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iPhone maker Foxconn tells Shenzhen staff not to return to work
iPhone manufacturer Foxconn has told employees at its Shenzhen HQ not to return to work on February 10th as planned, but to await further instruction, Bloomberg reports. Meanwhile, a Foxconn subsidiary has refitted production lines in Shenzhen to make medical face masks for Foxconn workers, according to Reuters. Both developments…
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WhatsApp dark mode for iPhone arrives in latest beta
WhatsApp is finally getting a dark mode soon on iPhone soon. A new beta version of WhatsApp for iOS has appeared with dark mode enabled, indicating that it will soon be available for all iPhone users. MacRumors reports that the testing notes include a dark mode, although no beta testers…
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AMD wants you to help make its future GPUs better with driver feedback
AMD is asking for feedback from the owners of its graphics cards, and wants to know which features are most important to them, presumably in order to help direct work on the Adrenalin 2020 Edition graphics driver going forward. The company has run this sort of feedback request before, whereby…
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Warcraft III: Reforged isn’t good enough, you say? You can now request a refund
Warcraft III: Reforged has experienced a controversial launch for a number of reasons which we recently discussed in detail, and Blizzard has been listening to its dissatisfied customers – and is now offering a refund on the game as a result. You can request a refund, as Eurogamer spotted, by…
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Chinese phone makers ‘team up’ to create Google Play rival
A consortium of Chinese smartphone manufacturers hope to challenge Google Play’s dominance on the sale of Android applications with a jointly-developed app platform. According to a report, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are working together on the creation Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA), which will allow developers to upload their…
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Google, Facebook to activate undersea web cable, excluding China and Hong Kong
Google and Facebook have filed to activate the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) between the US, the Philippines and Taiwan. The submarine internet cable network, announced in 2016, was originally billed as the first to connect the US and Hong Kong. However, sections running to Hong Kong and China will…
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