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Topping tech headlines on Wednesday was news that Apple reached a settlement in its ongoing e-book price-fixing case, which could result in it forking over $450 million.

The deal must still be approved by a New York district court, and the final amount owed depends on the outcome of Cupertino's pending appeal. If Apple loses, it will pay $400 million into a consumer compensation fund, $20 million to settle state cases, and $30 million to the class counsel. If the liability part of the case must be re-tried, the company could end up paying $50 million to consumers and $10 million each to states and class counsel. Or, it could prevail and pay nothing.

In other e-book news, Amazon is reportedly testing a new e-book and audiobook subscription service dubbed 'Kindle Unlimited, which allows readers to read to their heart's content for $9.99 per month. A leaked page suggests access to more than 600,000 titles, including the Hunger Games and Harry Potter series, though it's unclear if all major publishers are on board.

Meanwhile, Sprint and T-Mobile are reportedly planning to jointly bid approximately $10 billion on spectrum in next year's FCC incentive auction. The move, however, is supposedly contingent on their rumored merger getting approval.

Be sure to check out PCMag Live from Wednesday in the video, as well as a few other stories making headlines in the links below.

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