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Samsung will have to pay Galaxy S4 owners $10 over false benchmark figures

It’s a long time since anyone really spoke about the Samsung Galaxy S4 but a class-action lawsuit over false benchmarks has been settled for $13.4 million. The original lawsuit was filed after it was found that Samsung was artificially inflating performance benchmark scores of the CPU and GPU in the Galaxy S4 (via The Register). Testers revealed that the company was adding source code that could…
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EA will treat two-factor users to a free month of Origin Access

EA is encouraging its users to switch on two-factor authentication, which it calls “Login Verification,” by offering them a free perk in return. Anybody who switches on the security feature within October will get a free month of Origin Access Basic, its $6.45-a-month subscription service that gives members access to hundreds of games and 10-hour-long early access to upcoming titles.
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In-ear AirPods with noise cancellation appear in iOS 13.2 beta

Apple’s third-generation AirPods have been rumored for almost as long as the current second-generation version, though the specific features and design changes have remained ambiguous — noise cancellation and water resistance were said to be likely candidates. Today’s beta release of iOS 13.2 appears to be shedding some light on the topic, as a new icon spotted by MacRumors (below) appears…
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New in-ear AirPods with noise cancelling found in iOS 13.2 beta

Rumors about new Apple AirPods with noise canceling aren’t exactly new, dating back a couple of years. But now a glyph found in iOS 13.2 reveals what the new AirPods with noise canceling will look like. They remind me of Apple’s old in-ear headphones, but wireless, similar to how the AirPods look like EarPods without the wires. The icon is found in a component of the system related to…
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