If you’re looking to pick up an iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, or any phone for that matter, T-Mobile has announced an exclusive partnership with Apple that allows Apple Card owners to receive 3% Daily Cash back on all purchases in-store. T-Mobile is the exclusive US wireless partner for Apple Card …
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If, like a rapidly growing segment of the world’s population, you’re the type of warped individual who spends the majority of your free hours playing video games, it’s probably apparent we live in interesting times. And this year’s E3 reflected that fact. E3 2019 wasn’t the rollicking roller coaster ride we’ve come to expect in recent years. That makes sense — E3 is …
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In late March Apple announced Apple Arcade, a subscription service that allows Apple users to play games across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV devices. Back then Apple promised that 100 exclusive games would be playable out of the gate, games that wouldn’t be available on other subscription services or even other mobile devices. But it looks like that promise may cost them. Apple …
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Facebook has acted quickly to remove footage appearing to show a shooting at a mosque in New Zealand. Four people are in custody after 49 people died in coordinated attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, according to New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush. The unverified footage was reportedly livestreamed on Facebook by an alleged attacker. “Police are aware there is extremely distressing …
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Google has made “major changes” to its recommendations system on YouTube that have reduced the amount of “alt-right” videos recommended to users, according to a study led by Nicolas Suzor, an associate professor at Queensland University of Technology. During the first two weeks of February, alt-right videos appeared in YouTube’s “Up Next” recommendations sidebar 7.8 percent of the time (roughly one …
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According to an investor note by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is planning to release a new MacBook Pro design in 2019. The note, acquired by MacRumours, states that Apple will release a new 16-inch MacBook Pro, new iPads and a 31-inch 6K monitor. There’ll also be new iPhones with bilateral charging, which means you’ll be able to use your iPhone’s battery …
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The graphics card wars are heating up, with Nvidia taking a shot at rival AMD during CES 2019. After AMD announced Radeon 7, its new 7-nanometer GPU designed to push PC gaming performance to the “bleeding edge,” Nvidia’s CEO decided to bite back. For context: the Radeon 7 is AMD’s big play, it’s the first GPU based on the 7nm …
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In January 2013, I used an Oculus Rift development kit for the first time. It felt like someone had traveled back in time and given me the keys to the future. Back then I expected virtual reality headsets would be as common as mobile phones within six years. I expected the technology would evolve so rapidly we couldn’t keep up. …
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It’s now officially day one at CES 2019 and while Apple isn’t at CES 2019 in an official capacity, it’s there in spirit, snarking at us from above, looking down on its rivals if you will, via a billboard that’s literally haunting the Las Vegas Convention Center. “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone”. Ah yes, very good. …
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When you think about robots stealing jobs, you think about AI, about new technology that supercedes the bounds of humanity. You’re probably not thinking about “snail mail”. But the Norwegian postal service, Posten, has just signed a partnership with a San Francisco startup called Buddy Mobility to provide a robot that literally delivers your mail. To your door. Kinda. It …
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