Disney’s CEO says social media has become a medium for hatred. While receiving the Humanitarian Award at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s National Tribute Dinner on Wednesday, Bob Iger criticized social media for letting people spread hate. “Hitler would have loved social media,” Iger said, according to Variety. “It’s the most powerful marketing tool an extremist …
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11 April
LinkedIn ‘reactions’ lets you express curiosity, love and other emotions
LinkedIn users worldwide will soon be able to do more than just “like” a post on the business-oriented social network. On Thursday, the company said that it’s rolling out five “reactions” to let you express a wider range of emotions. Those include like, celebrate, love, insightful and curious. Users tap and hold on the like button displayed in a post …
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11 April
Leaked photos show new OnePlus 7 Pro phone, has Samsung
Editors’ Note, May 14, 2019: CNET’s OnePlus 7 Pro review is here. Read more about the new phone from OnePlus. Supposed images of an upcoming OnePlus phone were leaked yesterday on the Chinese social networking site Weibo. The account that posted it, which goes by the username IT Station, uploaded two photos: one that included the phone’s edge, which …
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Uber files for an IPO possibly worth $120 billion
Uber, the highest valued private company in the world, just filed to go public. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing company filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for its initial public offering. It reportedly plans to sell about $10 billion worth of stock, which would make it one of the largest US tech IPOs ever coming in at an …
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11 April
Acer Chromebook 715, 714 are ready to fly business class for $499
Acer’s pushing hard into the corporate world with its latest Chromebooks. At its Next@Acer press event in New York Thursday, the PC maker announced the new 15.6-inch Chromebook 715 and 14-inch Chromebook 714. Both feature premium all-aluminum chassis with military-grade durability to survive drops from up to 48 inches (122 cm) and downward force up to 132 pounds (60 kg). …
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Apple doubles the suppliers committed to 100% clean energy
It’s not just Apple going green. Many of its suppliers also are making a vow to run on renewable energy. Apple early Thursday morning said it has nearly doubled the number of suppliers — now totaling 44 — that have committed to running their Apple production on 100% clean energy. Because of that, Apple will also beat its aim of …
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11 April
New Acer Predator Helios 700 adds HyperDrift keyboard to keep things cool
At its annual global press conference, Acer showed off new Chromebooks along with an entirely new line of computers for creatives, called Concept D. But some of the most interesting announcements were from the Predator Helios gaming line. The new Helios 700 looks and feels a lot like previous Helios laptops, at least at first. But with a quick hand …
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Google and Huawei to pay Nexus 6P owners for bootloop issues in class
After Google partnered with Huawei to launch the Nexus 6P in 2015, many users of the phone experienced bootloop issues. Now, the two companies have preliminary agreed to pay Nexus 6P users who suffered from this issue in a class-action lawsuit, according to The Verge. The suit first began on April 2017 and the companies could pay up to $9.75 …
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The Galaxy A80 has three reversible cameras and no notch
Samsung has unveiled a phone in its midrange Galaxy A series that features a new reversible camera system, the Galaxy A80. The phone’s sole camera array automatically flips around when toggled into selfie mode and consists of a 48-megapixel main camera, an 8-megapixel ultrawide and a time-of-flight sensor. The latter of which can be used for facial recognition and depth mapping for better …
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Galaxy Fold, one of the most exciting devices we’ve seen, arrives in two weeks
Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. The Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s first foldable phone, blew the top off the mobile industry when we first heard of it in February. Since then, this foldable device, which we’ve never seen in person (this YouTube video might be it), has been beset …
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