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May, 2018

  • 2 May

    When it comes to Apple’s iPhone X sales, Wall Street got it wrong

    Turns out the iPhone X isn’t too pricey after all. That’s one major takeaway from Apple’s earnings report Tuesday. The company, which many feared would report dismal iPhone sales and offer a soft sales forecast for the current quarter, ended up surprising just about everybody — even Apple executives.  iPhone unit sales, while not soaring, …

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  • 2 May

    Facebook fires employee accused of stalking women

    Facebook confirmed on Wednesday it has fired a security engineer accused of using company resources to stalk women online. The accusations against the unnamed employee were lodged Sunday by Jackie Stokes, the founder of Spyglass Security. Stokes reported the issue to Facebook, which investigated the issue “as a matter of urgency.” “It’s important that people’s information is kept secure and private …

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  • 2 May

    Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Elements $80 today only at B&H

    Adobe’s entry-level photo-and-video editing duo, Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 2018, offers all the basics you need, and for the next 14 or so hours you can get the downloadable version (Mac or Windows) from B&H Photo at almost half off; I’ve only seen the price there, with most retailers offering it for the normal $150.   Don’t confuse it …

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  • 2 May

    This 11

    When reruns are on TV, what do you do? If you’re like me, you accept destiny and continue to laze about on the couch. If you’re Yuma Soerianto, you start a whole new career. Currently Yuma has seven apps in Apple’s App Store. He learned how to code five years ago, finding it a more entertaining alternative to watching TV …

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  • 2 May

    A day after Oculus Go, Facebook demos next

    Facebook’s new mobile standalone VR headset, Oculus Go, is here. But the future involves more advanced hardware with displays that make VR look a lot better. On Wednesday, Facebook teased us with one such future device. A virtual-reality prototype headset, referred to internally at Facebook as Half Dome, could advance VR technology past some of its key frustrations, like tunnel-vision …

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  • 2 May

    Confirmed: LG V30S ThinQ costs $930 in the US

    The LG V30S ThinQ will start at $930 once it’s released in the US in the near future. (That converts to about £685 or AU$1,235.) LG confirmed to CNET that the preorder price — previously spotted at B&H Photo by Android Police — is official. The V30S ThinQ was announced in February at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona. …

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  • 2 May

    Nokia to sell Withings health division back to original founder

    Nokia is in discussions to sell its health division Withings back to its original co-founder and chairman Éric Carreel, the company announced on Wednesday. The planned sale is part of Nokia’s honed focus on becoming a business-to-business and licensing company, it said in a press release. The deal is expected to close towards the end of June. Nokia purchased the …

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  • 2 May

    When’s the best time to buy a TV, laptop or smartphone?

    Don’t you just hate it when you buy something new, only for it to be obsolete a week later? In the world of tech, this is bound to happen. New products are released, sometimes without warning, all the time. However, you can protect yourself somewhat by keeping in mind when new products are due to arrive on the market. Maybe …

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  • 2 May

    An Apple Watch credited for saving a teen’s life

    A Florida teenager may have ended up in the hospital, but things could’ve reportedly been a lot worse if she wasn’t wearing her Apple Watch, according to local news station ABC WFTS Tampa Bay. According to a reported statement by the family, 18-year-old Deanna Recktenwald was at church when her Apple Watch sent her an alert about an unusually high …

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  • 2 May

    Pentagon bans sale of Huawei, ZTE phones on US military bases

    The Pentagon has banned the sale of Huawei and ZTE phones on US military bases worldwide, the US Department of Defense confirmed to CNET on Wednesday. The ban is based on the potential security threat the Pentagon believes the phones from the China-based companies may pose. It’s the latest move in an ongoing crackdown on the two companies by the US government, which is suspicious that they …

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