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Airbnb introduces policy to combat discrimination

Following months of complaints that Airbnb has a discrimination problem, the online home-sharing service is responding to the matter. San Francisco-based Airbnb has released a 32-page report (PDF) focusing on a new nondiscrimination policy, the company announced by way of a blog post Thursday. The new policy includes asking users to agree to a “community commitment” that could go into …

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How to preorder the iPhone 7

Just moments ago, after months of rumors, Apple made the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus official, complete with an upgraded camera, pressure-sensitive home button and no headphone jack. Yes, Apple just started what may be the death of analog audio. In addition to what had been rumored for months, the iPhone 7 has a few things none of its …

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Raspberry Pi passes 10M in sales, new starter kit announced

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has reached a big new milestone: It has sold 10 million Raspberry Pi computers over the past four and a half years. The low-priced ($35, £24, AU$49) device was originally intended to help teach kids about programing. As it turned out, hobbyists have also used it for a variety of creative do-it-yourself project. “We thought our …

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Android Pay banks on Chase, Santander for new users

As of Wednesday, Android Chase customers can use their Chase Visa cards with Android Pay, the mobile payment system for the OS announced in May 2015. Chase was one of the first US banks on board when Apple Pay was announced in September 2014, and added support for Samsung Pay on Samsung Galaxy devices in November 2015. (A full list …

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The iPhone 7 Plus camera is ‘Apple’s best’ but what does that mean?

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 7 Plus gets dual cameras 1:53 Apple has introduced the first truly major update to its iPhone camera that promises an improvement in photo quality beyond the incremental annual changes (beyond ancillary updates, such as flash or image stabilization) since the original model. The iPhone 7 Plus brings new capabilities — some more accurately described …

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