Border control officers violated an Apple employee’s rights as a US citizen when they detained him for an hour and demanded that he unlock his iPhone and Mac for their scrutiny, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a civil complaint filed Tuesday. Andreas Gal, who founded an AI startup Apple acquired after stepping down as CTO …
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Apple may make the AirPods, but lest anyone forget, it’s the owner of another headphone company, Beats, which now has its own true wireless competitor, the Powerbeats Pro. Scheduled to ship in May in both the US and international markets, the Powerbeats Pro carry a list price of $250 (£220, $AU350) and are available in four color options. I haven’t …
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Do you need a workstation CPU? That’s the main question you need to answer before shelling out $5,000 (£4,899, AU$7,299) for the entry-level configuration of the Apple iMac Pro rather than a top-level configuration of the new iMac. There are other considerations, but the CPU is ultimately what the decision comes down to. Because the iMac is now powerful enough …
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The Galaxy S10 Plus (and the Galaxy S10 family in general) have received a ton of attention in recent months, and with good reason. However, the arrival of the Huawei P30 Pro steals some of the limelight. The two cell phones share many of the same features: water resistance with IP68 certification, wireless charging, reversible charging, Android Pie, an octa-core processor, …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple’s biggest flops, including AirPower, Bendgate and Apple Maps. Here comes Burger King’s Impossible Whopper. A look at last week’s Apple TV Plus event. Now playing: Watch this: AirPower is just one of Apple’s many blunders (The 3:59,… 5:18 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …
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Apple last week did something it rarely ever does: It canceled an already announced project. Specifically, AirPower, a wireless charging pad that would charge up the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods all at once. After 18 months, not a single AirPower device saw the light of day. The unexpected death of AirPower is an uncommon occurrence for Apple, which so carefully …
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Google Inbox is dead. Long live Google Inbox! As of today, Google’s beloved email app Inbox is no more. Fans loved it because it took a different approach to managing email by breaking out messages into different categories instead of one long list, as Gmail does. It’s a downright shame that it’s gone. But before you gnash your teeth in …
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Larger screened iPads are perfect fits for good-quality keyboard cases. Logitech’s newest case for the top-end iPad Pro models, the Slim Folio Pro, could be a solid choice for anyone not willing to pay $180 to $200 for Apple’s own Smart Keyboard Folio. At $120 or $130 (for the 11- or 12.9-inch versions), they’re $60 to $70 less expensive than …
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The Galaxy S10 Plus added two new lenses to its already impressive camera array (one on the back and one on the front) and some useful software features that might just give it an extra edge on the competition. I took the S10 Plus on a weeklong photo shoot alongside the iPhone XS Max, another camera giant, to find out …
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Apple has released the fifth-generation iPad Mini. So, of course, the repair experts at iFixit needed to tear it apart. The new 7.9 inch tablet, launched two weeks ago, sticks to its roots as a revamp of the iPad Mini 4, according to iFixit’s teardown published Tuesday. One notable change is the battery connector design, which could prevent people trying to …
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