Prisma for Android arrives in beta

You’ve probably seen a slew of photos like this in your Instagram, Facebook or Twitter feeds lately. They’re courtesy of an AI-driven photo filter app called Prisma, which has become super popular over the past couple weeks. In fact, since the app was released five weeks ago, it’s been downloaded 7.5 million times — and that’s only on iPhone. Now, it’s finally available on Android, with the developers opening up the beta app to testers earlier today.

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New Lightning EarPods photos appear online

As we’ve reported several times before, the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are expected to ditch the 3.5mm port, making analogue headphones a thing of the past. In their stead, Apple will focus their attention on wired headphones using the Lightning connector and wireless Bluetooth headphones. Apple’s EarPods have used the 3.5mm in the past, so two options are a possibility: we’ll see an 3.5mm to Lightning adapter bundled with the new iPhones and the existing EarPods, or we’ll see new EarPods with an integrated Lightning connector. A new leak suggests that it’s going to be the latter.

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How to know when your phone battery needs replacing

Most gadgets these days aren’t easily fixable; they’re black boxes that manufacturers expect you’ll return to their centres for repair or replacement, even for something as simple as a worn out battery. For the lucky owners of smartphones that do have a removable and replaceable batteries, a question emerges: how do I know when it’s time to replace the battery with a new one?

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