iFixit: Teardown of 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar reveals speaker grilles are cosmetic and the Touch Bar is hard to replace
iFixit has published a teardown of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and discovered a few interesting differences compared to Apple's new lower tier MacBook Pro sans Touch Bar.
Unlike the 2016 13" MacBook Pro with function keys, MacBook Pros with Touch Bar have non-removable SSDs, leaving users unable to upgrade their storage
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Twitter suspends several high-profile accounts associated with the alt-right, including those of Richard Spencer and Pax Dickinson
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter suspended a number of accounts associated with the alt-right movement, the same day the social media service said it would crack down on hate speech.
Twitter debuts an updated mute filter with ability to filter phrases and more, muted tweet threads, and new “hateful conduct” reporting option to combat abuse
Just in Time Julia Alexander / Polygon : Twitter releases new tools to report, mute online harassment Mariella Moon / Engadget : Twitter expands ‘mute’ and ‘report’ features to combat abuse Maya Kosof...
Facebook says it miscalculated more metrics including Organic Reach, Instant Articles time spent, adds more third-party verification, forms Measurement Council
Facebook is also adding more third-party verification and forming a Measurement Council to stay in step with evolving products and metrics.
Microsoft joins The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member; John Gossman, architect on the Microsoft Azure team, will sit on the foundation's Board of Directors
At its Connect(); 2016 developer event in New York City today, Microsoft announced it is joining The Linux Foundation.
Sources: Snap Inc. has filed confidentially for its IPO, could go public as soon as March at valuation of $20-$25B
Snapchat has filed for an initial public offering, sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, which puts the messaging app a step closer to the biggest U.S. stock market debut since 2014.
HP announces Z2 Mini, a workstation-class Intel Xeon-powered mini PC, to ship in December starting at $699
HP has unveiled the Z2 Mini, a mini PC that packs workstation-class parts, including an Intel Xeon CPU, NVIDIA Quadro mobile M620 graphics and M.2 SSD tech.
Google releases Google Earth VR on the HTC Vive for free and is exploring support for other platforms
A virtual reality version of Google Earth is now available for free on the HTC Vive, letting users explore reconstructed cultural treasures, global landmarks, or (for some) their own homes in VR.
Google debuts PhotoScan app for iOS and Android, which makes it easy to digitize old print photos; Google Photos updated with more advanced image editing tools
On the surface, Google Photos has a simple mission: to store all your pictures. Specifically, Google says it wants the service …
Google incorporates neural machine translation into Google Translate app for eight languages, increasing accuracy and allowing for entire sentence translation
The search giant says it's made a “leap” in giving you more natural translations. — World travelers, language nerds and everyone in between, you're in luck.
Microsoft releases Visual Studio for Mac, which is a rebranded version of Xamarin Studio, and Visual Studio 2017 for Windows in preview
Microsoft is releasing a first Visual Studio for Mac preview, as well as a near-final Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2017 for Windows.
Amazon Music Unlimited launches family plans for up to 6 users in US; $15/month for all customers or $149/year for Prime members
Following a launch of its new Amazon Music Unlimited plan in the U.S. last month followed by an EU launch earlier this week, today the company announced …
Google joins the .NET Foundation as Samsung adds support for it on its Tizen platform, deepening its commitment to the open source organization
Microsoft is hosting its annual Connect(); developer event in New York today. With .NET being at the core of many of its efforts …
Lyft replaces mustache with Amp, a Bluetooth-enabled, dash-mounted LED device that displays a specific color indicated in riders' app
Meet the Lyft Amp — Lyft has outgrown its pink mustache. Today, the ride-hail company says it will retire the oversized facial hair logo that has defined …
Samsung acquires NewNet Canada for its Rich Communications Service technology
The company buys a provider of Rich Communications Services, which add more features to SMS text messaging. — The texts you send from your Galaxy phone may soon look a lot like Apple's iMessages.
Donald Trump's digital director, Brad Parscale, says Facebook helped generate most of the campaign's $250M in online fundraising
Mark Zuckerberg is trying hard to convince voters that Facebook had no nefarious role in this election. But according to President-elect Donald Trump's digital …
NVIDIA partners with DOE and National Cancer Institute to develop CANDLE, an AI-based framework using its Pascal GPU architecture to advance cancer research
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JD.com posts Q3 revenue up 38% YoY to $9.1B, beating estimates, as it looks to spin off its finance unit to Chinese investors; stock closes up 11%+
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Snapchat partners with Foursquare to provide better geofilters, giving Snapchat advertisers access to Foursquare's data points for 90M+ locations
Opens up more specific location-based advertising — Snapchat ads are getting a bit more targeted. The mobile app has inked a deal …
Benioff on why he prodded FTC on Microsoft-LinkedIn deal after Salesforce lost bid: regulators should examine mergers resulting in monopolistic control of data
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Adware on 700M+ devices sends text messages, contacts, call logs, location data to China every 72 hours; BLU says 120K of its Android phones in US are affected
In response to a recent report, Shanghai ADUPS … Taylor Wimberly / Hacker Noon : No One Cares About The Security Of Your Unlocked Android Phone Swati Khandelwal / The Hacker News : Pre-installed Backd...
Intel Capital will invest $250M over the next two years in autonomous vehicle technology
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Super Mario Run launches on iPhone and iPad on December 15, will be free to download but unlocking full game will cost $10; Android release info not announced
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Microsoft releases preview of its Azure cloud bot-as-a-Service, built on top of Azure Functions, to hasten development of bots using the Microsoft Bot Framework
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DJI's new Inspire 2 drone for professional filmmakers has two cameras and starts at $2,999
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Pixelmator for Mac update adds Sierra Tabs, Touch Bar integration, content-aware Smart Refine, more
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Google announces new AI group, to be headed by former head of Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Lab Fei-Fei Li and former head of research at Snapchat, Jia Li
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Google Cloud will finally add GPU services in early 2017
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GE acquires Wise.io, an analytics firm that uses machine learning to help businesses find patterns in data, as the company expands its software divisions
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Indiegogo now lets entrepreneurs offer backers equity in their projects; Indiegogo will get a cash fee of 7% of funds raised, plus 2% stake in equity campaigns
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OnePlus debuts $439 OnePlus 3T which has the same dimensions as the six-month old $399 OnePlus 3, but has a better processor, front facing camera, battery, more
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Facebook debuts a unified inbox for businesses on Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram in its Pages Manager app
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Pinterest launches an Explore section for trending topics and ideas; app now has native video player and auto-play videos in Explore section
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