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Digitimes: AirPods 3 likely to launch alongside iPhone 13 in September

The long-awaited successor to Apple’s popular AirPods earbuds have been rumored and leaked in many forms at this point, but customers are still waiting for them to actually be released. A supply chain report from Digitimes indicates that production is ramping and the new earbuds should arrive alongside the iPhone 13 launch in the fall. Although last year the iPhone 12 series wasn’t unveiled…
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OxygenOS 11.0.9.9 rolls out for OnePlus 8T w/ regional software fixes

OxygenOS 11.0.9.9 is now rolling out for selected OnePlus 8T units in North American and Europe with some software tweaks to resolve some “known issues” and improve camera performance. The update was confirmed as rolling out over on the Official OnePlus Forums, but it’s not entirely clear why Indian variants of the 8T have been left out of this particular OTA run. However, the original…
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OnePlus says it will add an option to disable CPU throttling with Android 12 update

After facing quite a bit of backlash, OnePlus has just confirmed that in Android 12, it will add an option to disable its controversial CPU throttling on newer smartphones from the brand. Earlier this month, it was revealed that OnePlus has quietly been throttling certain apps on its latest smartphones for the sake of battery life and heat management, tweaking the performance of many popular…
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Google Drive rolling out the ability to block users that share spam [Updated]

Over the past few years, some malicious actors have leveraged Google Drive sharing to target people with spam-filled documents. Google now has a solution to that form of spam with user blocking in Drive. Update 7/22: After being announced in May, Google is now officially rolling out the ability to block people in Drive. A right-click on a shared file will reveal the new option as the second to…
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