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The Morning After: Google's $350 Pixel 4a is the best midrange phone you can buy Google’s Pixel 4a will cost $350 and launches at the end of the month. After suffering from very detailed leaks as well as the company’s own preamble and teases, there wasn’t much left to the imagination — or press release, for that matter. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/pixel-4a-review-morning-after-111504208.html

Hitting the Books: How 'universal' stem cells might fix our brains The impact that stem cell therapies could have on the worst diseases known to humanity is hard to overstate. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-the-future-of-brain-repair-jack-price-153042728.html

Research confirms Apple dominates the US teenage smartphone market Android may dominate the smartphone industry globally, but Apple maintains a stranglehold in North America, particularly amongst adolescents – a fact new consumer research has confirmed. Android is the most popular operating system on the planet. Continue Reading . . . https://www.talkandroid.com/351621-research-confirms-apple-dominates-the-us-teenage-smartphone-market/

Prolific leaker Ice Universe has posted a photo of what they claim is the outer glass covering the display of the Vivo Nex 3, the presumed name of the next phone in the lineup that’s traditionally been a technology showcase for the Chinese company. from https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/7/25/20727160/vivo-nex-3-leak-curved-glass-no-notch-holepunch-complete-screen https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64822393/vivo_nex_3.0.jpg