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Mac Pro will finally get a reboot! (The 3:59, Ep. 204)

Remember the Mac Pro? You’d be forgiven if you didn’t. The little cylindrical desktop powerhouse hasn’t gotten an update in more than three years, but Apple confirmed that a new one is coming in 2018. In the meantime, the company bumped the specifications on its current Mac Pro lineup and confirmed that it would be refreshing its iMac this year. …

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How our 911 emergency call system can fail us

The babysitter of six-month-old Brandon Alex was frantically trying to reach 911. But that night in March, more than 400 calls flooded the 911 center in Dallas. Two attempts went by without connecting with an operator. Once the babysitter got through to an operator, she was on hold for 31 minutes, Brandon’s mother, Bridget, told a local CBS station in …

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