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• Apple takes on the US gov't over clean power, because China - CNET

  06-04-2018 23:44
  Apple says repealing the plan would give Chinese competitors a clear edge.
  
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• Twitter says it won't break third-party Twitter apps June 19 - CNET

  06-04-2018 23:40
  Relax, you can still use Talon, Tweetbot, Tweetings and Twitterrific.
  
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• Augusta National’s no-cellphone policy is awesome

  06-04-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  For all the purple prose and tricked-up scenery that Augusta National inspires, there’s something special...
  
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• Review: Ugreen’s affordable USB-C 8 in 1 Adapter is a great way to expand your MacBook’s I/O [Deal]

  06-04-2018 23:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ugreen released its new USB-C Multiport 8 in 1 Adapter earlier this year and it quickly sold out with an affordable price tag of about $50. Now, we’ve gone hands on with the accessory that packs about every I/O you could need. We’ve also got an exclusive 25% off for 9to5Mac readers who want to grab this adapter for $40. Read on for our full review and coupon code.more…
  
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• 9to5Mac Daily 059: April 6, 2018

  06-04-2018 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/9to5mac-daily-april-6-2018.mp3more…
  
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• Why a curved-screen iPhone is a great idea

  06-04-2018 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apple is working on – or at least considering – a curved screen iPhone...
  
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• Spotify rumored to announce in-car streaming April 24 in NY - CNET

  06-04-2018 23:03
  The streaming music service will share its news with the world later this month.
  
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• NASA crash-test dummies take one for the space team - CNET

  06-04-2018 22:36
  Meet NASA's sensor-stocked dummies that take the hard knocks for aviation and spacecraft crash tests.
  
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• H-1B visas for foreign-born tech workers now closed until 2019 - CNET

  06-04-2018 22:35
  Just five days after it opens, the window to apply closes for highly skilled workers hoping to come to the US.
  
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• Fortnite for iOS hits $15 million revenue in just 20 days

  06-04-2018 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Earlier this week, Epic Games threw open the gates to its previously invite-only mobile version of Fortnite...
  
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• Eerie photos of abandoned military sites - CNET

  06-04-2018 22:15
  Take a look at the weapons, buildings and even swimming pools that are left behind when the mighty move on -- or are moved out
  
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• Review: Elevation Lab's New iPhone CordDock Pairs the Stability of a Dock With the Convenience of a Cord

  06-04-2018 22:12 via macrumors.com
  Elevation Lab has been working on docks for the iPhone for several years, ever since a dock Kickstarter project took off back in 2011.All of that dock expertise has culminated in the simple, versatile CordDock, released in March. Priced at $39, the CordDock is similar in design to the ElevationDock 4, which quickly became my favorite dock after it came out last year.
  The CordDock is like the ElevationDock 4, only better, and in my opinion, it's one of the best wired docks you can get for the iPh
  
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• iOS 12 concept shows off always on display, Lock screen complications, dark mode, and more [Video]

  06-04-2018 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new iOS 12 concept today gives us a new take on how Apple could advance its mobile operating system. A slick new video shows off design ideas for an always on display, Lock screen complications, group FaceTime calls, a system-wide dark mode and more.more…
  
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• CNET Asks: Will you still use Facebook? - CNET

  06-04-2018 22:10
  Facebook has been in the hot seat for weeks now, with up to 87 million users affected by the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Do you still trust Facebook enough to keep your profile?
  
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• Apple reportedly prepping game-changing technologies and features for future iPhones

  06-04-2018 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the smartphone industry struggles to deliver positive volume growth, Apple appears more willing than ever...
  
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• Zuckerberg says Facebook supports political ad regulation - CNET

  06-04-2018 22:01
  The social network's CEO said he's backing the Honest Ads Act, ahead of his hearings before Congress next week.
  
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• Apple no longer signing iOS 11.2.6 following last week’s release of iOS 11.3

  06-04-2018 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  As it regularly does following the release of a new version, Apple today has stopped signing iOS 11.2.6. The company last week officially released iOS 11.3 to the public following an extensive period of beta testing with developers and the public.more…
  
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• 9to5Rewards: Win a complete FIBARO HomeKit bundle! (Giveaway)

  06-04-2018 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  This month on 9to5Rewards, FIBARO is giving away a complete HomeKit package to turn your house into a Siri-controlled smart home. Head below to enter for your chance to win. Our Rewards bundle includes The Button, FIBARO’s newest HomeKit-compatible micro-sized hardware switch. Take a look at FIBARO’s latest HomeKit line up and the four essentials we’ve packaged including its Flood Sensor, Motion Sensor, and Door/Window Sensor (a
  
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• Best smart home systems for a connected domicile

  06-04-2018 21:41 via techhive.com
  
  Your home is only as smart as the hub that orchestrates everything behind the scenes. These DIY tools are the best of the bunch.
  
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• Why Apple’s Final Cut ProRes RAW upgrade matters to you

  06-04-2018 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apple introduced an all-new video format with the Final Cut Pro 10.4.1 update...
  
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• The Six Oldest Products Apple Still Sells Today

  06-04-2018 21:30 via macrumors.com
  Earlier this week, Apple confirmed it will release an all-new Mac Pro in 2019, as a bid of reassurance to its professional customers who have waited over four years for the company's high-end workstation to be updated.
  Apple still sells a handful of other major products that haven't been updated in between three and six years, however, and unlike the Mac Pro, it has remained silent about any future updates. We've outlined those products below.AirPort Extreme
  Days Since Last Major Release: June 1
  
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• Facebook Live marks 3.5 billion broadcasts on its 2nd birthday - CNET

  06-04-2018 21:23
  Almost 2 billion people have watched a Facebook Live broadcast since it launched two years ago. That's basically everybody who uses Facebook regularly.
  
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• Apple Stops Signing iOS 11.2.6 Following iOS 11.3 Release

  06-04-2018 21:18 via macrumors.com
  Following the release of iOS 11.3 last week, Apple has stopped signing iOS 11.2.6, the previous version of iOS that was available to consumers.iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch owners who have upgraded to iOS 11.2.6 will no longer be able to downgrade to earlier versions of iOS.Apple routinely stops signing older versions of software updates after new releases come out in order to encourage customers to keep their operating systems up to date.iOS 11.3 is now the only version of iOS 11 that can be ins
  
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• Apple’s Siri, HomePod and the voice assistant showdown

  06-04-2018 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The battle of the smart assistants continues, and while people seem to want to get more from using Siri...
  
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• Fortnite for iOS hits $15M revenue in just 20 days, out-earning Candy Crush & others

  06-04-2018 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  After a brief invite-only period and opening to the public earlier this week, Fortnite continues to rake in money for its developers, Epic Games. A new report today from analytics firm Sensor Tower claims that Fortnite has brought in $15 million in gross revenue thus far…more…
  
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• Concept Imagines What Rumored Apple Over-Ear Headphones Might Look Like

  06-04-2018 20:23 via macrumors.com
  To go along with the AirPods and the HomePod, Apple is rumored to be working on a set of high-end over-ear headphones that, like its other two products, will be Apple branded rather than Beats branded.The rumor originated in a February report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who often accurately predicts Apple's plans. Kuo says Apple is planning to launch high-end over-ear headphones that marries the convenience of AirPods with better sound quality.
  Designers over at Curved.de have take
  
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• Solo: A Star Wars Story to premiere at Cannes Film Festival - CNET

  06-04-2018 20:18
  Ron Howard's Han Solo film will screen at the competition in France just days before its global release.
  
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• Get Belkin’s 8-port USB-C dock for MacBooks for $60 off

  06-04-2018 20:14 via macworld.com
  
  Everybody loves ports, unless you’re Apple’s design team and you’re designing a new iPad. But if you’re not feeling enough port love on your MacBook, you might want to consider picking up Belkin’s USB-C 3.1 Express Dock HD for roughly 27 percent off.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Despacito blows past 5 billion YouTube views, the most ever - CNET

  06-04-2018 20:08
  No other YouTube video on the planet has as many views as Despacito, a sexy Luis Fonsi song that's left even Gangnam Style in the dust.
  
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• MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Lightpad Block M From ROLI

  06-04-2018 20:00 via macrumors.com
  For this week's giveaway, we've once again teamed up with ROLI, this time to give away one of the company's LightPad Block M music making devices.For those unfamiliar with ROLI, it's a company that makes a fun, modular music creation system called Blocks, designed for everyone from beginners to professionals.
  The Lightpad M, priced at $200, is a key component in the ROLI system. Lightpad M supports pressure-based multi-touch gestures on its light-up grid surface to make music. The Lightpad M can
  
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• Facebook will let you 'unsend' messages, after being caught deleting Zuck's - CNET

  06-04-2018 19:59
  This comes in the wake of Facebook admitting it deletes Mark Zuckerberg's messages.
  
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• Apple says repeal of U.S. EPA ‘Clean Power Plan’ would threaten investments

  06-04-2018 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apple Inc said on Friday it opposes any repeal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of the Clean Power Plan...
  
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• The Rova Viva adds Alexa to your car for $38.99 - CNET

  06-04-2018 19:53
  Normally $50, it plugs directly into your cigarette lighter for hands-free voice-command goodness -- and doubles as a dual-port USB charger. Plus: a free strategy game and a free book for little kids!
  
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• The FCC doesn't want you to know how it planned Harlem Shake dance video - CNET

  06-04-2018 19:45
  The FCC has refused a Freedom of Information request for the emails planning a net neutrality video that features Ajit Pai dancing.
  
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• Elon Musk wants you to watch this movie about the dangers of AI - CNET

  06-04-2018 19:37
  Do You Trust This Computer? is a documentary you can watch for free on Vimeo until Sunday.
  
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• Compared: 2018 iPad versus the Acer Chromebook 11 in the school

  06-04-2018 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apple's new iPad is billed as, among other things, an attempt to recapture some share of the education market...
  
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• Better Snapchat AR Lenses are now available on the iPhone X - CNET

  06-04-2018 19:31
  The latest version of the app brings improved AR Lens "facemasks" to the social app.
  
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• New Apple headphones concept imagines HomePod-inspired design [Video]

  06-04-2018 19:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Curved is out today with a fresh look at what Apple’s alleged high-end, over-ear headphones could look like. With a heavy dose of HomePod inspiration, touchscreen controls, wireless charging, and more, this concept by Martin Hajek goes all out.more…
  
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• Snapchat finally delivers those TrueDepth-enhanced AR Lenses

  06-04-2018 19:16 via macworld.com
  
  Last September, when Apple announced the iPhone X and its new TrueDepth camera, it demonstrated the capabilities by showing off awesome new Snapchat AR lenses. The same sort of selfie accessories we've seen before—masks and hats and such—would now precisely follow the contours of your face and accurately follow your movements. Neat!The only catch is, the feature didn’t appear with the release of the iPhone X. Only now, six months later, has Snapchat finally delivered its first
  
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• Canary email client for iOS adds Apple Watch app, first third-party mail client to support LTE without iPhone

  06-04-2018 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are very few apps on Apple Watch that work over LTE, and the ones that do can be very limited in functionality. Most notably, third-party email clients either don’t work without the iPhone or don’t offer a Watch app at all. The first-party Apple Mail app is an exception to this rule, but you’ll run into the “please view this email on iPhone” message pretty often.more…
  
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• Upcoming Twitter Changes to Disable Key Features in Third-Party Apps [Updated]

  06-04-2018 19:05 via macrumors.com
  Twitter is making changes to its API on June 19, and third-party Twitter clients are worried about the impact and Twitter's lack of communication about the issue.The developers behind popular third-party Twitter apps that include Tweetbot, Twitterrific, Talon, and Tweetings today teamed up to warn users about the upcoming changes and to hopefully spur Twitter to action.
  On June 19, Twitter plans to remove several streaming service APIs that are used by third-party apps. Disabling these APIs will
  
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• 6 questions Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg still needs to answer - CNET

  06-04-2018 19:01
  The CEO of the world's largest social network will testify before Congress next week. Maybe he'll answer our burning questions.
  
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• Apple CEO Cook blasts ‘creepy’ web tracking

  06-04-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  To me, it’s creepy when I look at something and all of a sudden it’s chasing me all the way across the web...
  
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• API changes will break Tweetbot and Twitteriffic alerts and streaming, Twitter not yet sharing new solution ahead of June deadline [U]

  06-04-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  After totally killing Twitter for Mac, Twitter’s next move appears to be taking some seriously useful features out of third-party Twitter clients: push notifications and streaming. Losing the ability to receive notifications and update timelines as new tweets arrive would significantly limit apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific which serve the Mac, iPhone, and iPad.more…
  
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• Facebook reportedly pauses project targeting patients' medical data - CNET

  06-04-2018 18:40
  Facebook has apparently shelved a nascent project that was said to correlate anonymized medical records with that of its user base.
  
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• 9to5Toys Last Call: Apple Watch + iPhone Stand $15, Nanoleaf HomeKit Lighting $180, Belkin USB-C Dock $170, more

  06-04-2018 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. more…
  
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• 'Essential Phone 2' reportedly coming, with a better camera - CNET

  06-04-2018 18:19
  Andy Rubin-backed Essential says it will fix its phone's camera problems, according to a report.
  
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• Aston Martin SUV to ditch electricity for gas engine, report claims - Roadshow

  06-04-2018 18:10
  The SUV, which is reportedly named Varekai, should debut next year.
  
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• Aston Martin DBX Concept blazes into new territory - Roadshow

  06-04-2018 18:09
  It's an Aston Martin, but it's also an SUV. Wrap your head around that one for a minute.
  
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• Apple’s latest announcements about the modular Mac Pro really ramp up expectations

  06-04-2018 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apple has been rather quiet about an all-new Mac Pro it first teased a year ago....
  
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