October, 2021

• 25 October

  Facebook Papers: The biggest takeaways from the leaked documents

  

  When former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen unmasked herself earlier this month as the whistleblower who leaked company research calling into question its motives, it was clear she had major trust issues with her former employer.  “The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was …

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• 25 October

  The AirPods 3 case may look the same as the AirPods Pro’s, but there are 2 big differences

  

  The $179 AirPods 3 look a lot more like the AirPods Pro than previous AirPods, and that holds true for both the earbuds and their case. Despite these similarities, there are some important discrepancies between the MagSafe charging case for the AirPods 3 and the one that comes with the AirPods Pro.  The most significant difference is that the new AirPods …

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• 25 October

  Apple’s WatchOS 8.1 update lets you keep your COVID vaccination card on your wrist

  

  Apple released WatchOS 8.1 on Monday along with MacOS Monterey and iOS 15.1. WatchOS 8.1 is the first update to the WatchOS 8, which launched in September. The new update for the Apple Watch includes support to house your vaccination card in the Wallet app, bug fixes, enhanced fall detection and Fitness Plus with SharePlay support, according to a report from MacRumors. CNET …

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• 25 October

  MacBook Pro ports: All the things you can now plug into your new laptop

  

  Apple gave longtime MacBook Pro owners some good news at its October launch event: the return of several beloved connectivity ports that had previously been stripped out, including the MagSafe charger (no, not like on the iPhone), plus an SD card slot and an HDMI port. The changes amount to a rethinking of what you can do with your Mac, down …

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• 25 October

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  T-Mobile continues to update its network to 5G, but subsidiary Sprint’s 3G network has a few more months before it’s taken offline. The carrier originally planned to shut down its antiquated network on Jan. 1, but as part of an ongoing dispute and an escalating war of words with rival Dish it has delayed those plans. The 3G network will stay …

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• 25 October

  Google Doodle celebrates Surrealist photographer Claude Cahun

  

  Google is honoring the 127th birthday of French author and Surrealist photographer Claude Cahun on Monday. The animated Doodle features shifting black-and-white self-portraits of Cahun in the middle of the letters spelling out Google’s name.  Cahun, who was born in France in 1894, is best known for “unsettling yet playful” self-portrait photography that challenged gender and sexuality rules in the early …

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• 25 October

  Facebook plans to break out its VR, AR business

  

  Facebook didn’t get a new name as widely expected, but the social network did unveil a new reporting structure. On Monday, the social media giant said it would begin reporting results as two businesses: its core family of social networking apps and its Facebook Reality Labs, which houses its augmented and virtual reality efforts. Under the new structure, which will …

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• 25 October

  Instead of AirPods 3, you can find wireless headphones with ANC for $60 (save $40)

  

  Apple’s third-gen AirPods hit stores this week at $179, but you can get many of the highlight features of those headphones plus active noise canceling for over $120 less with this deal. The JLab Epic Air ANC True Wireless Earbuds are currently on sale at Amazon and Best Buy for $60, discounted by $40 from their $100 price. CNET’s David …

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• 25 October

  GoPro has a fix for the Hero 10 Black overheating when shooting long clips with no airflow

  

  GoPro’s Hero 10 Black camera is loaded with things that produce heat — its processor, battery pack, displays, sensors and more. Crank up the performance and those things produce even more heat. In its compact, watertight body, there’s not much place for that heat to go, especially if it’s sitting still with no airflow and continuously recording at high resolutions …

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• 25 October

  MacOS Monterey release date: Apple launches its new OS today

  

  This year marks the 20th anniversary of Apple’s MacOS operating system, and Apple celebrated with the release of MacOS Monterey on Monday, Oct. 25. Many Monterey features reflect how much technology has evolved in the past two decades, although we’re still waiting for some of the promised features in a future update. (Here’s how to download MacOS Monterey now.) Apple …

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