October, 2017

• 16 October

  What the heck is a 5G network?

  

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• 15 October

  Apple gets a Harvey Weinstein joke on SNL

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Apple’s new emojis linked to Harvey Weinstein. SNL/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET As film producer Harvey Weinstein became society’s latest scourge, Apple reportedly canceled two series produced by the company that used to employ him. Yet on “Saturday Night Live,” Cupertino couldn’t quite get away …

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• 15 October

  Facebook offers every UK high school an anti

  

  Facebook committed to an anti-bullying strategy on Monday that will see it offer every secondary school in the UK a dedicated digital safety ambassador. The commitment is an expansion of its existing program run along with youth charities Childnet and The Diana Award that trains young people to provide peer-to-peer offline support for online bullying. Up to 4,500 schools could …

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• 14 October

  How to watch the 2017 MLB playoffs

  

  In the American League Championship Series, MLB’s shortest player and MVP candidate (Jose Altuve at 5 feet 6 inches) leads the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees, who employ MLB’s tallest player and MVP candidate (all rise for the 6 feet 7 inches tall Aaron Judge). Meanwhile, in the National League, baseball’s best pitcher, Clayton Kershaw, and the Los …

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• 14 October

  Magnepan’s wall

  

  I love small speakers, I really do, but the sound of the best of them never approaches the size of real instruments. Big, statuesque tower speakers get closer, but to my ears only flat panel speakers, thanks to their larger sound radiating areas convey scale better than other speaker types. The all-new Magnepan 30.7 projects a wall of sound like …

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• 14 October

  Jack Dorsey: Twitter to get ‘more aggressive’ policing tweets

  

  In response to a high-profile protest against Twitter, CEO Jack Dorsey said the social network will up its game when it comes to monitoring content and policing hateful and harassing tweets. Dorsey took to Twitter on Friday night to post a string of tweets about “critical” policy decisions he said the company had made earlier Friday. Twitter will take a …

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• 14 October

  Apple could bring Face ID to all 2018 iPhones

  

  Apple’s Face ID will make its debut on the iPhone X on Nov. 3, and it looks like the new tech may be here to stay. According to KGI Securities analyst and known Apple commentator Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors), all 2018 iPhones will likely have Face ID.  Thanks to Apple’s TrueDepth camera system, the X gets all sorts of new tricks like Face …

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• 14 October

  FM radio on your phone: Here’s everything you need to know

  

  You can get FM radio in your car, so how come you can’t get it on your phone? Well, here’s a news flash: You probably can.   Most smartphones include integrated chipsets that offer a variety of wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio. But until a few years ago, device manufacturers disabled the function — often at …

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• 14 October

  The iPhone

  

  Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Just what you’ve always wanted. And needed. Cooler Cannon/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There I was on a pleasantly warm Saturday, watching the MLB playoffs, when Cheddar tossed me this.  It’s a cooler that may well incite tailgaters to raptures they’ll never reach during the …

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• 14 October

  RIP Windows Mobile, new Oculus and Kindle

  

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