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Report: Apple cuts iPhone 13 production by 10 million units, due to ongoing chip shortages

October 13, 2021
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple has significantly cut its production schedule for the iPhone 13 series. Due to ongoing chip shortages, the supply chain is supposedly unable to deliver its original targets for iPhone 13 shipments. The report says Apple is now expecting to make as much as 10 million fewer phones in 2021, than originally planned. Apple shares dropped 1% in aftermarket trading on…
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Stadia brings its ‘direct touch’ controls to iOS devices

October 13, 2021
Earlier this year, Stadia debuted a new method of playing cloud games on Android by passing your touchscreen presses through to the game. Now this “direct touch” control scheme is coming to Stadia’s iOS app. Debuting with the release of Sega’s HUMANKIND, a 4X game rivaling the Civilization series, Stadia’s direct touch enables mobile-like controls for games that wouldn’t otherwise…
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Samsung shows off how it tests durability of Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 [Video]

October 13, 2021
Foldable smartphones are often thought of as fragile compared to traditional devices, but Samsung has done quite a bit of work over the past couple of years to change that. In a video, the company is showing off how it tests the durability of its Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3. In a brief video, Samsung shows off the different internal tests the company runs to verify the durability of its Galaxy Z…
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Ricoh GR IIIx vs Fujifilm X100V: which is the photographers' compact king?

October 13, 2021
Introduction We often see Ricoh’s 28mm equiv GR cameras discussed alongside Fujifilm’s X100 series models. The temptation is obvious: they’re two of the only large-sensor fixed lens cameras sold at anything approaching a mainstream price. But this ignores the fact that most photographers will have a strong preference for either the 28 or 35mm equivalent angle of view, and may be…
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