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One of the largest Apple partners is preparing to launch iPhone production in India

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The company Pegatron, the second-largest contract partner Apple, leased production facility area of approximately 46.5 thousand. M 2 in the industrial park not far from Chennai (Tamil Nadu, India) for the assembly of devices and storage purposes, the resource Financial Express. Earlier it was reported about the company’s plans to spend about $ 150 million to deploy production facilities for assembling iPhone smartphones in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. While Pegatron did not disclose what the facility…

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Tim Cook made an exclusive gift to Donald Trump

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Donald Trump, who was still in the United States presidency, received a gift from Apple CEO Tim Cook, which has enormous collectable value. This is evidenced by Trump’s financial report published by The New York Times. The “Gifts & Travel Refunds” section lists a basic Mac Pro for $ 5,999. This computer is documented as the first computer assembled at the Flex Factory in Austin, Texas. Obviously, this gift was received by Trump at the end of 2019,…

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Windows 10X launches a new operating system on Surface Pro

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Microsoft is developing the Windows 10X operating system, which will be optimized for modern devices, although it will retain most of Windows 10. The developer with the nickname XDeltaXForce has published a video showing Windows 10X with the Microsoft Surface Pro 7 tablet. In this video, you can see the Windows 10X interface and various features of the operating system. The developer showed a start menu, a screen for quickly switching between applications, system settings, and…

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Linux is now available on M1-based Macs

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Corellium CTO Chris Wade said Linux is now “fully usable” on Mac mini computers with M1 chips. Earlier, he promised to port the operating system. Linux is now completely usable on the Mac mini M1. Booting from USB a full Ubuntu desktop (rpi). Network works via a USB c dongle. Update includes support for USB, I2C, DART. We will push changes to our GitHub and a tutorial later today. Thanks to the @CorelliumHQ team ❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/uBDbDmvJUG—…

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LG leaves the smartphone market

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LG decides to close its mobile division in 2021. CEO Kwon Bong-Sok sent out a letter to employees saying that competition in the smartphone market has become too strong, so it’s time to make this difficult decision. Now LG is considering several options – to completely close the production of smartphones, sell it, or leave only a small part of the business. Representatives of the company told The Verge that they have not yet come to a final decision, it…

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Apple May Return Touch ID for New iPhone This Year

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According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple’s next-gen iPhone 13 may have an in-screen fingerprint sensor. Nothing is predetermined at this point, but the report says the feature will coexist with Face ID rather than replace it. It is reported that Apple has been developing in-screen fingerprint technology for years, so this rumor is certainly more validated than most others. The return of Touch ID to the iPhone will surely be cause for joy for some. While…

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DuckDuckGo handles over 100,000,000 searches daily

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The developers of the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo announced another record: for the first time in its 12-year history, the search engine reached 100 million searches per day. In recent years, DuckDuckGo has grown more and more. Let me remind you that in August 2020, the search engine reported receiving 2,000,000,000 search queries per month regularly. While these numbers are small compared to Google’s 5,000,000,000 daily searches, it’s still a sure sign that users are looking for alternatives and…

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Chrome will restrict access to its API’s for the third-party browsers

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Google developers have announced that they will prevent third-party Chromium browsers from using Google’s private APIs. The fact is that many of the APIs included in the Chromium code is intended exclusively for Google Chrome; however, it was discovered that third-party manufacturers use them successfully. “In a recent audit, we discovered that some third-party Chromium-based browsers might use Google features, including Chrome Sync and Click to Call, which are only intended for use with Google products,” wrote Google…

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The head of Samsung was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison

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According to Reuters, a court in Seoul sentenced the vice president of Samsung Electronics and the de facto head of the Samsung Group, Li Jae Young, to two and a half years in prison. He was accused of bribery. Lee Jae Young was arrested in February 2017, and in August of that year, the court found him guilty of bribery, embezzlement of company funds, and perjury. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of five years, but a year later, the…

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Apple is working on a foldable iPhone, but will it be the iPhone 13?

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After the release of the first foldable phones from Samsung and Huawei, it seemed that most users were not yet ready for such a device form factor, and projects would have to be frozen “until better times.” True, the Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X did not have impressive sales, but this is not surprising at a price above $ 2,000. For manufacturers, these were more fashion projects, which have good potential in the future. Otherwise, Apple would…

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