faces Another Class-Action Lawsuit Over Joy-Con Drift in Canada

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Nintendo is certainly no stranger to legal wrangling over Joy-Con drift. We saw the first class-action lawsuit over the issue ...

Acer Introduces The New TravelMate Spin B3 Laptop

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Acer has introduced the TravelMate Spin B3 Laptop, ideal for classrooms with its included stylus and military-grade durability. These two ...

Cyberpunk 2077 “Just Brilliant” in Some Ways Says Gabe Newell, Many PC Players “Very Happy”

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CD Projekt Red have taken their share of lumps following the messy launch of Cyberpunk 2077, but Valve head honcho ...

Wccftech’s Most Anticipated RPGs of 2021 – High Hopes For Next-Gen

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While 2020 was a year filled with remakes, remasters and all other manners of re-envisioning some classic RPGs, this year ...

Apple to Cut iPhone 12 mini Production as iPhone 12 Pro Picks up in Demand

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For some time now, we’ve known that the iPhone 12 mini isn’t selling as well as Apple would have liked. Fortunately, ...

‘Completely Usable’ Version of Linux for M1 Macs Released

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Corellium CTO Chris Wade has announced today that Ubuntu Linux is now completely installable and usable on the new M1 ...

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix Version 461.33 Finally Addresses SteamVR Stutter Issues

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NVIDIA’s next big Game Ready driver update isn’t here yet, but the company has released GeForce Hotfix 461.33, which addresses ...

Study Finds That Gaming Is Objectively Beneficial for Kids Fighting Cancer

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A study promoted by the Juegaterapia Foundation and published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows that gaming is ...

China’s Parting Shot at Trump is Sanctions on Former Officials

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As the Biden Administration begins its term in Washington, Beijing has announced that many prominent figures of Trump’s foreign affairs ...

Google Messages Could Stop Working on Numerous Android Devices

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Google Messages is slowly turning into one of the best iMessage alternatives that are available on Android. Mainly because of ...

Amazon offers its resources for new Biden Administration’s vaccination efforts

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Amazon is the second largest employer in the United States with over 800,000 employees and has a massive transport and ...

Chrome 88 checks for compromised passwords, adds tab search

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Google has pushed out v88 of Chrome for desktop, which includes a handful of important changes. The browser will now ...

Sony Xperia 10 III leaks in official looking renders

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New year, new Roman numerals for Sony. In 2021 we’re all anxiously waiting for the company’s IIIrd generation of its ...

OnePlus 7 and 7T series get OxygenOS 11 beta

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OnePlus has released the OxygenOS 11 public beta firmware to the OnePlus 7 and 7T series so those wanting to ...

Shield TV adds support for PS5 and Xbox One controllers

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Nvidia has updated its Shield TV media streaming box to add support for the Bluetooth enabled PlayStation 5 DualSense and ...

Samsung Galaxy M62 benchmarked with Galaxy Note10’s chipset

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It looks like the Samsung Galaxy M62 will be similar to the F62 (perhaps even identical). The Geekbench scorecard for ...

Galaxy S21 4G variant appears to be certified in Bluetooth SIG listing

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In a rather odd turn of events, Samsung might be bringing a 4G variant of its recently released Galaxy S21 ...

Some Galaxy S21 units only support NFC terminals for Samsung Pay, MST is getting phased out

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Some Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra units do not support MST for Samsung Pay. It looks like availability of ...