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Crying Tintin cartoon blankets social media after deadly Brussels terror attacks

Tintin is crying. The popular Belgian cartoon character from Georges Remi’s “The Adventures of Tintin” has become a symbol of the world’s reaction to Tuesday’s deadly terror attacks in Brussels, as social media users share the image of him crying. The images often include the hashtag #JeSuisBruxelles or “I am Brussels,” harkening back to another …

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How to update your Apple TV to tvOS 9.2

There’s a new software update available for fourth-generation Apple TV boxes. Apple on Monday announced tvOS version 9.2. The latest software update adds a variety of new features to the Apple TV that help make it easier to use. You can now organize apps into folders, pair a Bluetooth keyboard, enter text using Siri, and view photos from your iCloud …

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Apple ‘Renews’ its environmental push

Now playing: Watch this: Apple reveals recycling robot 1:35 Apple is ramping up its environmental push, including the creation of a robot that disassembles your old iPhone for easier reuse. Two years ago, the tech giant said it wanted to be 100 percent energy-renewable in its worldwide operations. Currently, 93 percent of its facilities run on renewable energy, said Lisa …

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Apple TV update 9.2 supports keyboards, folders, voice dictation and iCloud photos

While Apple dukes it out over iPhone security with the FBI, its far-less-controversial Apple TV box is set to get incrementally better with the latest free software update. In CEO Tim Cook’s remarks from Apple’s event today he touted the fact that the Apple TV app store has more than 5,000 apps. He mentioned a special March Madness app, exclusive …

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What’s the ‘SE’ in iPhone SE? Our top guesses

Update: 10:53 a.m. PT, March 22 — Apple’s Phil Schiller told Fortune “SE” stands for “Special Edition,” and that for him personally, it’s also an homage to the Macintosh SE, so I guess that means two of my guesses below were kind of right. Apple has a new iPhone. It’s smaller, it’s cheaper, it’s called the iPhone SE and CEO …

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Stop your gadgets from keeping you awake at night

Have a hard time falling asleep? It might be time to stop falling asleep with your gadgets. Study after study after study has shown that light given off by electronics affects our sleep health. The consensus is that the blue light that LED screens give off can slow or halt the production of melatonin, the hormone that signals our brain …

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How to enable Night Shift in iOS 9.3

Now playing: Watch this: Turn on Night Shift in iOS 9.3 0:40 iOS 9.3 ushers in several big new features, including something that Apple hopes will help you sleep better. Called Night Shift, this new tool aims to cut down on eye strain and sleeplessness you might get when you’re tucked into bed with your iPhone or iPad. According to …

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iPhone SE, iPad Pro 9.7

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone SE and new iPad Pro: CNET Editors react 2:30 When Apple invites you to its campus for an announcement, you know it’s going to be low-key. Intimate, for its almost-40th birthday on April 1. And today’s announcements prove the rule, with two technically unremarkable but likely consumer-friendly smaller additions to its iPhone and iPad lineups: …

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Where to find the Windows Spotlight photos

Windows 10 is keeping your lock screen sexy with its curated, personalized slideshow of images in Windows Spotlight (assuming you have Windows Spotlight turned on), but what about your desktop background? You’re probably wondering where you can find some of those pretty Spotlight images for personal use — after all, they must be stored on your device somewhere, right? On …

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