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Xiaomi Mi 10 wireless charging puts some wired charging solutions to shame

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The Xiaomi Mi 10 series is set to launch in China tomorrow (February 13), and the manufacturer has issued a steady stream of information regarding their features. Now, the company has detailed charging capabilities for the Mi 10 series on Weibo. Xiaomi notes that the Mi 10 series will offer 50W wired charging, 30W wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.  The 30W wireless charging speed is actually comparable to or faster than flagship wired charging solutions from the likes of OnePlus, LG, and Apple. In fact, LG and Apple’s fastest solutions top out at 21W and 18W speeds respectively. This serves as more evidence that wireless charging is finally coming into its own as a speedy charging solution. ( androidauthority )

The Galaxy Z Flip is neat, but the Galaxy S20 is important

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I was less surprised by the various Galaxy S20 phones. Samsung has been iterating on this basic design for many years and and it knows what it is doing. As you’ll read below, that causes a bit of cognitive dissonance. But that might just be me, because I will tell you that the Galaxy S20 phones, despite being “more of the same but more,” garnered way more audience interest than the Z Flip. In other words, the Z Flip is cool, but what people are really going to do is buy the S20 when upgrade time comes. Whether Samsung can convince people to do that upgrading a little earlier than usual is harder to discern. Bottom line, though, is the S20 is where Samsung’s bread is buttered and our audience was right to pay more attention to the more consequential thing. Now come the questions: will 5G matter? Will the cameras live up to Samsung’s very inflated rhetoric? Stand by for a review. But yesterday was also a day because while I was busy at a phone event, the rest of the Verge was absorbing a...

Windows 10 may soon let you ditch Notepad and Paint

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Notepad, Paint and WordPad are becoming optional features in Windows 10 Windows 10 users will soon be able to completely remove iconic programs such as Notepad, Paint and WordPad from their systems. Notepad and Paint have come automatically installed in Windows since version 1.0 of the operating system was released back in 1985 while WordPad was automatically installed beginning in 1995 as part of the Windows 95 operating system. While these programs provided users with a convenient way to take notes, edit documents and create graphics, none of them could be uninstalled from Windows.  How to upgrade to Windows 10 for free Windows 10 Pro vs Windows 10 Home : All the differences explained  Windows 10 gets an app to help fix search problems   However in Windows 10 Insider Build 19551, Microsoft has made these programs optional features that can be uninstalled if users wish through the 'Optional features' control panel. Legacy programs According to a report from WindowsL...