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Apple closes in on $1 billion deal to buy Intel’s modem business: report
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Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook. (credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Apple is in the final stages of negotiations to buy the bulk of Intel’s modem chip business, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Journal says the deal, valued at $1 billion or more, could be

Nvidia RTX 2080 Super hands-on: The result when AMD is out of striking distance
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It’s neither bird nor plane, but rather a new RTX Super GPU from Nvidia. Behold: the RTX 2080 Super, shipping as of today. [credit:
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Earlier this month, Nvidia kicked a stool out from under AMD’s feet, just as the graphics-card sector began heating up anew. AMD was

Apple releases iOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3, macOS 10.14.6, and more
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Enlarge / The Apple Watch series 4 running watchOS 5. (credit: Valentina Palladino)
As it often does, Apple has released updates for all of its device operating systems at once. iOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3, macOS 10.14.6, and tvOS 12.4 all arrive on supporting devices today.
iOS 12.4’s tentpole feature

Asus’ ROG Phone II features a 120Hz display, a new SoC, and a giant battery
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The ROG Phone 2. It looks a lot like the ROG Phone 1. [credit:
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Asus is still trying to make gaming phones a thing with the release of the Asus ROG (Republic of Gamers) Phone II. Just like last year, this is a high-end smartphone

Amazon warns customers: Those supplements might be fake
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On the second evening of Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sales bonanza, Anne Marie Bressler received an email from Amazon that had nothing to do with the latest deals. The message, sent from an automated email address Tuesday, informed her that the