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The iPhone SE is once again available from Apple

If you’re jonesing for a new iPhone that won’t break the bank, Apple is again offering an unlocked iPhone SE for $249. That’s for the 32GB version of the now-discontinued phone, while the 128GB version will cost you $299 — which are $100 and $150 off the original price, respectively. Even better: These phones, being …

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Apple wants to protect you from accidental in

Apple wants to make sure you don’t subscribe to apps accidentally. The iPhone maker has added a new step to help make sure users are only subscribing to iOS apps when they mean to, according to a 9to5 Mac’ report on Thursday. After clicking on a button for an in-app subscription — for example to unlock premium or upgraded features — iOS will …

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How to get free e

Quick! Before you spend money on that novel, audiobook, magazine, movie or TV show you’ve been thinking about buying, check the library. You remember the library, right? The place with all the books? Turns out it’s also the place with all the modern digital media. Thanks to a variety of apps and services, you can borrow an abundance of reading …

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Galaxy Fold, one of the most exciting devices we’ve seen, arrives in two weeks

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, blew the top off the mobile industry when we first heard of it in February. Since then, this foldable device, which we’ve never seen in person (this YouTube video might be it), has been beset …

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Apple doubles the suppliers committed to 100% clean energy

It’s not just Apple going green. Many of its suppliers also are making a vow to run on renewable energy. Apple early Thursday morning said it has nearly doubled the number of suppliers — now totaling 44 — that have committed to running their Apple production on 100% clean energy. Because of that, Apple will also beat its aim of …

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LinkedIn ‘reactions’ lets you express curiosity, love and other emotions

LinkedIn users worldwide will soon be able to do more than just “like” a post on the business-oriented social network.  On Thursday, the company said that it’s rolling out five “reactions” to let you express a wider range of emotions. Those include like, celebrate, love, insightful and curious. Users tap and hold on the like button displayed in a post …

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Watch the Next @ Acer global press conference live now

It may not be as much of a household name (in the US at least) as Apple or Dell, but Acer makes a lot of desktops, laptops, monitors, accessories and pretty much every type of PC-related gear you can think of. This includes some of our longtime favorites, such as the Acer Swift 7 or the Predator 21 X.  Now …

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Test Microsoft’s Chrome

Microsoft said late last year it planned to swap out the rendering engine used in Edge and swap in one based on Chromium, the open-source foundation used in Google’s Chrome browser as well as in Brave, Opera and other popular browsers. If you’ve been waiting to see what Microsoft is up to with Edge, you can now download an early …

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Apple rumored to split up iTunes in forthcoming MacOS release

Evidence uncovered by two veteran programmers indicates that Apple may debut new dedicated apps for music, podcasts and TV shows in a forthcoming version of MacOS. According to the reports, Apple will continue to keep the iTunes app around, however, as it remains its only way of syncing data between older iPods and iPhones and Macs. Steve Troughton-Smith, who has …

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Best iPad Pro deal yet: $430 certified refurbished (Update: Sold out)

Make no mistake: The iPad Pro is not the tablet for cheapskates. It’s the tablet for people who have specific needs and the budget to accommodate those needs. Of course, everybody likes a deal, and Woot’s got one: Today only, and while supplies last, the Apple-certified-refurbished iPad Pro 10.5 (2017) 64GB is $429.99, with free shipping for Prime subscribers. (Amazon …

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