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Debate darling Ken Bone becomes Uber sellout

Well, it’s better than the offer from the adult entertainment site. Ken Bone, the man who won last week’s presidential debate despite the fact he’s not running for president, has sold out. “Everyone wants to know if I’ve decided… and I have. uberSELECT helps you ride in style like me, Bone tweeted on Thursday. ” …

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Galaxy Note 7 recall will cost Samsung about $3B in Q4, Q1

Here’s how much the Galaxy Note 7 debacle is costing Samsung: About $3 billion. The South Korean company on Thursday said discontinuing its device, which it recalled for a second time this week for battery issues, will hurt its operating profit in the mid-3 trillion won range from the fourth quarter of 2016 through the first quarter of 2017. That’s …

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Supreme Court grills Apple, Samsung over value of design patents

Even the US Supreme Court justices were a little befuddled over what to do with the legal saga between Apple and Samsung. The two largest phone makers in the world squared off in the highest court in the land Tuesday over the value of design patents, marking the likely conclusion to a long-running battle that goes back to a 2012 …

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Apple v. Samsung heads to Supreme Court: What you need to know

The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time a design patent case has been examined by the Supreme Court since the 1800s. …

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Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 saga takes a pause

Now playing: Watch this: Toxic Galaxy Note 7 can’t be trusted, production suspended 1:51 Enlarge Image Samsung’s Note 7 may face a second recall. Juan Garzon/CNET The Galaxy Note 7‘s days may be numbered. Samsung said Monday it is “temporarily adjusting the Galaxy Note 7 production schedule in order to take further steps to ensure quality and safety matters.” There’s …

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Humor and YouTube break down social barriers

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Firas Alshater stood blindfolded, arms outstretched, in a crowded Berlin square. A handwritten sign was placed next to his feet: “I am a Syrian refugee. I trust you. Do you trust me? Hug me!” …

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Google Daydream View takes VR into overdrive

Now playing: Watch this: Goodbye Cardboard, hello Daydream View 1:40 Google Cardboard is so yesterday’s news. At a splashy event Tuesday, Google unveiled its new virtual reality headset, the Daydream View. And it’s plush: The goggles, which come with a controller, are covered in fabric. Clay Bavor, head of Google’s VR efforts, said the company worked with clothing makers to …

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Hunted in Hungary, refugees are greeted with open arms in Germany

Editor’s note: Hungarians voted October 2 on whether to allow the European Union to set the number of refugees the country must accept. The EU wanted Hungary to take in 1,294 people, and said it would fine the country about $280,000 for each refugee it refuses. More than 98 percent of Hungarians who voted Sunday sided with the Hungarian government …

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Germany taps tech to help refugees find community, fit in

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Germans and Syrians have more in common than they realize, Wael Alafandi tells 30 Berliners and tourists as he leads us through the city’s historic center. There’s the Ministry of Finance, he points, where …

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Apple’s first China R&D lab reportedly will create hardware

Apple’s not just going to assemble its hardware in China. Now it’s also going to develop some of it there. Apple’s new landlord in China has revealed some details about the company’s first R&D center in the country. The facility, with 500 employees, “will focus on developing advanced technologies, including computer hardware and communications, audio and video equipment and other …

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