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Jay Peters

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    iOS 18 has a tool to help configure genuine replacement parts.

    The tool, “Repair Assistant,” will be able to configure things like batteries cameras, and displays, MacRumors reports.

    Apple announced earlier this year that it would open the iPhone to repairs with used genuine parts.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    The people want disc drives.

    Wario64 spotted that the $79.99 PS5 disc drive is sold out on Amazon and Best Buy (via shipping). I’m seeing that it’s sold out at Target, too.

    I’m guessing people are stocking up on the drives because the $700 PS5 Pro doesn’t come with one. But we also don’t know how many drives the retailers actually had on hand — perhaps it was just a few.

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    Jay Peters
    You’re going to need a Samsung account to use the Galaxy Store.

    The requirement will kick in on September 25th, SamMobile reports.

    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    Big tech execs will testify at a Senate hearing next week regarding election threats.

    Google’s Kent Walker, Meta’s Nick Clegg, Microsoft’s Brad Smith, and an Adobe executive will testify at the September 18th Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, Reuters reports.

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    Jay Peters
    NYT tech workers might go on strike.

    The New York Times Tech Guild has voted to authorize a strike, Axios reports. The guild has been bargaining with NYT management for more than two years, but the two sides have not agreed to a contract.

    In a press release about the strike authorization, the union and The NewsGuild of New York didn’t say when a strike might take place.