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This week it had everything from PS5 gamepads to an unprecedented team of Apple and Google in Bluetooth tracking technology. However, the fiercest technological rivalry is between video conferencing platforms, and Microsoft teams responded to Zoom, now the “Facebook of video applications,” by adding their own version of custom backgrounds. Your move, Google Hangouts / Chat / Meet / whatever it’s called this week.

– Richard Lawler

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Quibi and a conversation with ‘Devs’ creator Alex Garland

This week Devindra talks to TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha on Quibi, the mobile video startup of Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg. Is there something good about it? (Spoiler: Not really.) And what does it mean for the future of mobile-only video? In addition, Devindra interviews Alex Garland, the director of Annihilation and Ex machina, about his new FX Devs series, a crazy exploration of free will in the age of quantum computing.

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‘Final Fantasy 7 Remake’ is a bet that paid off

The new twists in the story help change things enough.

Decades in the making, Square Enix’s renewed vision of Final Fantasy VII it’s here. Mat Smith had some doubts about the project, but now he says “complies”.
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LG V60 5G ThinQ review

“A compromised phone that I like anyway.”

LG is still trying to make its version of dual-screen mobile devices happen, with two screens linked by a case instead of a folding screen. The V60’s software isn’t exactly on par with other flagships, but LG’s hardware decisions make it easier to use than many other top-of-the-line phones and, perhaps most importantly, much cheaper. Let Chris Velazco explain why this could be the dual display device to choose from right now.
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