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Even without the UK’s planned compromise, the idea of this type of contact tracing has come under criticism from a University of Cambridge computing professor. The API is designed to allow apps to detect when you have been in close proximity to someone who subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, but a severe lack of testing in the UK means that the NHS version will adopt a weak compromise.

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Google Maps has plenty of coronavirus-related features but doesn’t list COVID-19 testing sites in the app. Apple Maps will soon direct you to the closes COVID-19 testing center near you, which is the kind of information you should find in a navigation app during a pandemic. But Google Maps doesn’t offer information about coronavirus testing inside the app.

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It includes built-in GPS to track outdoor workouts independently, it has better training tools for athletes, and it fits most of the same smartwatch features into a slimmer package than the more expensive Fitbit Versa. If you're looking for a fitness tracker than behaves a lot like a smartwatch without the extra bulk, the Fitbit Charge 4 might be the perfect fit.

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Designed for business and education, Teams includes group chat, video calling and collaboration tools and has seen a spike in usage since countries and states have started directing residents to stay and work from home when possible to stop the spread of the coronavirus. With the update to Microsoft's collaboration tool, you can now pick a custom image as your video chat background.

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Consumers are now treated to finance pricing, making the $1,000+ cost of these ultra-premium phones appear more attainable when it’s broken down to monthly payments over the course of 24 months — and in some cases, 30 months. The last year has yielded smartphones that push ultra-premium pricing to new heights.

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Players in countries such as Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Singapore are furious with Sony after they mistakenly purchased the Chinese/Korean language version of the title, rather than the English/Japanese edition advertised.
Our guess is that it will just give all digital owners of the game access to both versions, so they can download their preferred language.

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CIRP is out with a new analyst report today looking at US smartphone activations in the March quarter and whether consumers went with iOS or Android and iOS adoption sees highest numbers in Q1 US activations since 2016.
That’s positive news for Apple but CIRP’s data also shows that operating system loyalty is very high at around 90% for both iOS and Android.

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Ever since Bixby was launched in 2018, Samsung stopped shipping S Voice with new devices. Samsung has decided to replace S Voice with Bixby on two smartwatches, though, the Gear S3 and Gear Sport to be precise. While the smartphones and tablets won’t receive Bixby, we’re told that the upcoming software update for the Gear S3 and Gear Sport will replace S Voice with Bixby.

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Apple has launched a portal for hospitals, healthcare providers and businesses to register as a COVID-19 testing location. The testing locations will appear with a red medical glyph icon, and a special banner in the Apple Maps card.
Apple Maps will be able to show information like the place name, the associated healthcare provider, contact phone number and website.

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Microsoft is planning to announce the postponement of all 2020 events. Events are about to extend till July 2021 therefore this year they are planning to execute virtual and online conferences. Microsoft has taken this step due to the pandemic disease which is spreading rapidly all across.

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According 9to5Mac's analysis of an alleged leaked build of iOS 14, the next major release of Apple's mobile operating system for iPhones, iPads, and iPods will introduce a new API that will let developers offer some functionality of their apps to users who have not actually downloaded or installed those apps.

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Google today provided new usage figures for the two products, detailed a new Meet-Classroom integration, and extended how long premium features will be available for free. On the usage front, 120 million teachers and students around the world are now using G Suite for Education, while Google Classroom has over 100 million users. The newly-renamed Google Meet is seeing 2 million new users per day.

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The Google Pixel 4a could be landing soon, but there might not be many surprises when it does: a complete specs list has leaked, painting the picture of a competent mid-ranger and one that’s an improvement in almost every way on the Google Pixel 3a. And that’s not the only new Pixel 4a leak, as images of retail boxes for the phone have also started to emerge

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The removal of listings for Animal Crossing: New Horizons comes after some players in China had been using the game to share messages criticizing the country’s president, Xi Jinping, and Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam. New Horizons allows players to easily create custom images within the game and then place them wherever they’d like.

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Apple's development schedule for iPhone 12 models will likely be pushed out slightly due to current travel restrictions and cargo flight delays, which could result in delayed availability of the highest-end 6.7-inch model, according to analyst Jeff Pu. As a result, Pu currently expects the 5.4-inch and two 6.1-inch models to be available in September, followed by the 6.7-inch model in October.

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As people are forced to spend more time confined at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, Apple is allowing free streaming of some Apple TV Plus original shows and movies for a limited time, including one of its best reviewed series, Little America.

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The successor earbuds to the Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus could get a long-awaited perk – noise cancelling – and launch alongside the anticipated Samsung Galaxy Note 20. The Galaxy Buds Plus, on the other hand, launched in early 2020 alongside the Samsung Galaxy S20 series...but noticeably without noise cancelling.

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During a Teams meeting, you can replace your messy background at home with a more professional-looking image. Until now, Zoom was the virtual meeting company known for its background options, so this is a handy option for Microsoft Teams users. Now being rolled out to Teams, custom backgrounds will let you replace your meeting background with a "fresh and bright home office," according to Microsoft.

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In this spirit of collaboration, Google and Apple are announcing a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy and security central to the design. A number of leading public health authorities, universities, and NGOs around the world have been doing important work to develop opt-in contact tracing technology.

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Modern Warfare's much-anticipated Season 3 update have arrived, detailing all of the changes, tweaks, and new features coming to the military shooter. Additionally, the patch fixes a bug that could allow a player to become invincible if they are downed at the moment they are switching seats in the Tac Rover vehicle.

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Samsung's next flagship tablets, potentially dubbed the Galaxy Tab S7 or the Galaxy S20, started development about three weeks ago under the model numbers SM-T97x and SM-T87x, according to a report Tuesday from SamMobile.
The upcoming tablet is rumored to offer larger screen sizes, with 12.4- and 11-inch options, and both Wi-Fi and LTE versions. Its previous tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, made CNET's list of best Android tablets.

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Apple is working on a new way to offer specific parts of third-party apps across the system without needing to have them installed, 9to5Mac has learned based on an early build of iOS 14. As 9to5Mac has analyzed this new API, we can say that it allows developers to offer interactive and dynamic content from their apps even if you haven’t installed them.

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A new app from Stanford Medicine built with Apple 's help will help connect firefighters, police officers and paramedics in California to drive-through COVID-19 testing if they are showing symptoms of the coronavirus.
Apple helped Stanford Medicine with some of the development, Harrington said. Apple released a COVID-19 app with a screening survey that Americans can download, but it does't direct users to test sites.

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The Unicode Consortium, the group behind emoji releases, announced today that it’s delaying its version planned for 2021, meaning that devices won’t receive new emoji next year and instead will get a release in 2022. The good news is that the emoji that were announced earlier this year, like the olive, beaver, and plunger, will still be available this fall. This means the deadline for submitting new emoji pushed back

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This week, Microsoft went out of its way to invite in educators, noting in a blog post that its privacy controls are designed to not allow for random people to join a meeting and start screaming obscenities or flash pornography, two of the charges that have dogged Zoom.

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