T-Mobile agrees to pay $500 million in class-action settlement for 2021 data breach

US carrier T-Mobile has agreed to pay out $500 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement for a data breach that took place in 2021. Customer data of “approximately 76.6 million U.S. residents identified by T-Mobile” was compromised as per the court filing on Friday. A report from Motherboard back in August of 2021 identified that the customer data involved in the breach included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information of affected customers. Of the settlement amount, $350 million will be divided between customers and lawyers (to pay fees and...

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Google Pixel 6a gets disassembled on video

Google started taking pre-orders for the Pixel 6a yesterday, with official sales scheduled to begin on July 28. The Pixel 6a was announced back in May, and it represents an interesting departure for the "a" line, in that it uses the same Tensor SoC as the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, while still being cheaper than both of those. If you've ever wanted to peek inside a Pixel 6a, today's your lucky day, as YouTube channel PBK Reviews has done just that, on video, for your viewing pleasure. It's a step-by-step teardown of the new phone, revealing all of its insides. It does start off with a...

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Motorola is announcing the Razr 2022 and Edge X30 Pro on August 2

The next Razr foldable smartphone from Motorola was reported to be delayed just yesterday, but today the company has revealed its unveiling date: August 2. It will be joined at the same event by the Edge X30 Pro. The launch is happening in China, but the X30 Pro has long been rumored to launch elsewhere, rebranded as Edge 30 Ultra. It remains to be seen whether the Razr 2022 (also referred to in the past as Razr 3) will ever escape China, however. But given the history of the foldable Razr line, chances are high. Still, the initial announcement will take place in the home of Motorola owner...

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Honor refreshes Magicbook 14 with Ryzen 6000 CPUs, new Earbuds and TVs

Honor had a big launch party, and we saw the Pad 8 tablet go official. The event also brought us a new Magicbook 14 laptop with 6000H chips, Earbuds X3 with active noise-canceling and a cheaper X3i version without ANC, five TVs and an intelligent neck massager. The Honor Magicbook 14 has a 14” screen with a 3:2 ratio and QHD+ resolution. It has 185 PPI and 170 degrees of view, with brightness at 300 nits. The APU can be either a Ryzen 5 6600H or a Ryzen 7 6800H, but there are no discrete GPU options. It comes with Windows 11, 16GB RAM 512GB storage and a 75Wh battery. Prices are...

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Honor announces Pad 8 tablet with a 12-inch display and Snapdragon 680

Honor had a massive announcement party a rainbow of products today, and a new Honor Pad 8 was among them. The new slate is a follow-up to last year’s Pad V7 and comes with a huge 12-inch display, a Qualcomm chipset and an optional keyboard attachment. The Pad 8 screen is an IPS LCD with 2000 x 1200 pixel resolution. There are tiny bezels from all sides, with the top one having a 5 MP camera mounted on it. There is another 5MP shooter on the back. The chipset here is a Snapdragon 680, while RAM is either 4GB, 6GB, or 8GB. All three options come with 128 GB of internal storage....

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The 5G version of the Realme Pad X will introduce Limelight for video calls

The Realme Pad X was announced in May as a Wi-Fi only slate for the Chinese market. Now the company is preparing to launch the tablet in India and is advertising it as the “only 5G tablet in the premium mid-range segment”. That won’t be the only change – the R&D team has developed a feature to make video calls a little bit easier, thanks to the tablet’s 105° front-facing camera. The feature, called Limelight, automatically tracks you to make sure that you are in the center of the frame, leaving you free to move about instead of being anchored to your chair. The feature supports...

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Image illustrates Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4's slimmer bezels on the cover display

For the fourth generation Galaxy Z Fold (which is coming on August 10) Samsung is reconfiguring the aspect ratios of the cover and internal displays. The cover display will move from 24.5:9 to 23:9. The company has also found a way to slim down the bezels slightly, judging by this image shared by Ice Universe. It shows the vivo X Fold (top), the new Galaxy Z Fold4 (middle) and the Galaxy Z Fold3 (bottom). Both the vertical and the horizontal bezels are slimmer than they were on the outgoing Z Fold. Bezel comparison: vivo X Fold (top) • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 (middle) • Galaxy Z Fold3...

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OnePlus Ace Pro in the works with flagship chipset and 16 GB RAM

OnePlus 10T will arrive on August 3 and we will also see OxygenOS 13 on stage. The phone is expected to have a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset but it might not be the only phone with this platform OnePlus has in the pipeline. According to Digital Chat Station, a device named OnePlus Ace Pro is also on its way with the latest and greatest Snapdragon, and it will also have 16 GB RAM and 150W fast charging. Given the brand’s history of giving one phone two different names for domestic and overseas sales, it is fair to assume the OnePlus Ace Pro is actually the 10T. OnePlus 10T leaked...

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