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Google ditches desserts as Q becomes Android 10 – TechCrunch

The dessert naming scheme was one of the best-loved legacies from Google past. Every time the company got ready to…

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Cut down on mobile data usage with these easy steps

Disclosure Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate…

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Android users duped into downloading adware apps 8 million times

Android users need to exercise some caution when downloading apps on the Google Play store. Cyber security firm Trend Micro…

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Huawei pushes back launch of 5G foldable, the Mate X – TechCrunch

If you were desperately ripping days off of your calendar until you could get your hands on Huawei’s $2,600 5G…

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Huawei’s new OS isn’t an Android replacement… yet – TechCrunch

If making an Android alternative was easy, we’d have a lot more of them. Huawei’s HarmonyOS won’t be replacing the…

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Android Users Can Now Log in to Google Services Using Fingerprint

If you’re using Chrome on Android, you can now sign-in to your Google account and some of the other Google…

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How to block and reduce robocalls without using third-party apps

Robocalls are a menace to modern society. So you resort to a third-party app to block them and all’s well,…

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Most EU cookie ‘consent’ notices are meaningless or manipulative, study finds – TechCrunch

New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to…

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Google launches ‘Live View’ AR walking directions for Google Maps – TechCrunch

Google is launching a beta of its augmented reality walking directions feature for Google Maps, with a broader launch that…

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Why Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 and 10+ don’t have headphone jacks

Samsung is so over the headphone jack. After three years of bashing Apple for removing the 3.5 mm headphone jack…