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Lilbits: Apple’s lousy week: Antitrust lawsuit, unpatchable vulnerability, and scrapped projects

Part of Apple’s pitch to customers has long been that their products “just work,” and that’s due in large part to the tight integration between Apple’s hardware and software. And while that’s largely true of the company’s Mac computers, it’s even more true of its mobile devices like iPhones and iPods, which have often been […]

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Samsung’s rollable phone patent supports 4 different screen sizes

There are a growing number of smartphones with foldable displays that let you quickly switch between phone and tablet modes. But Samsung may be considering a different kind of phone that supports as many as four different modes. A recent patent application shows a phone with a rollable display that can be extended from both […]

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Dasung Link is a 6.7 inch E Ink monitor for your smartphone (updated)

Dasung is a Chinese company the specialized in displays and tablets with E Ink displays. But the Dasung Link is something a little different – it’s the company’s first 6.7 inch E ePaper display meant to be used with your smartphone. While we’ve seen phones with E Ink displays before, the Dasung Link is more […]

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Report: Apple to build its own microLED displays and wireless chips

Apple is reportedly planning to build more of the components used in its products in-house. The company has long relied on third-party manufacturers for chips, displays, and other components. But after transitioning most of its Mac line of computers from Intel processors to Apple Silicon, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports the company has its sights set […]

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Corning’s Gorilla Glass Victus 2 should survive the trip from your pocket to concrete

Corning has been making tough, damage-resistant display for smartphones for years. But the company says its new Gorilla Glass Victus 2 glass is the toughest yet. Not only has it been tested to survive a fall from heights of two meters (6.6 feet) onto asphalt, but for the first time the company says the glass shouldn’t […]

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LG’s new 12 inch display can be stretched up to 14 inch screen when you pull on it

Flexible and rollable screens move over. LG’s showing off a new stretchable display that… well honestly it’s probably best to think of it as a more durable version of a flexible display. It’s a 12 inch screen that can be stretched until it’s up for 14 inches without breaking. Of course, the imagery on the display […]

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Lilbits: 3rd-party widgets for Windows 11, restore MS Store apps on a new PC, and more from MS Build

Microsoft’s Build developer conference is taking place this week, and Microsoft has already announced a bunch of new and upcoming software and service updates coming for developers and end users. One of the most intriguing is ARM-native versions of the company’s developer tools, plus a new ARM-based PC for developers set to launch later this […]

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Lilbits: Windows on the Steam Deck gets better, iPhones might get USB-C ports in 2023

The Steam Deck handheld gaming PC ships with a Linux-based operating system called Steam OS that’s designed to put Valve’s Steam game client front and center, and which is optimized for PC gaming. But while many games available from Steam support Linux and Steam OS even allows you to play many Windows games that aren’t designed […]