DoorDash cuts commissions by 50% for local restaurants in US, Canada, and Australia

With the current global health crisis, most of the world is ordered to stay at home and food delivery services have been in high demand. DoorDash Founder and CEO Tony Xu has announced a $100 million initiative to reduce commissions they charge to local restaurants by 50% on both DoorDash and Caviar apps. Local businesses are the fabric of our communities. To further help them, we're reducing commissions for local restaurant partners by 50% through the end of May. This injection of up to $100m is on top of our prior initiatives. Read more here: https://t.co/CdIQRinse8— Tony Xu (@t_xu) April...

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Samsung Galaxy A41 arrives in Europe, will cost €299

Samsung revealed the Galaxy A41 on the website of its Japanese division last month, but the price wasn't known until now. The phone finally appeared at Samsung Germany, where the price of the compact midranger was revealed - it will cost €299 in Germany and £269 in the UK. Samsung Galaxy A41 The Galaxy A41 is a logical improvement over the last year's Galaxy A40. It has a bigger 6.1" Super AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution and taller ratio. The chipset is coupled with 4 GB RAM and 64 gigs of storage. There are now three cameras on the back, while the fingerprint...

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Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G, S10 and S10+ are 20% off in the UK until April 14

Samsung is holding an Easter sale through its online store in the UK for three of its smartphones, which have become 20% cheaper. This will be ongoing until April 14. First off, the Galaxy S20+ 5G can now be had for just £799.20. Compared to its usual price of £999, that's a cool £200 you're saving if you want to gift one to yourself (or someone else) for Easter. Galaxy S20+ (left) next to Galaxy S10+ (right) Next up, the Galaxy S10+ is currently going for £615.20. It used to be £769 before this promo. The Galaxy S10 can be yours for £535.20, and not £669 as usual. That is, of...

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Blush Gold Motorola Razr is now up for grabs in the US

The rumored and then officially confirmed Blush Gold version of the 2019 Motorola Razr foldable smartphone has now landed in the US. You can pick one up from today, which means you aren't confined to the Noir Black colorway anymore. The phone is still exclusive to Verizon, by the way, even with the new hue launching. And it's also still priced at $1,499.99, which is medium-range for a foldable, but also way overboard for what this handset's internals actually are. If it wouldn't fold, you probably wouldn't want to pay even $500 for what's inside. But it does fold, and that is...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 rumored to launch with under-screen selfie camera

With the Galaxy S20 line out the way, Samsung's flagship ambitions are shifting focus on the next entries in the Galaxy Note series. Despite this, it's never too early to start speculating on next year's Galaxy S-series and thanks to noted tipster Ice Universe, we have our first rumor about the Galaxy S21 which is tipped to come with an under-screen selfie camera. Samsung is considering using the under-screen camera technology on the Galaxy S21 first, and is evaluating the feasibility of the technology.— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) April 9, 2020 Samsung usually debuts major new camera...

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OnePlus 8 design confirmed by official video teaser

OnePlus is the company that, many years ago, pioneered the slow drip of information regarding an upcoming device prior to its announcement, and unsurprisingly it's at it again. The video teaser you can see below basically confirms both the design of the OnePlus 8 series, as well as the Glacial Green colorway, that's one of three that should be available (according to past leaks) for both the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 Pro. The 8 will also be offered in Onyx Black and Interstellar Glow, while the Pro gets Onyx Black and Ultramarine Blue alongside the green option. OnePlus promises...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Wi-Fi and LTE support pages go live in Germany

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite has been leaking left and right lately. This time around, the device got a pair of support pages live on Samsung's German website. Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite support pages Unfortunately, we can't really expect a full, definitive specs sheet out of a support page. What they do confirm is that the Tab S6 Lite will be sold in a Wi-Fi only version - SM-P610 and an LTE one - SM-P615. As per previous leaks, these should cost €399 and €430, respectively in Europe. US pricing is a lot less certain, since all we have to go by on that front is an early,...

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Huawei looking to enter the GPU business, recruits Nvidia engineers

With Huawei's issues with the US government and its ability to sell smartphones outside of China, the company is forced to look for other revenue streams to compensate for the lost opportunities. So the latest rumor coming from South Korea is that the company is setting up a research center in the country with some new recruits coming from Nvidia. It's important to note that these are not mainstream GPUs we are talking about here. It's about server-grade GPUs used for cloud computing and AI - a market which Nvidia is currently dominating. According to industry insiders, the tech giant...

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The Honor 30 series will officially use three 5G chipsets: Kirin 990 5G, 985 and 820

The Honor 30 series will feature all three of HiSilicon's 5G enabled chipsets - from the flagship Kirin 990 5G, through the yet to be announced Kirin 985 and to the mid-range Kirin 820. This was confirmed by the company itself on Weibo. The Honor 30S is already official with a 820 chip. This leaves the other two chipsets for the upcoming Honor 30 and 30 Pro, which popped up on TENAA a couple of days ago. The Honor 30 series will use three 5G chipsets from HiSilicon The Honor 30 Pro will have a 50MP rear camera (up from 40MP on the non-Pro) and up to 12GB of RAM to go with the...

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The Huawei Mate 40 series is expected to feature a free-form camera lens and new 5nm Kirin 1020

International analyst Guo Mingji laid-out a few educated predictions about Huawei's upcoming Mate 40 family of handsets. The latter, of course, expected to come no sooner than September and likely even later, given the ongoing global health crisis. Regardless, all the suggested info sounds pretty believable and deserves at least some attention, even if not backed by any hard proof. Starting with the chipset, apparently we can look forward to a Kirin 1020, also known by its "Baltimore" codename. The source claims it will take advantage of TSMCs 5nm manufacturing node. Though, it's a...

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Samsung Galaxy A51 5G and A71 5G succinctly described in infographics, the A41 joins them

Samsung is preparing for the big 5G push in the US by announcing its plans for the 5G versions of the Galaxy A51 and A71 (those will be sold in other countries with 5G networks, of course). The quickest way to summarize what these two phones is to show you the infographics below. The Galaxy A71 5G will come out this summer and will cost $600, $100 more than the Galaxy A51 5G (also expected in the summer). What's the difference? If you look at the infographics, you'll see that the A71 has a larger screen, higher resolution main camera and faster charging. Infographics: Galaxy A51...

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Microsoft delays Windows 10X and Surface Neo beyond 2020, no word on Surface Duo

According to insider information Microsoft has delayed its Windows 10X OS and the Surface Neo dual-screened PC, originally aimed for the Holiday season, until the end of 2020. Microsoft is reportedly focusing on single screen devices as that's what the world needs in the current state of pandemic. The report doesn't share anything on the Android-powered Surface Duo, which could still be released in 2020, despite Microsoft's supply chain being affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Windows 10X is the new, more streamlined OS that Microsoft initially tailored to dual-screened devices,...

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Samsung to design a custom Exynos chip for Google

A new report claims that Google has tapped Samsung to produce a custom chipset, after exploring alternative vendors (and considering even building its own). While the reputation of Exynos chips has taken a hit lately, this new design will use standard ARM CPU and GPU designs as well as custom Google solutions. This Exynos chip will feature two Cortex-A78, two A76 and four A55 cores. The GPU will be a Mali MP20 based on a new architecture from ARM, code named Borr. The A78 and Borr cores are yet to be officially announced. Still, considering that the Cortex-A77 is about 20% faster than...

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Honor announces Honor Play 4T Pro and Play 4T

Right on schedule Honor unveiled its new Play 4T series in China. The Honor Play 4T Pro and the Honor Play 4T both offer 48MP main cameras, ample (and expandable) storage, and 4,000mAh batteries. The Honor Play 4T Pro has a 6.3-inch AMOLED screen of FHD+ resolution, with a fingerprint scanner underneath and an 16MP selfie camera inside a waterdrop notch at the top. The rear has a 48MP main camera, 8MP ultrawide unit and a 2MP depth sensor. On the inside the Honor Play 4T Pro uses a 7nm Kirin 810 chipset, 6GB or 8GB of RAM and a 4,000mAh battery with 22.5W fast-charging. The...

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Huawei says it's lost over $60 million on the Mate Xs foldable phone

Breaking new ground on exciting, futuristic tech is expensive and risky - that's hardly news to anyone. The pioneers in foldable phone territory are already out and we had no doubts their R&D involved substantial expenditure. What might not have been so clear is that these early gen products keep costing their maker money even after they've hit the shelves. Yu Chengdong, CEO of Consumer BG at Huawei Technologies, shared that since the release of the Mate Xs, back in February, the company has lost between $60 and $70 million on it. He went on to explain that even with a retail...

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Chinese retailers drop iPhone 11 prices to boost sales amid COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our everyday lives, but it might also be an opportunity for some to snag a discounted phone. The outbreak has resulted in reduced sales of the Apple products, which has affected the Cupertino-based tech giant's revenue. In a bid to boost sales and recover from financial losses, online retailers in China are offering heavy discounts on the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. iPhone 11 Suning is selling the 64GB model of the iPhone 11 with a discount of CNY500 ($70/€65) at CNY4,999 ($710/€650), whereas the Pro version with the same amount of storage...

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EMUI 10.1 Beta expands to entire Huawei Mate 30 and P30 series

Huawei's latest EMUI 10.1 beta is expanding its availability in China to support the entire Mate 30 series as well as the flagship P30 phones. The actual beta for Mate 30 Pro owners tipped off yesterday boasting the 10.1.0.119 build number and brought some of the new EMUI features like the overhauled Multi-Window functionality and new fingerprint scanning animations. Now, Huawei is giving the rest of the Mate 30 owners as well as those with a P30 and P30 Pro a taste of the new EMUI 10.1 alongside some new camera modes and features. Those interested in testing the new beta will have to sign...

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Google Pixel 4a retail packaging revealed in new leak

It's been a while since we heard anything regarding the Pixel 4a but this latest leak is about to change that. The retail packaging for the phone has ended up on Slashleaks, which gives us a look at both the packaging as well as the phone itself. The packaging itself is nothing special; the design is identical to the Pixel 4 packaging, with a simple white layout showing two thirds of the back of the phone. But that look at the back and the side of the phone shows things haven't changed much since the last time. You can see the square camera bump in the corner mimicking the...

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Huawei card unveiled, because Apple has one

It will hardly come as a surprise that in the latest round of one-upping its competitors, Huawei has now ended up with a bank card of its own. It was announced by company CEO Richard Yu, alongside the P40 smartphones family, at a local Chinese event. There are still plenty of details to clear-up, but the basics were confirmed. Huawei card is heavily digitally backed and tied to Huawei Pay. This means that users will likely be afforded similar levels of flexibility, when it comes to operating the virtual aspects of the card. But, most of that is already handled by Huawei Pay....

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CEO posts OnePlus 8 Pro night time photos, compares them against another phone

The OnePlus 8 Pro will use a 48MP main camera, betting on larger pixels rather than chasing megapixel counts as well as a 48MP ultrawide angle cam. CEO Pete Lau's latest tweet shares two camera samples shot in the dark, as well as two photos from a "another flagship" for comparison. The ultrawide shot has been pixel binned to 12MP resolution. This matches the 12MP photo of the competing phone, however since the EXIF info was stripped, we can't be sure what it is. The OnePlus phone reveals much more detail in the darker areas, though it looks heavily processed. Wide angle: OnePlus...

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Realme X3 SuperZoom bags multiple certifications, key specs revealed on Geekbench

Realme currently has six smartphones under its X series and it seems the company will soon expand the lineup with the X3 SuperZoom, that has popped up on Geekbench and has bagged a few certifications. The Realme X3 SuperZoom, bearing model code RMX2086, has been certified by NBTC and EEC. It has also been listed on Bureau of Indian Standards' (BIS) website, hinting at an imminent launch. The listings on the certifying authorities' websites don't reveal any specifications of the X3 SuperZoom, but thanks to Geekbench, we know it will run Android 10 out of the box and have 12GB...

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Disney+ surpasses 50M subscribers

Disney+ debuted in November 2019, and in just five months the streaming platform managed to amass 50 million paying subscribers, the company revealed. It is currently available in a dozen of countries and markets, including India, which singlehandedly added 8M to the equation. Disney+ for mobile The streaming platform expanded to Western Europe last month, and then it hit India in partnership with local popular streaming service Hotstar. However, the eight million paying users aren't going to bring the same amount of income as the same amount of people from another market, since...

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Samsung keeps dominating the smartphone OLED market in Q1 2020

Samsung Display has been the dominating player in the OLED business and it looks like its reign is nowhere near over. According to the latest public market analysis the Korean manufacturer shipped over 90% of all smartphone OLED panels in Q1, although its market share declined on a yearly basis - back in Q1 2019 Samsung pushed 94.1% of all OLED panels. The report was compiled by market research company Stone Partners and it also contains the raw numbers. Samsung Display was responsible for 61.6 million shipped panels for mobile devices out of a total 68.3 million. Second is...

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Google launches free tier of Stadia, gives two extra months to Pro subscribers

Google has finally released the promised free tier of its Stadia gaming streaming platform. It requires only a Gmail account to sign-up and is available in the same 14 countries that support Stadia. Google is also adding a free two months of the usually $9.99 Stadia Pro to the deal - existing Stadia Pro subscribers will automatically get two free months. Up until now Google Stadia required a Premiere Edition purchase (normally $130, but some deals have been offered), which included a wireless Stadia Cintroller, a 4K-ready Chromecast Ultra and three months of Stadia Pro. The free tier of...

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LG showcases new design language ahead of phone launch

We've been hearing about LG's plans to put an end to its G-series and possibly bring back its storied Chocolate line as a replacement. Today, the company shared a brief overview of the design language for its upcoming phones and it seems to give some credibility to those reports. LG is going for a minimalistic design language inspired by nature with elements like raindrops evident in the camera placement on the back which goes from largest to smallest sensor, emulating dripping water. The sketches also show us the device's symmetrical curved front and back dubbed 3D Arc Design which also...

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Samsung Galaxy A60 starts receiving Android 10 with One UI 2.0

Samsung has rolled out the Android 10 update for the Galaxy A60, making it the fourth Samsung smartphone after Galaxy J6, A10 and A20e to get the latest version of Android this week. Samsung Galaxy A60 The update is rolling for Galaxy A60 with model number SM-A6060 and requires a download of around 1.9GB size. A detailed changelog of the build is currently unavailable, but we know it brings in One UI 2.0 and March 2020 Android security patch to the Galaxy A60. The Android 10 update is currently seeding in China and South Korea, but it should arrive in other markets...

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