April, 2018

• 2 April

  Fortnite for iOS no longer requires an invite

  

  Good news, gamers! (Bad news, parents of easily distracted schoolchildren.)  Roughly two weeks after it first launched on iOS in an invite-only beta, the free-to-play gaming sensation Fortnite is now available to  anyone who owns a recent iPhone or iPad. You no longer need an invite to get in on the action. Works with: iPhone …

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• 2 April

  Google Doodle celebrates English inventor John Harrison

  

  If you don’t already, it’s time to get to know English inventor John Harrison. To mark April 3, John Harrison’s 325th birthday, Google is celebrating the man behind the first marine chronometer to calculate longitude at sea. To honor him, Google shows the inventor hard at work with his clock-making tools in Tuesday’s Doodle. Born in 1693, Harrison lived in …

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• 2 April

  Why you shouldn’t expect great HDR from a projector

  

  High dynamic range is the latest tech trend in the TV world, with its brighter highlights and lavish colors. It produces a more dramatic improvement in image quality than 4K resolution, especially on a high-end TV. But if you consider TVs too small and prefer the huge images produced by projectors, I have some bad news.  A bunch of new …

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• 2 April

  Apple Macs may use own chips, drop Intel’s, as early as 2020

  

  Apple may start using its own chips in Mac computers as soon as 2020. The company is in the early stages of creating its own processors for the MacBook and iMac, which currently run on Intel chips, according to unnamed sources speaking to Bloomberg on Monday.   Should this happen, the Mac computer line would have a similar processor strategy to the …

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• 2 April

  Panera website leaked customer data for months, report says

  

  Customer information was up for grabs on the Panera Bread website for at least eight months, according to a report from cybersecurity writer Brian Krebs.  A flaw in the website meant that anyone who knew where to look could find customer names, email addresses, birthdays and the last four digits of payment cards, as well as phone numbers and physical …

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• 2 April

  Zuckerberg on Tim Cook’s dig: ‘Not at all aligned with the truth’

  

  Apple CEO Tim Cook maybe be unfriending Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg after he hears some of the quotes from a new interview Zuckerberg did with Vox.com editor at large Ezra Klein. In the just-published interview, Zuckerberg responds strongly to Cook’s criticisms of Facebook’s business model, which in turn come from an upcoming MSNBC interview, which is set to air on …

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• 2 April

  Acer’s slimmest desktop ever is barely there

  

  We’ve been in a fight for the title of thinnest laptop for years. Some systems have even slimmed down to under 10mm, such as the new Acer Swift 7, which claims to be the world’s thinnest at 8.98mm thick. But we rarely hear about how thin a desktop computer is. And once again it’s Acer hoping to kickstart that conversation, with …

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• 2 April

  Save $50 on a VersaDesk powered standing desk

  

  CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Desk goes up, desk goes down. Desk goes up, desk goes down. VersaDesk Cheeps! I’m on leave till …

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• 2 April

  Facebook Spaces changes up its VR avatar system

  

  Facebook Spaces – Spend Quality Time Together, Wherever You Are We’re excited to announce that this week we’re rolling out new, fully redesigned avatars in Facebook Spaces that are more expressive and customizable than ever! Get a preview of the new avatar styles with a new Facebook Spaces video! Posted by Facebook Spaces on Monday, April 2, 2018 The Facebook …

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• 2 April

  The best drones available today

  

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