Apple has frozen the signing of any new business contracts with Pegatron, one of its key suppliers, after the Taiwanese company was found to be breaking the iPhone maker’s supply chain rules. Apple discovered that Pegatron had falsified paperwork and misclassified workers in order to cover up labor violations, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Pegatron, which …
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As we continue through the weekend, I’ve got four pretty darn sweet deals for you. And before we get to that weekend deal action, let me point out that in case you missed it, Amazon has joined the $99 Apple AirPods party. Not sure how much longer supplies will last at that price, just that it’s the lowest price to …
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The Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE were both just introduced last month. To date, we’ve only seen discounts of about $15 or $20 on each. But that changed late last week with sales at Target and Walmart. Both sizes of the Apple Watch SE are marked down by $50: That discount has the GPS versions of the …
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This week, the attention of the country — and the world — has been on the US presidential election. While the results were up in the air, we kept you informed on key topics: how election officials and others were tackling cybersecurity, what social media companies were doing to fight misinformation, and how tech is slowly making elections more accessible. …
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Update, Nov. 9: Read CNET’s reviews of the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max. It’s far from the most important challenge we face in 2020, but getting hands-on time with new tech products is especially difficult right now. Every big product launch has been turned into a streaming video event, which means we can’t go and see, touch …
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As preorders for the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone Pro Max kicked off on Friday, Apple also revealed pricing for its MagSafe Duo Charger as well as a Leather Sleeve with MagSafe for the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. Both accessories will cost $129, or $10.75 a month for 12 months. Apple’s site lists both as “coming soon” but doesn’t …
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Apple Arcade on Friday added two new games — Reigns: Beyond from Devolver Digital and All of You from Alike Studio — to its growing catalog of over 140 games. You can try your hand at the two quirky games this weekend across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV. Reigns: Beyond is an intergalactic music game. Travel with …
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Samsung has reportedly kicked off mass production of its rumored upcoming Galaxy S21. Third-party manufacturers have been working on the smaller components since last week and are sending those on to Vietnam and South Korea to produce the line of phones soon, according to a report Monday by WinFuture. The report gives more momentum to the rumor that the S21 …
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Back in September, ahead of the launch of the Apple Watch 6, iPhone 12 and a slew of other hardware, software and services products, Apple quietly made a change to its AppleCare Plus protection service plans. Instead of covering two incidents of accidental damage every 24 months, it will now cover two incidents every 12 months — doubling the number …
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T-Mobile is continuing to grow, even amid the pandemic. On Thursday the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier announced that it had crossed the 100-million mark for customers, with a new total of 100.4 million. The company also beat analyst estimates on earnings per share and revenue for the third quarter, posting EPS of $1 on revenues of $19.3 billion. Analysts, as …
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