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Moto G Pure: 3 things I like about Motorola’s $160 phone

The $160 Moto G Pure is the lowest-priced phone I tested in 2021. I wasn’t sure what to expect. It lacks support for 5G, has a 6.5-inch screen with just a 720p resolution and has a MediaTek Helio G25 processor which in our benchmark performance tests received the lowest score of any phone I tested. …

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Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China

Microsoft on Thursday said it will shut down the localized version of LinkedIn in China amid a “significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements.” The company said its new strategy in China will focus on matching professionals with jobs. LinkedIn plans to launch a new standalone jobs app, called InJobs, later this year in China. The app won’t …

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Google will let you keep scrolling (and scrolling) search results on mobile

Google is rolling out continuous scrolling in Search on mobile devices, the company said Thursday. This means when you reach the bottom of a search results page, instead of having to click to the next page, you’ll find that more results will automatically load.  Google suggested the feature is useful for opened-ended questions, when people may be looking for inspiration …

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Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max review: Speedy app delivery isn’t everything

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick Max is the company’s highest-priced and most powerful streaming stick yet. A step up from the $40 Streaming Stick 4K, the new Max runs $55 and packs a faster processor, support for Wi-Fi 6 and nearly all the latest playback standards from 4K, HDR10 and Dolby Vision to HDR10+ plus Dolby Atmos for audio.  Spoiler: The Max is fast. For those who simply …

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Apple again makes its case against sideloading apps on iPhones in new security research report

Apple’s spent years marketing its iPhones and iPads as more secure and reliable than competing devices powered by Google’s Android software, including from Samsung. One of the primary reasons is the App Store, the only sanctioned way to download apps for the iPhone and iPad. Though other phone makers have their own app stores too, they often allow what’s called …

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Acer adds quartet of Chromebooks to its lengthy list of Chrome OS options

Acer announced four Chromebooks as part of the company’s global Next@Acer event on Wednesday. The new models include 14- and 15.6-inch clamshells — the Acer Chromebook 515 and 514 — as well as two 14-inch two-in-ones, the Chromebook Spin 514 and Spin 314.  Shipments of Chromebooks exploded in 2020 from the pandemic and remained strong through the first half of 2021. That growth is showing …

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Samsung to hold Galaxy Unpacked Part 2 event on Oct. 20

Samsung announced Tuesday that it’ll hold its fourth Unpacked event of the year virtually on Oct. 20. Like the Unpacked event in August, Galaxy Unpacked Part 2 will be livestreamed. Samsung didn’t give much in the way of hints about what to expect at the event, but by all appearances it’ll be colorful and may involve apps. It’s hard to …

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Google search spotlights endangered species in AR

The white-backed woodpecker is one the rarest and the most vulnerable of the woodpeckers in Europe. Though races of the bird can be found as far east as Korea and Japan, its numbers are in decline in Nordic countries, leading the Swedish to enact protections to try to preserve the species. There are currently more than 38,000 species of animals …

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Newly leaked Pixel 6 images turn up on Twitter

Ahead of Google’s launch event on Oct. 19, noted leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks on Twitter) has posted new images of the purported Pixel 6, showcasing the device from multiple angles in three separate colors: stormy black, seafoam green and cloudy white. Take a look for yourself below:  pic.twitter.com/DsQhodqPTy — E (@evleaks) October 12, 2021 The images line up with what …

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Motorola Edge 5G UW review: The middle child of phones

The Motorola Edge (2021) and Motorola Edge 5G UW are solid phones that boast premium features and a reasonable price. The phones are part of Motorola’s 2021 premium lineup. Up to this point, the Chicago-based company, which is owned by Lenovo, has spent most of 2021 launching a slew of sub-$500 phones in the US. These include the Moto G …

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