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Bose updating SoundSport Wireless headphones after some units experience problems with heavy sweat

A few weeks ago I contacted Bose about some comments I saw on Amazon about people experiencing problems with the company’s new SoundSport Wireless headphones, which I’d rated very highly. The problems seemed to be related to sweat, or more precisely heavy sweat. I did my best to replicate the problems, using the headphones on more than a dozen runs …

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DJI’s new camera lets you zoom in from the skies

Getting a close-up look at something with a DJI drone previously meant flying the thing closer to the subject. DJI’s new camera module — the Zenmuse Z3 — comes with a built-in optical zoom, giving you a closer view, without risking smashing up your fancy flying machine. The camera has a 3.5x optical zoom, with a 2x digital zoom, combined …

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Tech leaders say Trump would crush innovation

“Trump would be a disaster for innovation.” That is the key message of an open letter published to Huffington Post and Medium on Thursday and endorsed by 145 tech leaders, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The letter states that presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump “stands against the open exchange of ideas, free movement of people, …

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BitTorrent looks to disrupt TV news starting at RNC

BitTorrent, best known for its peer-to-peer sharing technologies, continues its push toward becoming a media company with the BitTorrent News network. BTN will also cover the Democratic National Convention starting on July 25. BitTorrent The live-streaming news network will be available through its BitTorrent Live app for Apple TV, iOS devices and MacOS computers starting July 18 with coverage of …

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Warrant denied: Feds can’t search foreign data servers, appeals court rules

No dice. Federal warrants don’t apply to emails, documents and other data stored on servers outside the United States, according to a ruling Thursday by a federal appeals court. That’s great news for Microsoft, which brought the appeal after a lower court ruled that the company must hand over emails stored in Dublin, Ireland, and held the company in contempt …

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iHeart streaming radio adds NPR

iHeartRadio is adding National Public Radio to its streaming slate and sharing some of its online ad real estate. The streaming arm of iHeartMedia, the country’s biggest radio company, sealed a deal for more than 260 NPR member stations to add their live news and talk programming, the company said Thursday. iHeartRadio has 85 million registered users. The NPR stations …

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