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The new iPad Pro can charge your iPhone

Apple unveiled new iPad Pros at its product event in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The new tablets came with a surprise: you can use them to charge your iPhone. Apple October event: Complete coverage MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pro 2018: Everything Apple just announced MacBook Air 2018 gets Retina display, Touch ID for $1,199, available Nov. 7 …

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MacBook Air 2018 adds Touch ID and gets a new security chip

Editors’ note, Nov. 1: We’ve added hands-on impressions of the new version of the MacBook Air, which starts at $1,199 and features a Retina display, Touch ID and USB-C ports. Apple introduced its biometric Touch ID feature for the new MacBook Air on Tuesday.  The tech giant unveiled the latest version of the MacBook Air at its event at the …

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Apple Smart Keyboard Folio will make your new iPad a workstation

As expected, Apple unveiled the new iPad Pro at Tuesday’s event in New York. With better graphics and more storage, it looks designed to replace your laptop. And one of its accessories will help that cause — the Smart Keyboard Folio. Apple October event: Complete coverage MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pro 2018: Everything Apple just announced MacBook Air …

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Apple iPad Pro and Mac event live blog and livestream: Watch live now

A new iPad Pro with Face ID. A replacement for the MacBook Air — finally. And maybe even a new iPad Mini for good measure. Those are just some of new items we expect from Apple at its big event later today (Tuesday, Oct. 30) in Brooklyn, New York. Last year, Apple didn’t have an October event. But for 2018, those products — …

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Apple says there are 100 million Macs out in the wild

While kicking off the Apple Event Tuesday, Tim Cook noted Macs hit a new milestone.  The Mac now has an active install base of 100 million, Cook said. He also said that more than half of Mac buyers around the world are new to Mac.  This is a developing story. Follow CNET’s live blog for real-time coverage. New iPad Pros, …

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What would you like to see at Apple’s Mac event? (The 3:59, Ep. 481)

On this podcast, we talk about: Rumors about what Apple will unveil at its Tuesday press event in Brooklyn. Walmart tests out a new store called Sam’s Club Now, which uses scan-and-go technology on your phone instead of cashiers. Now playing: Watch this: What would you like to see at Apple’s Mac event? (The… 4:54 The 3:59 gives you bite-size …

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OnePlus 6T launch: Livestream, start time, what to expect

OnePlus launched the next version of its flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 6T, today at a press event in New York. The phone will feature an in-screen fingerprint scanner, a Snapdragon 845 processor and a 6.41-inch display. It goes on sale Nov. 1 and starts at $549 and £499 (Australia pricing has not been announced, but that converts to about AU$774). In …

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Seven key upgrades the next iPad Pro needs

The next iPad Pro is likely to be the highlight of Tuesday’s Apple event in Brooklyn. While nothing is confirmed, Apple’s next tablet is widely expected to get a complete redesign in the spirit of the iPhone X: A nearly all-screen design, with tiny bezels (supposedly notchless) housing a Face ID sensor in lieu of the late, great Touch ID …

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Five biggest mysteries about Apple’s next MacBook

Editors’ note, Oct. 31: Apple has announced a new version of the MacBook Air, which starts at $1,199 and features a Retina display, Touch ID and USB-C ports. The previous version, mentioned below, remains on sale, for now, and still starts at $999. The original article, published on Oct. 29, follows. Apple is hosting a product launch event in Brooklyn on …

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Gab goes offline as GoDaddy, PayPal cut ties after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Chatter on Gab, a fringe social media site, has gone silent. Before he allegedly shot and killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, Robert Bowers spewed hatred for Jews on Gab, which has become in its two-year existence an echo chamber of racists, white nationalists, Islamophobes and anti-Semites. In one post, an account in Bowers’ name reposted a …

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