Uber announced more layoffs on Tuesday, following an earlier round in July. The ride-hailing company confirmed it’s letting go of hundreds of employees in its engineering and product departments to “reset and improve how we work day to day.” The total number of staff it laid off this time was 435 people, or about 8% …
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Sign up for a chance to win a new iPhone 11 Pro Max! Yes, we are partnering with Speck so three readers can get one iPhone with three cases each (Presidio Stay Clear, Presidio Pro and Presidio Grip.) The iPhone 11 Pro Max comes with a 6.5-inch Super Retina XDR display supporting HDR10 with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. On …
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Now it’s up to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to decide whether Uber and Lyft drivers should be considered employees of the companies. California’s Senate passed legislation Tuesday night in a 29 to 11 vote that could allow for drivers to be classified as employees, rather than as independent contractors. Advocates for the bill, called AB 5, say this means workers will …
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Apple is unveiling its new fall devices today at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. New iPhones and Apple Watch models are expected, and we may see other new products as well. Announced so far: Apple Arcade will launch on Sept. 19 for $4.99 per month Apple TV Plus to launch Nov. 1 at $4.99 a month, with yearlong free trial for Apple device …
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Apple’s annual iPhone launch event is in the books and, as usual, the company announced a solid, if expected, round of product updates: new iPhones that Apple wants to make must-haves, a new entry-level iPad and the Apple Watch Series 5. But there were a bunch of rumored new items in the Apple pipeline that didn’t make their debut today. Here’s a …
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Apple Arcade will launch on Sept. 19 for $4.99 a month, the company announced Tuesday at its iPhone event in California. The launch details came as Apple unveiled three new iPhone 11 models. The new gaming service, which will let subscribers play over 100 games across an iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac, was previously announced in June at Apple’s …
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Apple announced many improvements to its iPhone line Tuesday with its latest iPhone 11 lineup of phones. One less-heralded one, however, was finally adding fast charging in the box. Well, at least for its more expensive premium Pro phones. While Android phones have shipped with fast chargers for years, Apple has stubbornly shipped slow 5-watt chargers with its phones despite …
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When you opt for a cheapie set of true-wireless earbuds, you make sacrifices, right? Your $36 isn’t going to buy you frills like touch controls or a wireless charging case. That’s what you get when you pay $199 for AirPods, right? Nope. In fact, the folks making cheapie ‘buds are really stepping up their game, as evidenced by today’s deal: …
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It’s time for Apple’s iPhone 11 camera to go wide. The new smartphone has an ultrawide wider-angle camera that joins the regular camera, Apple said Tuesday. And the higher-end iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max keep the telephoto lens of last year’s iPhone XS models but widen the lens’ aperture for better low-light performance, giving new photographic flexibility to serious photographers who want …
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The checklist of new features in Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro reads like a rundown of been there, done that. Three cameras? Huawei put them on the Mate 20 last year. A special low-light mode? Google’s Night Sight for the Pixel 3 did it first a year ago. Then there’s 5G, or the lack thereof. While Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and a …
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