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The Kenji-NX emulator for Android has received a major update. The new update brings a host of improvements and fixes to the Nintendo Switch emulator. Some of the more notable tweaks include a host of ...

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Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

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