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Planning a trip to Cuba? Starting this summer, T-Mobile customers will be able to use their phones there. The company is also offering cheaper calling rates to the island nation. T-Mobile inks a deal with a Cuban wireless provider to offer roaming and calls to Cuba. T-Mobile The No. 3 US carrier on Monday announced …

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India claims to have tool to defeat iPhone encryption

India allegedly has a secret technology to decrypt iPhones. Ravi Shankar Prasad, India’s communications and IT minister, said Friday that a tool for mobile forensics has been developed that can handle smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, according to the New Indian Express. Prasad didn’t reveal details about how the tool works. Earlier this year, the iPhone was at the center of …

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Facebook denies ‘biased trends’ allegations

Anonymous claims accusing the social network of deliberately leaving conservative websites out of its “trending topics” box are untrue, the company said late Monday. “We take these reports extremely seriously, and have found no evidence that the anonymous allegations are true,” Tom Stocky, vice president of search, said in a Facebook post.. The claims started circulating earlier Monday after tech …

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The top row of keys on any MacBook or Mac keyboard are dedicated to basic computer controls — media controls, keyboard backlight brightness, screen brightness, volume, Mission Control, Launchpad and power. Screen brightness and volume controls are easily the most frequented keys on that row. By default there are 16 increments for adjusting brightness or volume levels. But what if …

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Special delivery: Zipline, UPS partner to carry medical supplies by drone in Rwanda

This drone is cute. Two red wings sprout from its short, lightweight body. It’s little and sort of tubby, seeming to exclaim, “I’m an airplane too!” But its mission will be vital. The drones, manufactured by Zipline, will deliver blood and, later, rabies vaccines to remote Rwandan health clinics. A small paperboard box filled with the life-saving medical supplies fits …

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Samsung first off the block with 4K Blu

If you’ve been one of the many Australians wondering how to get 4K content for the 4K TV they bought recently, Samsung may have a solution. The company is the first in Australia to begin selling an home entertainment device capable of playing the new run of 4K Blu-ray discs. The Samsung UBD-K8500 Ultra HD Blu-ray player is now available …

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