There are no traditional USB ports. The keyboard is lame. The Touch Bar is a gimmick. There’s not enough memory. And worst of all, you have to buy a bunch of expensive dongles to match what your old laptop could do easily. Those are some of the complaints dogging Apple’s new high-end laptop, the MacBook …

Checking out Twitter this morning during my commute I was once again struck by people’s creativity. Another hashtag game started with a premise that made me wonder why it became popular. But the tweets that it spawned took on a life of their own. I now don’t feel as bad about the contents of my refrigerator because it seems a …

Apple last month slimmed down its MacBook Pro lineup and added a dynamic Touch Bar to the keyboard, ridding itself of the function keys and allowing for more creative keyboard functionality. We generally liked the result of the changes in our review, but according to a report by iFixit, they come at a cost. iFixit opened up Apple’s 13-inch MacBook …

The old “Top Gear” team of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May reunite this Friday to the delight of gearheads everywhere in a new auto-focused series from Amazon called “The Grand Tour.” To celebrate the occasion, Amazon’s introducing a new skill for Alexa and offering its Prime service at a discount. Amazon Prime normally costs $99 a year. Starting …

The hashtag games keep coming on Twitter. The latest craze: #LessNoteworthyMovies. The game, which was gaining steam Wednesday, challenges Twitter users to switch around or replace words in a famous movie title to change the film’s premise to something much less interesting. There are a few flops to be sure, but there’s a lot of creativity here too. I collected …

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Facebook, Instagram and Messenger will all be under the umbrella of a single app soon, Facebook has announced. With businesses in mind, Facebook is integrating all three services into its Pages Manager mobile app in the coming weeks, letting you manage messages and comments on all three platforms from one page. Pages Manager is a free app designed to help …

Apple is planning to cut in half the amount it charges to sell video services over the App Store, a move seen as assuaging concerns of its partners, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The tech titan plans to reduce the amount of revenue it collects from subscription video streaming apps from the current 30 percent to 15 percent, Bloomberg reported, citing unidentified …

You’re at a cafe. You’ve just scoffed down bacon, eggs and a fine brew. It’s time to pay. What are you going to do, pull out your card like some kind of chump?No, says Australian carrier Optus. Pay with your coffee mug. The company has teamed up with Frank Green, who makes chip-equipped SmartCups, to conveniently let you make payments …

Social media is so over 2016. Twitter users, in particular, want the year to end but they won’t let it silently slip away. Instead, they’ve turned their disgust into a trending topic. On Facebook, people are chatting about pro wrestling and Snapchat. Social Cues is our guide on what’s trending across Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what people are talking about …