Infowars podcasts produced by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones were removed from Apple’s iTunes and its Podcast app on Sunday. In a statement to BuzzFeed News, Apple confirmed that the podcasts were removed for violating its guidelines on hate speech. Five of the six podcasts that Infowars creates will no longer be available for download or …
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In the wake of user complaints and multiple lawsuits concerning problems with the “butterfly switch” keyboard Apple has used in its laptops since 2016, the company may be developing new user interfaces that depend less on moving mechanical parts. iFixit / GIF by Sean Hollister/CNET The company has filed three new keyboard-related patents, Mashable reported on Monday. One of the patent …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Why prices for new flagship phones are on the rise. T-Mobile’s new, cheaper unlimited plan. A boot camp to reform teenage hackers. Now playing: Watch this: Think your smartphone is expensive? Just you wait (The… 4:44 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you …
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The next generation of Android is on its way. And you guessed it — the P is for Pie. Android Pie, the new version of Google’s mobile operating system, previously called Android P, comes first to the search giant’s Pixel smartphones starting Monday. Google initially announced a preview version of the software in March, then demoed some features at its annual I/O developer …
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DJI now has super cute drones. On Monday, the drone maker said it’s teamed up with Line Friends to create a mini drone that features the cute bear icon, Brown. The Line Friends (Brown) I Spark can do everything a standard Spark drone can do, such as quick launch, selfie taking, tracking and more. “Similar to other things we carry …
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Facebook has cracked down on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones by removing four of his pages, citing breaches of its community standards. The social media site removed the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the Infowars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page, Facebook said in a blog post Monday. The ban follows Apple’s and Spotify’s removal of his podcasts on …
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Apple might stop bundling a headphone adapter with its 2018 iPhones. According to a Barclays research note reported by MacRumors on Tuesday, the Lightning-to-3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter will not be included with the new crop of iPhone models. If true, this would be the first time Apple has removed the adapter since the company cut the headphone jack with the …
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It’s official. Apple on Thursday became worth over $1 trillion. Yes, that’s right, $1 trillion. As in $1,000,000,000,000. Shortly before 9 a.m. PT on Thursday, Apple’s stock hit $207.05 a share, giving it a market capitalization at that trillion-dollar mark. Apple — the biggest public company in the world — had 4,829,926,000 shares outstanding as of July 20, which meant its …
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Epic Games confirmed on Friday that it plans to bypass Google’s Play Store for the eagerly awaited Android launch of Fortnite, its galactically popular online shooter. Instead the developer will point visitors to its site to download and install the game. Installing an app from anywhere but the official app store is known as sideloading, and requires reducing the security …
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Huawei raised its shipment forecast to more than 200 million for the year and is aiming to become the world’s largest phone vendor by the end of 2019. The Chinese phone company projects that its shipments for 2018 will surpass its 180 million target after shipping over 95 million phones in the first half of the year, according to Reuters. …
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