The first iPhone 6s benchmarks have emerged from a lucky buyer who received her handset a few days before the official September 25th launch date. The Geekbench 3 tests showed the Apple’s new flagship is significantly faster than last year’s iPhone 6. Even more impressive is the fact that the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have almost the same scores as this year’s Retina MacBook laptops, both in single-core and multi-core tests.

An iPhone 6s review further shows that the iPhone 6s handsets indeed have stellar performance, obliterating top competitors, including the Galaxy S6, Galaxy Note 5, and other flagship Android handsets from the competition.

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There’s a lot to love in Apple’s newly released iOS 9 software. We told you about all of iOS 9’s best new features in an earlier article, and we also showed you 25 great hidden iOS 9 features that you really need to know about.

Now, it’s time to discuss iOS 9’s worst new feature: A major security flaw.

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Google’s upcoming Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P are hardly well-kept secrets. We’ll probably know all there is to know about this year’s Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 phones when it comes to designs, new features and specs, though we don’t have pricing details or release dates just yet.

Google will officially announce the two handsets next week, but until then we have a few more Nexus leaks to check out, which show retail packaging for both devices, press renders for the Nexus 6P and an Amazon India listing for the Nexus 5X.

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Remember when we told you about all of those price lock offers that would guarantee a good price for your used iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus even after the iPhone 6s was announced? Well, you should have paid better attention because now you’re too late: The value of used 2014 iPhone models is plummeting as resale rates skyrocket ahead of this Friday’s iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus release.

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Exorbitant CEO salaries is an issue that has increasingly come under microscopic scrutiny in recent years. While many believe that CEO compensation packages have inexplicably skyrocketed, some, like JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, have casually dismissed the notion altogether.

In the tech world in particular, where the importance and pressure of making decisive and strategic decisions is arguably amplified, CEOs are unquestionably living large. Though not everyone is balling like former Oracle CEO Larry Ellison — who owns an island, a mega-yacht, 2 military jets, and many more extravagant toys — life at the top is still pretty good for those keeping things interesting in Silicon Valley.

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Volkswagen, the giant German carmaker that became an iconic brand for the car industry over the years, is currently in a sea o troubles – troubles that it caused itself by cheating on emissions tests with various diesel cars with help of special software that. VW confirmed on Monday that as many as 11 million diesel cars have software that’s used to detect tests, and cheat on emission tests.

How is that possible? And what cars are affected by the massive scandal? These are questions experts are looking to answer.

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Apple is currently working on fixing the largest security breach in the history of the App Store after hackers infiltrated malware inside genuine apps by fooling developers to download a compromised iOS app making software version. Even though Apple said it has removed apps that contained malicious code, security firms said that some app versions still contained malware. But the good news, for affected customers, is that Apple will now notify you if you have installed apps compromised by the XcodeGhost malware.

More importantly, Apple says that user data is safe, as the code couldn’t have stolen critical personal information such as Apple ID credentials.

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After spending several hours with the Arena multiplayer beta at the beginning of the year and going hands-on with the new Warzone mode at E3, Halo 5: Guardians has quickly become one of my most anticipated games of 2015.

Earlier this month, I had a chance to play through two missions of the campaign for the very first time, giving me a chance to see the final (and possibly most vital) piece of the Halo 5 puzzle. So how does single-player hold up?

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