The Tyrannosaurus rex is sick of all you puny humans joking about his small arms. He could make a lot of jokes about your pathetic weight and pitiable stomping ability. (Pretty impressive work wasting that anthill. Now watch me take out this Velociraptor egg nest.) Related stories Giant animatronic dinosaur falls into burning ring of …
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September, 2016
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9 September
Apple Music’s mega
Spotify started streaming Frank Ocean’s blockbuster record “Blonde” Friday, after its main rival Apple held onto it as an exclusive for nearly three weeks. Apple Music has been the only on-demand streaming service with “Blonde” since it was released August 20. The exclusive was a dunk for Apple; the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and …
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9 September
Why your AT&T iPhone 7 won’t work well on Verizon’s network
You won’t see an “Intel Inside” sticker on your new iPhone 7 the way you do on Windows laptops, but it appears Apple picked the company to supply an important chip for its newest phone. Some models of the Apple’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will use an Intel modem, a critical chip that handles the radio communications linking phones …
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9 September
‘Captain America: Civil War’ Lego parody pits Tony Stark against Steve Rogers
When Iron Man and Captain America have a difference of opinion — which is quite often — there are bound to be entertaining verbal jabs and physical punches. In the latest Marvel movie, “Captain America: Civil War,” the fight between superheroes Tony Stark and Steve Rogers turns personal and drags in additional members of the Avengers and possible new enemies. …
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9 September
Apple won’t crack the Chinese market with the iPhone 7
Response to the iPhone 7 has been mixed. It looks to be a great phone, but the incremental nature of its advances from the excellent iPhone 6S have left some underwhelmed. It’ll sell millions in the US, Europe, Australia and the rest of Apple’s established markets. But what about China? Apple has desperately been trying to crack open the world’s …
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9 September
New Windows 10 notifications will follow you everywhere
Windows 10 is all about keeping your devices — and your app and system notifications — synced up. The main hub for all of this informative activity is the action center, which you can find by clicking on the small taskbar icon located to the right of the clock. The new action center is basically the Windows 10 version of …
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9 September
Apple Music vs. Spotify: Guess who’s winning now
Apple wants to wow audiences over the progress of its music service, but perhaps it’s Spotify that really deserves your slow clap. Cupertino, California-based Apple boasted at its iPhone 7 launch event on Wednesday that its Apple Music subscription-streaming service had accumulated 17 million paying members since it launched in June 2015. It added 2 million in less than three …
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9 September
Pokemon Go must be banned in India, petitioner tells high court
And you thought the danger from Pokemon Go was of bumping into things because you weren’t watching where you were going. In India, the ills of the wildly popular game could be more nefarious. That’s the gist of a petition (known as a “public interest litigation,” or PIL) filed Thursday in the Gujarat High Court that seeks to ban Pokemon …
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9 September
Microsoft bringing immersive content to its Edge browser
Microsoft’s new Edge browser is the latest product that will give you something interesting to do with your VR headset. The company announced Friday that its Edge browser, which is bundled in Windows 10, is getting experimental support for WebVR — a developing standard that allows websites to support virtual reality headsets like the high-end Oculus Rift or the much …
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9 September
iPhone 7 preorders kick off without much of a hitch
Here’s something new for the iPhone 7: a smoother preorder process. Apple’s phone was supposed to go on sale at 12:01 a.m. PT Friday, with the first buyers slated to get their devices September 16. This year, consumers had to wait an extra 10 minutes before Apple’s online store allowed them to begin ordering. Even then, the most popular models …
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