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 …
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As expected, Apple revamped and expanded its iPad Pro lineup at Tuesday’s event in Brooklyn. The premium tablets now come in three sizes: a brand-new 11-inch model that starts at $799 (£769, AU$1,229); a redesigned 12.9-inch version that now starts at $999 (£969, AU$1,529); and the 10.5-inch model from 2017 that remains priced at $649 (£619, AU$979). The new iPad Pros …
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Apple’s iOS 12.1 update arrives today iPhones and iPads, the same day the company announced its newest iPads and Macs. With iOS 12.1 you’ll be able to video chat with up to 32 of your closest friends (or not so closest, I guess) using Apple’s Group FaceTime. You’ll also be able to send more than 70 new emoji such as a llama, a face with hearts, …
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The new OnePlus 6T has already made waves by delivering a premium phone experience for close to half the cost of many premium phones. It’s not $1,000 or even $800 — it’s just $549 (about £499 or AU$774) for the 128GB model with 6GB of RAM, or $30 more for the 8GB model. Want to get the latter for just …
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Apple has given the iPad Pro its biggest makeover since first introducing the premium tablet back in 2015. After souping up the entry-level iPad in March, adding Pencil support and a faster processor but keeping the price at $329, Apple desperately needed to put the “Pro” back into the iPad Pro. Today’s update achieves that — though it also pushes the devices’ prices …
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A (rather funny) bug on the Pixel 3 XL has some users seeing double. As posted by Twitter users Jessie Burroughs, Kyle Gutschow and Judner Aura, and reported by Android Police, Google’s big-screen flagship phone is mistakenly displaying two black notches on its display instead of the standard single notch for the front-facing camera. Google confirmed that a fix for it …
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Get a 75-inch TV for $99! Get a Roku Ultra and double-lifetime Netflix subscription for £12.75! Take this drone for just AU$50! OK, maybe Black Friday hype isn’t that extreme, but this is definitely the time of year when stores fall all over themselves to whip customers into a buying frenzy. This includes not only leaking Black Friday ads well …
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Google may be planning a subscription service for Android apps and games found in its Play Store. Evidence that the search giant is developing a “Play Pass” feature was spotted by the mobile software development community XDA back in June when it noticed code containing a reference to “PLAYPASS_SUBSCRIPTION.” Over the weekend, one of XDA’s members highlighted a Google Opinion …
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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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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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