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Lilbits: Kodi 19.4 released, Vivo’s first foldable leaked, and screenless MacBooks as DIY Mac Minis

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Chinese phone maker Vivo could be preparing to launch its first foldable phone… which would be more exciting if Vivo wasn’t the umpteenth company to do so. Valve’s Steam Deck handheld game console appears to still be in hot demand: the company has shifted ship dates for new orders back to Q3, 2022 which means […]

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Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling at home was supposed to be much, much better

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Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling at Home is a program designed to breathe new life into old smartphones by letting you repurpose the hardware for new uses. At least that’s the idea. But when the program rolled out in beta in April, only Android 9 phones released in 2018 are supported – you know, phones you might […]

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Samsung Upcycling at Home turns old phones into new IoT devices (now in beta)

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Some folks keep old smartphones in a drawer. Others turn them into artwork. But with most phones only designed to be used for a few years, an awful lot of them eventually end up as e-waste, causing environmental and health issues. Earlier this year Samsung revealed another option that could breathe new life into old […]