Split loyalties: Apple may pull back from Samsung chip deal due to low yields

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A new rumor suggests that Apple has pulled back 30% of its A9 orders from Samsung, opting instead to take the design to TSMC. That’s a huge blow, if true — but the timeline is hard to square with Apple’s traditional launch cycles.

New Samsung 840 Evo firmware will add ‘periodic refresh’ capability

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Samsung’s upcoming fix for the 840 Evo is being prepped, but we now more about what it entails. The drive will periodically refresh data to prevent performance degradation.

4K passé? LG claims Apple prepping 8K iMac

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A new report from LG claims that Apple is working on an 8K monitor to be released at the end of the year. Could a new resolution be debuting so soon?

Which SSDs are the most reliable? Massive study sheds some light

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18 months and over two petabytes of written data later, Tech Report’s SSD write endurance experiment is finally over.

Which mobile apps drain your battery the most?

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A new report from AVG Technologies breaks down exactly which Android applications chew through battery life, network data, and bog down phone performance. There are a number of applications that badly need a diet — including some created by major companies or the phone manufacturers themselves.