Thursday, January 5, 2017

Apple working with Consumer Reports to pin down inconsistent MacBook Pro battery test results and other top stories.

  • Apple working with Consumer Reports to pin down inconsistent MacBook Pro battery test results

    Apple working with Consumer Reports to pin down inconsistent MacBook Pro battery test results
    On December 22nd, Consumer Reports said it could not recommend the MacBook Pro — a first for a Mac laptop. It caused a stir! Consumer Reports' reasoning was simple: it got wildly inconsistent battery test results every time it tried to test multiple ...
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  • FBI looks into Chinese hack targeting federal insurance

    FBI looks into Chinese hack targeting federal insurance
    The FBI isn't commenting, and the Chinese government tells Reuters that it's "very hard" to determine where an attack came from without evidence. You're not about to get firm answers about those hacks, we're afraid. However, there's no doubt that online security is still an ongoing problem. Official disclosures show that there were 159 instances of unauthorized access in the FDIC's fiscal 2015, 20 of which were data breaches.The corporation is fixing at least some of the underlying problems. It..
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  • Firefox will support Windows XP and Vista until September 2017

    Firefox will support Windows XP and Vista until September 2017
    This doesn't mean that Firefox will stop working on XP or Vista in September, of course. But when security flaws are hard to avoid, it'll be impractical to keep using Firefox on those platforms when you could remain permanently vulnerable to exploits. There aren't likely to be many people who both run a 10-year-old operating system and care enough about their web experience to use a recent browser, so the impact may be limited. However, it's still a big deal if you're stuck on a work PC or o..
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  • Popular mobile game 'Pokemon Go' lands on Apple Watch

    Popular mobile game 'Pokemon Go' lands on Apple Watch
    Published: 12/25/16 07:11 am EST. The popular mobile game "Pokemon Go" is now available on the Apple Watch, squashing rumors that the game's maker was scrapping such plans.The game involves catching digital pocket monsters in an augmented-reality version of your surroundings. The Apple Watch version will let you discover nearby Pokemon and collect special items, such as potions, from nearby "PokeStops." But once you encounter a Pokemon, you will need to use your iPhone to catch it.Still, the A..
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  • 'Star Citizen' Switches To Amazon Game Engine After Over Four Years In Development

    'Star Citizen' Switches To Amazon Game Engine After Over Four Years In Development
    Cloud Imperium Games, the developer behind Star Citizen, is switching into a new game engine after already spending four years in development. Star Citizen, the spiritual successor to the Wing Commander series and the single biggest crowdfunding initiative of all time, is switching from the CryEngine of Crytek into Lumberyard by Amazon. Also switching into the new game engine is Squadron 42, which is the game's single-player mode. Star Citizen Switching To Lumberyard "Lumberyard provides ground..
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  • 2016 was the year that Facebook tried to take over the world

    2016 was the year that Facebook tried to take over the world
    Even though it debuted a whole year after Periscope and Meerkat, Facebook Live is by far the dominant force today in mobile live video. Part of the reason for its success is sheer name recognition, but a lot of it also has to do with how hard the company has been pushing it. From day one, you could broadcast and view live videos from the main app, without having to download additional software. What's more, Facebook also took pains to pay news outlets and media companies to use its live video s..
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  • Tesla In 2017: Model 3, New Autopilot, Solar Roof And Other Developments Expected From The Company

    Tesla In 2017: Model 3, New Autopilot, Solar Roof And Other Developments Expected From The Company
    It wouldn’t be wrong to say that 2016 was a bit of a rollercoaster for Tesla. The company ventured into electricity generation with its Solar Roof tiles, moved closer to fully autonomous cars with Autopilot 2.0 and started the construction of its Gigafactory — which will be the largest production facility in the world when completed, but it also had to go through troubles as its share price kept fluctuating due to the uncertainty around its merger with SolarCity.The year 2017 is expected to be t..
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  • Super Mario Run Become Most Popular Free App On iTunes, Followed By Snapchat

    Super Mario Run Become Most Popular Free App On iTunes, Followed By Snapchat
    Super Mario Run, according to parent Nintendo, is a game you can "play with one hand". The character runs wild in the new version, from course to course, and jump to jump, not entirely unlike earlier versions of the game which dates back to 1981. The latest version is so successful it is the top free download on Apple's (AAPL) iTunes.Super Mario Run is ahead of several other games, and some of the most popular online products in the world. Two other games on the list of the top 10 downloads are ..
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Suspect arrested in racist vandalism of Cincinnati home .It's time the Cubs embrace their true identity: baseball superpower .
Cincinnati hires Luke Fickell as head coach .Luke Fickell agrees to fill Cincinnati coaching vacancy .

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