Apple surprised us all when it released iOS 13 beta 3 on Tuesday, just over one week after releasing the second developer beta and the first public beta of its new mobile platform. Well, if we’re being perfectly honest, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that Apple pushed up the release by about a week. iOS beta 2 was excessively buggy, to the point where it was pretty shocking that Apple decided to release it as the first iOS 13 public beta as well. The company had initially said it would wait until July to release its first public beta, and it probably should have. iOS 13 beta 3 is far cleaner than the release it replaces, and the new iOS 13 public beta that’s set to be released on Wednesday probably should have been the first public beta rather than the second. It’s not quite ready for prime time, which is fairly obvious since it’s still an early beta, but most of the big problems we found in the previous beta have been addressed in this new release.

Something Apple fans don’t often consider when they start using a new version of iOS like iOS 13 is that the new features Apple adds to its mobile software don’t just shape the future of devices like the iPhone and iPad, they also help shape the future of Android devices. When building new versions of Android each year, Google often looks to Apple’s iPhone and iPad software and pulls in features for its own mobile platform. This isn’t a bad thing — Apple takes features from Android all the time, too. When cool and useful new features arrive on one platform, why wouldn’t the other one want them as well?

After last year’s iOS 12 release was focused mainly on fixing the many, many problems in iOS 11, this year’s iOS 13 release is all about adding new features. And now, hardcore Android fans have gotten together and shared all the cool new iOS 13 features they wish Google would copy and add to Android.

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Hardcore Android fans reveal all the iOS 13 features they wish Google would copy originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 08:17:55 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Before we even tell you about the crazy sale we just found on Amazon, we have to stress one thing: HURRY! This deal is so good that it has to be a mistake, and we have no doubt that Amazon will fix it soon. The retailer always honors pricing when orders are placed before mistakes are corrected though, so once again… HURRY! Gosund A19 Multi-Color Smart WiFi LED Light Bulbs are popular alternatives to $50 Philips Hue bulbs, and they don’t even need a separate hub to work with the app, Alexa, or Google Assistant. They typically cost $12.50 a piece when you buy a 2-pack, which is already a sweet deal compared to $50 a bulb for Philips Hue. If you head over to Amazon right now though, you can clip the 20% on-site coupon to slash the price to $19.99. Then use the promo code 2UFP7Q6R at checkout to slash the price all the way down to $12.49, which is just $6 and change per bulb! Once the mistake is fixed, you’ll still be able to snag a 2-pack for $17.49 using that code, so it’s a great deal either way.

Smart WiFi LED Light Bulb A19 800Lm Gosund, Multi-Color, Dimmable, No Hub Required, APP Remote…: $12.49 ($6.25 each) (use code 2UFP7Q6R)

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• [Smart Energy Saving Bulb] 8W 800lm LED bulb with E26 base, equivalent to 75W traditional incandescent bulbs. Saves up to 80% energy, Last longer and energy saver: Approximately 20,000 working hours.
• [Wifi Build-in, No Hub Required] Only support wifi 2.4 GHz wireless network, not compatible with 5GHz, dual band router should broadcast on 2.4GHz frequency band if not connect.
• [Remote Control & Voice Control] Just download free APP: Smart Life, you may control the light individually or create different groups to control the lights in your home from anywhere. Smart light work with Alexa and Google Home, can be voice controlled.
• [Multicolor and Bright Setting] 16 million colors are available, color temperature 2700k-3000k. Choose different colors to suit your mood, and adjust the brightness based on your needs.
• [Eight scenes & Time Schedule ]—Eight scenes for your selection, and four scenes designed as Party, Read, Sleep, Meeting mode, and other four scenes can be randomly edited based on your favor. You may also set up multiple schedules to turn on/off according to you wanted preset time. Schedule can be repeated daily or weekly.

Smart WiFi LED Light Bulb A19 800Lm Gosund, Multi-Color, Dimmable, No Hub Required, APP Remote…: $12.49 ($6.25 each) (use code 2UFP7Q6R)

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Hurry: At $6 each, this crazy sale on multi-color smart LED bulbs has to be a mistake originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 07:54:36 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple just released iOS 13 beta 3 to developers, which brings over a puzzling feature for iPhones and iPads, one that poses a significant logistics burden on the user. According to an icon discovered inside the operating system, devices running iOS 13 will be able to connect to other iOS 13 devices via a cable to transfer data. That sounds like something that could be useful when upgrading the iPhone, as it would allow you to clone your iOS experience and move it to the new device. But how would you effectively do it?

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iOS beta 3 is hiding a puzzling new iPhone feature originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 07:31:30 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’ve been hoping to buy the Galaxy Fold this summer, then you’d better dispense of those dreams right now. Samsung’s most significant failure since the Galaxy Note 7 battery fire fiasco isn’t hitting stores anytime soon, with the holiday season being your best bet to getting one. However, a new report does say that Samsung has fixed a variety of design issues that affected the foldable screen’s durability in early April, and that manufacturing is underway.

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Samsung’s embarrassing Galaxy Fold is fixed, but it’s not launching until the holidays originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 06:50:52 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Despite Avengers: Endgame having returned to theaters after a record-setting run this spring, the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to march on, as Spider-Man: Far From Home hit the big screen this week. Endgame finished the Infinity Saga that kicked off over ten years ago with the release of Iron Man, but Far From Home is actually the final movie of Phase 3. And if the reviews are anything to go by, it’s a must-see.

In celebration of the movie’s release, Insomniac Games has returned to its PS4 exclusive title, Marvel’s Spider-Man, to add two new suits for players to acquire. As with all of the other suits Insomniac has added in the months since the game launched, these Far From Home-themed costumes are completely free.

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‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ on PS4 adds two new suits to celebrate ‘Far From Home’ originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 23:07:26 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With Independence Day rapidly approaching, people across the United States are stocking up on low-grade explosives, just as they do every year. But while your neighborhood will likely be filled with tiny tubes spewing sparks and firecrackers that ensure nobody gets a good night’s sleep, NASA’s Hubble is enjoying the sight of a very different kind of firework show.

In a new blog post, NASA shows off some absolutely incredible images of a distant star in the midst of a violent temper tantrum. Eta Carinae, the star at the heart of the fiery inferno you see above, sits around 7,500 light-years away, but its dramatic outbursts are easily seen by Hubble.

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Hubble captures interstellar ‘fireworks’ just in time for July 4th originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 22:05:29 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Chinese consumer electronics brand and smartphone giant Xiaomi has been mocked in the past for relentlessly copying Apple, with the similarities so pervasive that founder Lei Jun has even taken to dressing like Steve Jobs and been regarded as China’s version of the iPhone maker’s legendary co-founder.

Imitation is supposed to be the highest form of flattery, to quote a phrase. And, unfortunately, it seems like Xiaomi is flattering Apple again, this time with the launch of Mimoji avatars that closely resemble Apple’s Memoji, which are essentially customized user Animoji that users can personalize.

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Xiaomi has returned to its playbook of copying Apple, this time with ‘Mimoji’ originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 21:03:04 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you thought Microsoft announcing that the biggest thing about its Windows 10 fall feature release is the speed of the actual update was the strangest thing from the company this week, then you missed a tweet teasing the imminent arrival of the “all-new Windows 1.0, with MS-Dos Executive, Clock, and more.”

Yeah, we have no idea what’s going on with the tweet, but there’s a brilliant theory that connects it with one of the best things happening this week: Stranger Things season 3.

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Brilliant ‘Stranger Things’ theory explains Microsoft’s puzzling Windows 1.0 teaser originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 20:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NASA is slowly but surely inching its way towards its ultimate goal of being able to launch astronauts from U.S. soil. The agency has contracts with a number of companies — SpaceX, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and several others — to produce the hardware that will make it possible, but continuous setbacks have pushed back the timeline and cost the government huge sums of money.

But it’s not all bad news for the U.S. space program, and a successful test earlier today of the launch abort system for the Orion spacecraft puts NASA one step closer to the finish line.

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Successful Orion abort test is good news for NASA astronauts originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 19:06:15 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For the second time in as many days, Apple is pushing back on high-profile press reports that the company says mischaracterizes actions supposedly taken by its chief executive.

This time, the pushback has to do with a widely circulated report from back in March that came courtesy of The New York Post. The gist was that Apple executives were being pretty heavy-handed when it came to the content of shows for Apple’s Netflix rival, Apple TV+. The report noted that the executives wanted to scrub things like excess violence and swearing from the shows, with Cook himself reportedly adding as a script note: “Don’t be so mean.”

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No, Tim Cook never told Apple TV+ showrunners to stop being ‘so mean’ originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 18:04:15 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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