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Apple announces a September 15 virtual event, where it's expected to unveil an Apple Watch Series 6; new iPhones are reportedly set to be unveiled in October — - Company plans to announce 5G iPhones in October, not September — Event to be held virtually from Cupertino due to Covid-19
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Microsoft confirms a budget version of its next-gen console, the $299 Xbox Series S, says it is the “smallest Xbox ever” — After a flurry of leaks, Microsoft has been forced to prematurely confirm the existence of a second-generation console: the Xbox Series S. The company …
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| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Xbox Series X will be priced at $499 and will launch on November 10, 2020 alongside the Xbox Series S — The Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X together. — Microsoft is set to hold a press event soon to showcase the next-gen console pricing, and it's pretty familiar. — What you need to know
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Google unveils a feature for its Google Phone app called Verified Calls that lets businesses display a reason for their call, shown under their logo and name — Google today is introducing a new feature for Android phones that will help legitimate businesses reach their customers by phone …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google announces the launch of Android 11, says it will begin rolling out today on select Pixel, OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO, and realme phones — Google today launched Android 11, the latest version of its mobile OS, and pushed the source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
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| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple sues Epic Games for breach of contract and seeks damages, says Epic poses “as a modern corporate Robin Hood” but just wants App Store's benefits for free — - Apple on Tuesday filed counterclaims and responses in its legal battle with Fortnite creator Epic Games …
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Source: digital advertising platforms Taboola and Outbrain have ended merger talks after failing to agree on revised deal terms, a year after announcing merger — - Nearly a year after announcing a deal to unite, merger talks between digital advertising platforms Taboola and Outbrain have ended.
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| Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal: |
China launches global data security initiative to counter US' “Clean Network” program, urges countries to oppose “mass surveillance against other states” — Move, unveiled Tuesday is meant to counter U.S. Clean Network effort — HONG KONG—China is launching …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google's Area 120 launches Orion WiFi, a service that allows carriers in need of better service to rent public venue WiFi networks on an as needed basis — Area 120 is Google's internal incubator for experimental projects that later get merged with existing teams if proven successful.
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The Apple TV app is now available on Vizio's SmartCast-enabled TV sets in the US and Canada, with three free months of Apple TV+ for users in the US — The Apple TV app — including access to Apple TV Plus — is now available on Vizio's SmartCast-enabled TV sets to users in the U.S. and Canada.| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft is working on a Surface laptop with a 12.5" display, Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, and 64GB storage to be priced between $500 and $600 — A smaller, midrange Surface Laptop is on the cards this holiday season. — What you need to know — A new, midrange Surface laptop is in the works.
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Filing: ahead of Snowflake's IPO, Salesforce and Berkshire Hathaway both commit to buy $250M worth of Snowflake stock; IPO range to value it at ~$21B-$23.7B — On the heels of new filings from both Sumo Logic and JFrog, Snowflake, a venture-backed unicorn looking to go public on the strength … | Sascha Segan / PCMag: |
Testing carrier networks in 26 US cities shows that while 4G speeds are up overall, 5G does not live up to the hype, with AT&T's 5G largely slower than its 4G — After a decade of testing 3G and 4G wireless networks, this year we drove around 26 US cities amidst a pandemic to determine whether 5G is ready for prime time.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Report: Samsung and SK Hynix plan to stop component sales to Huawei on September 15, the day US Commerce Department limits take effect — SK Hynix is also reportedly dropping Huawei — Samsung and SK Hynix will reportedly stop selling components to Huawei as the Trump administration tightens sanctions on the Chinese phone maker.
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