September, 2017

• 28 September

  Russia still using Twitter to divide America

  

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• 28 September

  Amazon unveils new Echo range, Apple addresses Face ID security

  

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• 27 September

  Sprint turns drones into cell towers

  

  Sprint is taking cell service airborne by mounting lightweight cellular radios to drones. The wireless carrier said this week that it has successfully adapted its Magic Box signal boosting technology to fit on a drone and provide temporary cell coverage over as many as 10 square miles. The company tested the setup, which uses a lighter version of the mini …

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• 27 September

  Paul Horner, fake

  

  Paul Horner, a leading peddler of fake news and internet hoaxes during the 2016 election, has died at the age of 38. Horner was discovered dead in his bed on Sept. 18, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Casey said in a statement Wednesday. Casey said evidence found at the scene southwest of Phoenix suggested Horner died of an accidental …

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• 27 September

  AK

  

  What if you could take a consumer drone, douse it with growth serum, and make it big enough to fly around in? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superdrone! That’s a brainstorm that seems to have occurred to a good number of people — including, now, the makers of the AK-47 assault rifle. Kalashnikov Concern, part of Russian defense …

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• 27 September

  Is iPhone X’s Face ID secure? Apple takes on lingering questions

  

  Apple on Wednesday released a technical white paper that offers a breakdown of the security behind Face ID, its new facial recognition tech. For now the iPhone X will be Apple’s only device using Face ID, but the authentication tool has already raised concerns on multiple fronts. Sen. Al Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota, wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier this …

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• 27 September

  6 tech tips to elevate your tailgate party

  

  Ah, football season. There’s only one thing that could make it better: gadgets. Here are some tech ideas you can use to elevate a tailgate party to the next level. 1. Take advantage of Google Assistant Google Assistant at home or on your phone can get you ready for Sunday. For example, it can help you plan what to wear …

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• 27 September

  Get an unlocked 128GB iPhone 7 for $499.99

  

  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! Go ahead, get it wet; the iPhone 7 is water-resistant. James Martin/CNET Cheeps! You still have time to …

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• 27 September

  How to put a sleep timer shortcut on your Mac desktop

  

  If you ever find yourself in a situation where you want to shut down your Mac after a time-consuming process has finished, such as downloading and installing updates, or exporting a video, what you need is a shutdown timer. A few applications for this exist in the Mac App Store, such as Timer Boom and the aptly named Shutdown Timer. But you don’t …

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• 27 September

  How to use iCloud Drive’s new sharing features

  

  With MacOS High Sierra and iOS 11, iCloud Drive is finally catching up with Dropbox and Google Drive in terms of sharing ability. You will need to convince your collaborators to start using iCloud Drive, however, if you want to share files on Apple‘s cloud service, a dubious proposition given the head start that both Dropbox and Google Drive enjoy. …

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