MacBook Pro 2018 teardown finds silicone layer under its quieter keys that is similar to Apple's patent application for protecting a keyboard from contaminants
BREAKING (July 13, 2018): Here's an inflammatory take for you: Apple's new quieter keyboard is actually a conspiracy to fix their keyboard reliability issues.
Hands-on with the top-of-the-line 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro: it's fast, keyboard is quieter with similar key travel as the 2017 model, and True Tone works well
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Following the latest Mueller indictments, Twitter bans DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 accounts, says it is reviewing company policies and expects to make updates soon
The US' indictment of Russian officers over the DNC hacks is having an effect... at least, on Twitter.
Interview with Panos Panay and other Microsoft execs on how the Surface Go got made, and why they think the device has the edge over Chromebooks and the iPad
PANOS PANAY IS the betting type. You can see the evidence in Microsoft's Building 37, where two $1 bills stick out from beneath a Surface tablet sitting on a shelf.
As mobile payments in China proliferate, Peoples Bank of China warns businesses not to refuse cash payments from customers
The banking regulator reminds businesses to accept cash payments even as mobile payment transactions reached a record US$12.8 trillion
Germany's highest court rules that the parents of a teenager who died in 2012 should inherit access to her Facebook account, including private messages
Germany's highest court ruled Thursday (July 12) that the parents of a teenager who died in 2012 after being hit by a train should be allowed …
Counterpoint Research: Apple sold less that 1M iPhones in India in the first half of 2018; sources: three key Apple India sales executives have left
- Recent exits are said to include sales and distribution heads — The iPhone maker struggles to compete in a fast-growing market
How widespread use of translation apps like Google Translate helped bring international fans and locals together during the World Cup in Russia
MOSCOW — On a warm, sticky morning in Kazan, Russia, a couple of weeks ago, a British journalist decided to brave the heat and go for a run. Tweets: @rorysmith and @christophclarey Tweets: Rory Smith ...
As Facebook and Instagram crack down on explicit content, Twitter has become the platform of choice for nudists as it allows content with full or partial nudity
Since Martin Belcher, a 50-year-old customer-services adviser based in the U.K., joined Twitter in 2012, he's tweeted out thousands … Tweets: @theatlantic Tweets: @theatlantic : Two things that have m...
Mobvoi Ticwatch Pro review: the best Wear OS smartwatch, combination of OLED and LCD displays gives two days of battery life, but has average performance
When you look at the smartwatch market you really only need to look at the Apple Watch and Samsung's Gear lineup to know what's good.
Inside the growing phenomenon of “local Twitter” in the US, which is mostly made up of teens posting generic status updates that sometimes go viral
A decade ago, if you were a bored teen looking to post about suburban life, relationship problems, Starbucks, or fleeting thoughts like … Tweets: @theatlantic and @willystaley Tweets: @theatlantic : “...
DOJ's appeal against AT&T-Time Warner merger probably won't succeed but the appeal itself could have a chilling effect on vertical merger bids in the short term
It probably won't succeed, but it could still put companies on notice — Yesterday, the Department of Justice appealed …
Uber will eventually dominate the scooter sector because it has the most users looking for a ride and the logistics expertise to get supply to the right spot
The Uber of scooters is going to be Uber. — This is a contributed post by Sunil Paul, who was co-founder of Sidecar.
Many Facebook Groups with thousands of members openly share pirated movies, but Facebook says it does not remove the videos unless contacted by rights-holders
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Google's Phone app for Pixel and Nexus devices can now automatically filter calls that it detects to be spam and will send them directly to voicemail
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eMarketer estimates Amazon will account for $258.22B or 5% of US retail sales in 2018, which will work out to 49.1% of total online retail spend in the country
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Sources: Uber employees have filed complaints over insensitive comments about women and minorities by COO Barney Harford; Harford says he will work with a coach
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Facebook should quarantine Infowars and similar outlets instead of deleting their pages to avoid making people like Alex Jones into martyrs, prompting backlash
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Bitcoin transactions tied to real purchases and email addresses used by Russian spies in Mueller's indictments show the limits of the cryptocurrency's anonymity
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ACLU calls for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition tech by government agencies following Microsoft president's statement asking for its regulation
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Living with a low-end Android phone running “lite” apps is a big compromise from a usability standpoint but it is still an upgrade from using a feature phone
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed : Tweets: @slightlylate , @tomtaylor , @buzzfeednews , @pranavdixit , @pranavdixit , and @akm1410 Tweets: Alex Russell / @slightlylate : Note that the G4 is lightyears beyond ...
How Facebook, Google, and Twitter train and use AI to manage abuse on a massive scale with some human help as false positives remain a challenge for AI
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @alfredwkng . Thanks: @cauchon Tweets: Alfred / @alfredwkng : When you sign up for Facebook from a phone, it's using the gyroscope to pick up subtle movements like breathin...
Report: Huawei has an internal initiative to add AI to everything from consumer electronics to telecom equipment, including data center chips for China
Huawei's internal code name for its massive and systematic effort to bring AI into everything from data centers and telecom base startions to phones and surveillance cameras. Our scoop, w/ @aatilley. ...
LA-based Octi, whose mobile AR tech can apply effects on human movement, raises $7.5M seed, announces NFLPA partnership to create and share NFL player avatars
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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