First announced in June, the new iMac Pro will drop later this week. An update to Apple’s website on Tuesday delivered the release date: Dec. 14. With the iMac Pro, Apple is targeting professionals who need really fast processing and lots of computing horsepower. “Pros love iMac,” Apple says on its iMac Pro page. “So …
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Nvidia wants to help you afford an impressive gaming PC this holiday season. The company debuted the GeForce GTX1070 Ti on Thursday, a graphics card with high-end specs at a more affordable price than the company’s top-of-the-line 1080 cards. Calling it an “overclocked monster,” Nvidia says the 1070 Ti features 2,432 cores and 8GB of memory running at 8Gbps for …
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Snapchat’s newest feature wants to help you stay informed while you’re sharing pics on the popular social network. Swipe up on any Snap that says “More” and you’ll see Context Cards, starting Tuesday. At launch, Context Cards can show you basic information about a restaurant or store nearby, such as reviews and a map. Eventually, Context Cards will include info …
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File this one under: I wish I had this when I was in college. Spotify and Hulu are teaming up to give US college students access to both companies’ premium services for $4.99 a month. The new service is aptly called “Spotify Premium for Students, now with Hulu.” Spotify’s announcement hints that this package is just the first of many …
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In what might be considered an upset, T-Mobile beat Verizon and AT&T in a nationwide speed score. The 2017 US Market report by Ookla used 14 million tests across 3 million devices to judge cellular speeds in the first half of the year. T-Mobile came in first overall. Ookla used Speedtest intelligence for its report, and determined that overall cellular …
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Now playing: Watch this: Star Wars and Marvel heading to Disney’s new video service 1:14 Get your fill of Marvel movies on Netflix now. Starting in 2019, the only place you’ll be able to stream new Marvel or Star Wars movies will be Disney‘s own streaming service. Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed the two hit film series will be exclusive …
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Slowly but surely, the watches are taking over. With increased interest from the medical industry, and features like GPS and health tracking becoming standard on wearables, smartwatches are beginning to dominate the wearable technology market. According to the latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), wearable shipments over the past couple of months grew 10.3 percent year over year …
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PayPal is teaming up with both Chase and Citi to make it easier than ever to spend your money, the online payment service announced Thursday. PayPal already worked with JPMorgan Chase, the international financial institution, to an extent. Now, the companies have agreed to expand their partnership. You’ll be able to use Chase cards to make purchases in brick and mortar …
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After a push to dominate the wearables industry in 2014, Intel has reportedly eliminated its wearables division entirely. Intel let go of a large percentage of its wearables division last November, an unnamed source told CNBC, and eliminated the group two weeks ago. Intel’s acquisition of the Basis fitness watch supposedly didn’t go as planned, so the chip maker will now stop …
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Click here to make believe you’re an astronaut. With Google Street View, you can now take an interactive 360-degree tour of the International Space Station — all 15 modules of the station and two visiting vehicles docked there. Google’s launching the tour to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the moon landing. The tour includes annotations highlighting important information as you …
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