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PayPal just became the latest company to forfeit plans to invest in North Carolina after the passage of HB2 — a bill signed by governor Pat McCrory and passed into law that denies protection for the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens of the state. “The new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal’s mission and culture,” said president and CEO Dan Schulman. “As a result, PayPal

The next generation of Apple’s Magic Mouse may have Force Touch, according to a recently discovered patent. Apple’s latest trackpad for the desktop already has Force Touch, but the Magic Mouse is still lacking the feature. In the patent, we find two new pieces of hardware that are specifically mentioned for use in Force Touch. In the image above, both parts 109 and 104 are used in Force Touch. While 109 exerts pressure on a cantilever to register forceful touches, part 104 is there

Reminders has been a very cool feature in Google Calendar’s mobile offering: insert a task like you would an event, and you’ll get a push notification to complete that task at a specific time. Google apparently thinks it’s cool too, as the company announced today that Reminders will roll out to the web. Reminders will stay in the top of your calendar until you complete them, and stay alongside your events and meetings. These Reminders can also be originated in a few of Go

In November, we reported Sony was launching ‘RemotePlay’ for the PC, a move that would allow PS4 owners to play their favorite games on from a laptop or desktop computer. Tomorrow is the day. Once released, the 3.50 system update — featuring RemotePlay — turns your PC into a highly-portable (for laptop users) second screen that allows you to play your PS4 titles anywhere you can take your laptop. Of course, that’s assuming yo

You might kind of know it already, but as well as providing the eyeballs for the advertisers that pay in order to make Facebook a free platform for users, you’re also contributing the content it needs to offer some of its services. And now, along with powering the Facebook platform itself (just think what’d happen if we all, say, just didn’t post today?), you’re now going to be on-hand as roving reporters for the US election. Thanks in no small part to Trump support

Just over 40 years ago, in 1976, three young men decided they were going to create a truly personal computer. Little did they know that their dream would grow into one of the most iconic brands in the world today, Apple. While it’s known for a long list of great products, it’s also one of the forerunners when it comes to advertising, and has been for a very long time. This could be attributed to the fact that one of Apple’s founders – Steve Jobs

When it comes to diversity in the tech industry, we mostly see stories about the lack there of. Figures strongly indicate that the sector is being dominated by straight white men and studies indicate that women are facing a barrier of entry from the get-go in their tech careers. With that being said, there are still lots of people working in Silicon Valley with really diverse backgrounds and that’s exactly what photographer Helena Price wants to showcase with her latest project – Te

Twitter is adding another button to tweets, but it’s doing so to encourage you to use the Direct Message feature instead of tagging other users. In the iOS and Android Twitter apps, a new DM button will appear below tweets in your timeline, right next to the ‘favorite’ heart. When pressed, you can share that tweet directly to another user via DM. The functionality of sharing tweets via DM has been around for some time — this button just makes it easier. The old method ca

HP’s premium laptops will have a new logo — sort of. While what users see is technically new to their eyes, it’s actually one HP rejected five years ago. It’s just four slanted lines, but the branding is still quite clear. Instead of a fully scripted ‘Hewlett Packard’ or distinct ‘hp’ letters, the four lines merely suggest ‘hp’ to your eyes. The “new” logo was actually submitted in 2011 by Moving Brands, which was hired by

Pretty soon, any messaging app that doesn’t have a platform for bots will be seriously left behind. “Messengers are the new browsers and bots are the new websites,” as Kik‘s Mike Roberts puts it to me. With this in mind, the messaging app that’s big with America’s youth has today launched a bot store and developer platform to support it. The Kik Bot Shop offers mini-apps that you can add to your account and either chat to directly or use in your chats with ot