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I compared $32 AirPods knockoffs to the real thing. Here’s what I found out

Take a look at this photo. Two pairs of Apple AirPods, right? Nope: One of them is a clone, a knockoff, an off-brand replica. If you’ve seen these before — and they’re everywhere nowadays — I’ll bet you wondered the same thing I did: How do they compare? Can $32 true-wireless earbuds possibly rival Apple’s $159 ones? As the Cheapskate, …

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Apple now lets independent repair businesses fix your iPhone

Weeks after defending its iPhone battery certification warning, Apple on Thursday said it’ll give more independent repair businesses the same “genuine parts, tools, training, repair manuals and diagnostics” that its Authorized Service Providers have access to, so they can handle common out-of-warranty repairs. “When a repair is needed, a customer should have confidence the repair is done right,” Jeff Williams, …

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