April, 2018

• 21 April

  AT&T, Time Warner merger trial: What’s happened so far

  

  AT&T and Time Warner are done making their case that the US government needs to get out of the way of their marriage. AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, and John Stankey, the AT&T executive in charge of the merger, all took the stand this week to defend the $85 …

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• 21 April

  Apple replacing batteries for MacBook Pro laptops without the Touch Bar

  

  Apple is replacing batteries on a number of MacBook Pro laptops. As first spotted by MacRumors, Apple said on Friday that certain 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops without the Touch Bar, made between October 2016 and 2017, have a component that could cause the computer’s built-in battery to swell. Apple said it’s not a safety issue, but anyone with an affected …

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• 21 April

  Has Q Acoustics made its Elac killers?

  

  Things are tough at the “bottom” — that is, the budget end of hi-fi — with many, many parties vying for supremacy including Elac, Pioneer and Q Acoustics. But could the new Q Acoustics 3000i range be the one to clinch the crown? Q Acoustics’ “i” update to its 3000 range comes with three new budget-level speakers, which the the …

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• 21 April

  Why this headphone website’s year

  

  I met Andrew Lissimore at an audio show last year, and we immediately hit if off, probably because we share a common interest in turning people on to great headphones.  Lissimore does it with his sales site, Headphones.com. It obviously has a lot of competition on the web, but Lissimore has a secret weapon: he sells headphones with a 365-day …

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• 21 April

  TP

  

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• 21 April

  Google wants to kill SMS texting, Tim Cook says iPads and Macs aren’t merging

  

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• 20 April

  LG hits snag in supplying new Apple iPhone screens

  

  Apple doesn’t want to be so reliant on Samsung for its phone screens, but it’s run into a problem. The Wall Street Journal reports that LG Display, who Apple wants to use as a second source of its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screens in its new phones, is having manufacturing issues. LG Display has fallen behind schedule and Apple is …

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• 20 April

  iPhone SE 2 won’t have a headphone jack

  

  A few days ago rumors popped up that Apple will release an iPhone SE 2 in the near future, but it looks like lovers of the smaller, cheaper iPhone will have to live without a headphone jack. According to the Japanese blog Macotakara, quoting case makers at a phone show who claimed to have seen the new phone, the outside …

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• 20 April

  Your phone could be used to detect lies

  

  Researchers are finding ways to turn your phone into a lie detector. A new machine learning algorithm developed by computer scientists at the University of Copenhagen can identify honesty — and dishonesty — by analyzing how you swipe or tap a smartphone. Dishonest interactions often take longer and involve more hand movement than honest ones, according to a research paper …

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• 20 April

  Got $240? Get unlimited mobile service for a year

  

  Psst. You with the phone. How does a $20-per-month service plan sound? With unlimited everything and 5GB of LTE data? Pretty great, right? Here’s the catch: You have to pay for a full year up front. So pony up $240 right now and you’re good to go until April, 2019. You may think I’m talking about Mint SIM, a mobile …

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