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• Get an iPad Pro 2018 for $650 (save $150) - CNET

  07-06-2019 23:36
  That's one of the best deals to date on the current-gen 11-inch iPad Pro.
  
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• How ‘Sign In with Apple’ works

  07-06-2019 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Signing into apps and websites is easier and more private with Sign In with Apple.
  Sarah Perez for TechCrunch:One of the bigger security announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week is Apple’s new requirement that app developers must implement the company’s new single sign-on solution, Sign In with Apple, wherever they already offer another third-party sign-on system.
  Apple’s decision to require its button in those scenarios is considered risky &mda
  
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• Cassie Cal robot can probably ride hovershoes better than you - CNET

  07-06-2019 23:23
  It's comforting to know that even robots need training wheels.
  
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• Trump blasts NASA plans for moon return on Twitter, despite own policy - CNET

  07-06-2019 23:18
  The president's tweet contradicts his administration's Space Policy Directive 1, which is all about getting back to the moon.
  
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• AI model creates fake UN speeches that are scarily real - CNET

  07-06-2019 23:11
  It only takes a few words for the model to generate hateful rhetoric.
  
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• Make your garage door smart for $40 - CNET

  07-06-2019 22:55
  Originally $130, the Chamberlain MyQ is compatible with most modern garage-door openers and now supports Amazon Key.
  
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• Sigourney Weaver confirms return for new Ghostbusters - CNET

  07-06-2019 22:48
  Who you gonna call? Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, apparently.
  
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• Sleep tracking apps could keep people up at night, claims doctor

  07-06-2019 22:47
  Along with the rise wearables and other smart home devices, sleep tracking products and apps have become a popular way for consumers to get a look at how they’re snoozing. However, a report today from The Guardian highlights a neurologist who says he’s seen people develop insomnia because of sleep trackers and details why he doesn’t think they’re necessary.more…
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• Apple’s Safari on iPadOS is living up to the hype

  07-06-2019 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Browsing the internet on iPad is so immersive it’s like holding the web in your hands. And now, powerful new features make Safari on iPadOS a desktop-class browsing experience.
  Alex Guyot for MacStories:In iPadOS, Apple is setting the Safari user agent to the desktop version (previously, Safari on iPad has used a mobile user agent), but that’s only the tip of the iceberg.
  Setting the user agent will cause websites to display their desktop varieties, but those were built with the expe
  
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• FedEx ends contract with Amazon for Express shipping - CNET

  07-06-2019 22:36
  The company wants to focus on its own role as an e-commerce leader.
  
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• watchOS 6 to bring some big changes to Apple Watch

  07-06-2019 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  With watchSO 6, Apple’s App Store will be available right on your wrist.
  Mark Linsangan for AppleInsider:With watchOS 6, Apple announced a handful of new watch faces, new complications, and changes to existing watch faces.
  Apple also added the App Store to the Apple Watch so that users can easily install third-party apps, search for apps using Siri, and view app product pages directly on the watch. Developers can also build Apple Watch-only apps, created to work independently on Apple Watc
  
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• Moon landings: How NASA got there, and its plans to go back - CNET

  07-06-2019 22:06
  The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 is weeks away. Now the question is whether Donald Trump really wants us to go back.
  
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• Production-ready Mercedes-Benz GLB to debut in Utah next week - Roadshow

  07-06-2019 22:05
  Benz's newest SUV squeezes room for seven into its compact proportions.
  
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• PS4 games and consoles on sale as Sony kicks off Days of Play for E3 2019 - CNET

  07-06-2019 22:04
  This is the time to scoop up PS4 consoles, accessories and games.
  
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• FedEx Express ditches Amazon - CNET

  07-06-2019 22:00
  The air delivery service wants to focus on its own role as an e-commerce leader.
  
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• Patriotic retelling of Chernobyl disaster will reportedly air on Russian TV soon - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:56
  It won't be the same one you watched on HBO.
  
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• Comcast broke law 445,000 times in scheme to jack up customers’ bills, judge finds

  07-06-2019 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jon Brodkinfor Ars Technica:Comcast yesterday was ordered to refund nearly 50,000 customers and pay a $9.1 million fine when a judge ruled that it violated Washington state consumer protection law hundreds of thousands of times.
  Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued Comcast in August 2016, accusing the nation’s largest cable company of tricking customers into buying a “near-worthless ‘protection plan’ without disclosing its significant limitations.”
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• Here are 6 MacOS Catalina security changes coming from Apple this fall - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:53
  Some of these changes announced at WWDC will look familiar to iPhone owners.
  
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• China reportedly blocks access to US news sites - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:46
  The Great Firewall of China has taken down access to The Guardian, The Intercept, NBC News and HuffPost, a report says.
  
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• FCA is recalling nearly 296K 2019 Ram 1500s for faulty airbag software - Roadshow

  07-06-2019 21:44
  The recall is being performed voluntarily, and FCA hasn't received reports of any injuries stemming from the problem.
  
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• Google Stadia streaming requirements lack some key internet-connection details - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:38
  Google tells us what the bandwidth requirements need to be, but doesn't specify important network conditions.
  
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• Riding NASA’s moon landing simulator with chief Jim Bridenstine - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:36
  The NASA administrator answers our questions about the Artemis program and the agency’s plans for putting the first woman on the moon.
  
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• Alec Baldwin 'so done' playing Donald Trump on SNL - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:34
  Wigging out! The actor won an Emmy Award for playing the president on the comedy show.
  
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• Get Joss Whedon's Firefly on sale for just $5 at Vudu - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:31
  Vudu has the best (and only) season of the cowboy space epic Firefly on sale this weekend for $5, just in time for Father's Day
  
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• Oculus Go VR headset hits an all-time low at Walmart - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:28
  Down to only $169, the Go is a great way to dip your toe into virtual reality.
  
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• Apple’s SwiftUI is a game-changer

  07-06-2019 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Graham Bower for Cult of Mac:Apple lavished attention on all its platforms at WWDC this year. We even got a first look at the all-new Mac Pro. But another announcement, which didn’t grab so many headlines, may prove to be the most important thing to come out of this year’s developer conference: SwiftUI.
  SwiftUI promises to fundamentally change the way developers create apps for Apple products… The advent of SwiftUI really is the end of an era and the start of something new&hel
  
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• Trump blasts NASA plans for moon return, despite his own policy - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:19
  The president's tweet contradicts his administration's Space Policy Directive 1, which is all about getting back to the moon.
  
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• Best Buy's Dads and Grads sale: Savings on iPhones, MacBooks and more - CNET

  07-06-2019 21:18
  There are good deals on Samsung TVs and HP laptops, too.
  
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• Apple’s iPadOS: Initial thoughts, observations, and ideas on the future of working on an iPad

  07-06-2019 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Shawn Blanc for The Sweet Setup:“The time has come to recognize the platform in a special way.”
  That was how Craig Federighi introduced iPadOS from the WWDC Keynote on Monday, and it was awesome to hear.
  In the same way that using your Apple TV or your Watch are each their own unique and distinct experiences, so too is it a unique and distinct experience to be using the iPad. As the iPad hardware evolves and matures, the software must begin to evolve and mature in lockstep.
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• Toyota's electric vehicle program is getting sped way up, report says - Roadshow

  07-06-2019 21:12
  The company that put hybrid vehicles on the map is now playing catch-up in developing fully electric vehicles.
  
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• Apple’s quiet CryptoKit launch could bolster blockchain on iPhones

  07-06-2019 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jeremy Horwitz for VentureBeat:Historically, Apple’s WWDC keynotes have had a predictable cadence — spotlight a handful of new OS features, flash a word cloud with 40 more highlights on screen for a minute, and move on. But this year, Apple’s keynote presenters rushed through almost all their feature reveals and notably left a fairly big one out: CryptoKit, a new Swift developer framework that can compute, evaluate, and compare keys, store keys in a device’s Secure Enclav
  
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• Apple Watch Limited Grant Program for ResearchKit & CareKit launching this fall

  07-06-2019 20:56
  Announced during its WWDC developer conference this week, Apple plans to launch a new “Apple Watch Limited Grant” program later this year for researchers using its ResearchKit and CareKit platforms. more…
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• X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg on movie's MCU Easter egg - CNET

  07-06-2019 20:44
  Kinberg talks about his respect for MCU producer Kevin Feige, how Sophie Turner shaped Jean Grey and what Dark Phoenix has in common with The Empire Strikes Back.
  
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• iOS 13 enables Siri support in third party media apps: Spotify, Pandora, Overcast, and much more

  07-06-2019 20:36 via macworld.com
  
  File this one under Apple should have done this years ago: In iOS 13, you’ll finally have the ability to use Siri with audio apps like Spotify, Pandora, Overcast, Audible, and many more.To date, Siri has only worked with Apple’s own audio apps. If you want to use a third-party app for music, podcasts, or audiobooks, Siri is limited to basic audio controls—next track, volume up, stuff like that. You can’t kick off your listening session and really use other media apps the
  
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• iOS 13: How to download any size app over cellular with iPhone

  07-06-2019 20:19
  Another feature arriving with iOS 13 that users are excited about is the ability to download apps greater than 200 MB over cellular. There are a few choices with one option letting users turn off warnings about app download size altogether.more…
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• The best-sounding true wireless headphones of 2019 - CNET

  07-06-2019 20:12
  A lot of people may be looking for cheap true wireless headphones, but if you're looking for something with top-notch sound, this is the list for you.
  
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• E3 2019: How and when to livestream Square Enix's E3 conference - CNET

  07-06-2019 20:07
  We can expect Marvel's Avengers, Dying Light and perhaps another dose of the Final Fantasy VII remake.
  
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• MacRumors Giveaway: Win a Core X Chroma eGPU Enclosure From Razer

  07-06-2019 20:02 via macrumors.com
  For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with Razer to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win one of the company's new Core X Chroma eGPU enclosures.Razer makes a few eGPU enclosure options, but the Core X Chroma is both the newest and the coolest thanks to the Chroma lighting embedded inside. Razer's Chroma technology lets you choose from more than 16 million colors for your Core X lighting.
  For those unfamiliar with eGPU enclosures, Razer's options are designed to provide notebook owners a w
  
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• Apple’s iPadOS turned the iPad Pro into a proper computer: Here’s what’s still missing

  07-06-2019 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  iPadOS features a new Home screen with more apps and a Today View for information at a glance.
  JC Torres for SlahsGear:With the announcement of iPadOS, one of the biggest questions that repeatedly comes up is whether the iPad, specifically the iPad Pro, is finally ready to be that new computer thing that Apple has been advertising. Better yet, is it finally ready to become the primary computer for most people? The answer, as you might have guessed, is a “yes, but”. More than that ans
  
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• Go binge Black Mirror season five - CNET

  07-06-2019 19:58
  Three new installments are ready to stream over at Netflix.
  
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• Google walkout organizer who alleged retaliation leaves company - CNET

  07-06-2019 19:20
  Claire Stapleton's parting words to Google: “I hope that leadership listens. Because if they won’t lead, we will.”
  
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• Apple Store designer submits plans to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral with glass roof and spire

  07-06-2019 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apple Store architect wants to use only glass to rebuild Notre-Dame’s roof and spire (image: Eight Inc)
  Matthew Field for The Telegraph:The architect behind the Apple Store has submitted a proposal for the repair of Notre Dame including an all-glass roof replete with glass spire and saints.
  The studio, Eight Inc, began working with Apple in 1999 and later built its flagship stores of white and glass spaces from 2001.
  While the French senate has called for the redesign to exactly mirror the
  
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• The Last Black Man in San Francisco: An epic visual poem about love of home - CNET

  07-06-2019 19:12
  Review: Themovie, a mix of heartbreak and hope, is also the most beautiful and authentic San Francisco has ever looked on film.
  
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• Doom Eternal: Everything we know so far before E3 2019 - CNET

  07-06-2019 19:05
  Doomguy returns...again.
  
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• iOS 13 Lets You Delete Apps Right From the Update List

  07-06-2019 18:59 via macrumors.com
  In iOS 13 and iPadOS, Apple has added a new way to delete apps from your device right from the App Store.When you're updating apps on your phone, or viewing apps that were recently updated, you can swipe left on any app in the list to bring up a "Delete" option.
  Tapping on delete brings up the standard app deletion interface, where you can confirm the app's deletion or select the cancel option.The option to delete apps right from the App Store is a convenient way to get rid of unwanted apps as s
  
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• Beyond Meat expects to sell a lot more meatless meat in 2019 - CNET

  07-06-2019 18:48
  The future is looking beefless.
  
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• Apple’s macOS Catalina fixes the most annoying thing about Dark Mode

  07-06-2019 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stan Schroeder for Mashable:When Apple introduced a system-wide Dark Mode in macOS Mojave, I was happy, because I’m one of those people who are prepared to squint and hurt their eyes just to have a cool-looking desktop (kidding; it also saves battery life).But Dark Mode in Mojave has a glaring omission — there was no option to automatically turn it on and off, depending on time of day. Help came in the form of third-party apps, but honestly, this should’ve been an option from t
  
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• Big Little Lies season 2: Bigger lies, but little mystery with no whodunit - CNET

  07-06-2019 18:36
  Review: Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman are back for a second round that engages despite lacking the most addictive part of the first one: a murder mystery.
  
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• Women's World Cup 2019 is here, but life as a pro can be a grueling slog - CNET

  07-06-2019 18:30
  Commentary: This FIFA Women's World Cup is shaping up to be the biggest one yet. Maybe it's time more women can play soccer for a living.
  
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• The Oculus Go standalone VR headset has its biggest price cut of all time today

  07-06-2019 18:29 via macworld.com
  
  Smartphone virtual reality headsets are cool, but they're nothing compared to standalone models. Of course, they're way more expensive, but today, you can grab a 32GB Oculus Go standalone VR headset of your own on Amazon for $169Remove non-product link, its lowest price ever and a nice cut from its $199 list price.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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