TECHNOLOGY

LG Display to showcase 48-inch flexible sound-making display at CES 2021
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LG Display said its 48-inch bendable cinematic sound OLED (CSO) will make its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021, which will be held online from January 11 to 14, reports Yonhap news agency. The world's top large-size OLED panel maker said the latest product is optimized for gaming.
Samsung Galaxy S21 series may not come with microSD slot
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All three Galaxy S21 models could lack this microSD expansion capability. The absence of a microSD slot may be overcome by having larger internal storage in the devices, reports GizmoChina. This, not the first that the company is planning to launch smartphones without microSD card support. All of its 2015 premium models were without a MicroSD slot, with some models in 2019 and 2020 also lacking a microSD slot.
Sony ships 3.4mn PlayStation5 units plans 18mn for this year
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The company has already announced to bring PS5 to the India market on February 2. The PlayStation maker shipped a record-breaking 3.4 million units of the PS5 within the first four weeks of its launch, reports DigiTimes,
Apple to let free MacOS Amphetamine app stay in App Store
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According to Amphetamine's developer William C Gustafson, Apple told him to change the app's name and logo. In comments posted on Reddit and Github, Gustafson said that Apple had informed him he had two weeks to "remove all references to the word ‘amphetamine' and remove the pill from the icon."
Poco F2 with Snapdragon 732G SoC may launch in India soon
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The smartphone maker has recently shared a new video on Twitter, showcasing its achievements in the last year and in the end the company mentioned Poco F2 in the video for a split second, hinting that it might be the company's first smartphone launch in 2021. Unlike the Poco F1, which was an affordable flagship phone powered by a flagship Snapdragon chipset, the new leak suggests the Poco F2 will be a mid-range phone.
Nokia 7.3 with 5,050mAh battery may launch soon
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Fresh information came from the certification bureau TUV Rheinland Japan, on the website of which there were certificates for the batteries of two Nokia models, reports GizChina. One of them is Nokia 7.3, which appeared with a capacity of 5050mAh. Another device, presumably Nokia 6.3 (or 6.4), has a slightly lower capacity - 4470mAh.
WhatsApp users globally made 1.4 billion calls on New Year's Eve
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As Covid-19 made meeting with friends and family tough, WhatsApp calling on New Year's Eve 2020 increased over 50 per cent compared to the same day last year, the company said on Friday. Video calling became arguably the most in-demand feature in 2020 as people turned to technology to stay in touch and get things done in the face of social distancing and stay-at-home mandates.
Now reserve a preorder for Samsung Galaxy S21 in US
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Those who pre-book can get up to $700 of instant trade-in credit toward the purchase of a Galaxy S21 "if you trade an iPhone 12 series phone, or one of Samsung's own Note 20 and S20 phones". The company is also offering up to $550 of trade-in credit for certain phones with cracked screens.
Over 1 lakh Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways at hacking risk: Report
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The backdoor account, discovered by a team of Dutch security researchers from Eye Control, is considered as bad as it gets in terms of vulnerabilities. "Affected models include many of Zyxel's top products from its line of business-grade devices, usually deployed across private enterprise and government networks," the report mentioned.
Snapdragon 888+ processor to release in second half of 2021: Report
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According to the Chinese tipster, Digital Chat Station, Qualcomm would release the Snapdragon 888+ in the second half of next year, reports GizChina. He also disclosed the reason why Qualcomm locked the GPU frequency of the chipset at 840MHz. This, he added, is to prevent OEMs from secretly overclocking the chip on their devices.
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