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| Sam Lionheart / iFixit: |
MacBook Pro 2018 teardown finds silicone layer under its quieter keys that is similar to Apple's patent application for protecting a keyboard from contaminants — BREAKING (July 13, 2018): Here's an inflammatory take for you: Apple's new quieter keyboard is actually a conspiracy to fix their keyboard reliability issues.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Hands-on with the top-of-the-line 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro: it's fast, keyboard is quieter with similar key travel as the 2017 model, and True Tone works well — It's a MacBook, alright — The new MacBook Pro keyboards are quieter. — We've had a top-of-the-line 15-inch MacBook Pro review unit …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
True Tone feature in 2018 MacBook Pro models extends to LG UltraFine and Apple Thunderbolt Displays, according to Apple support document published today — When using certain external monitors with the new 2018 MacBook Pro models, the built-in True Tone feature that matches the color …
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| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
Special counsel Mueller charges 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking DNC, Clinton campaign, and others and releasing their emails during 2016 election — Special counsel Robert Mueller has obtained a new indictment charging 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democrats during the 2016 presidential election.
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Tweets: @nathanielpopper, @chrisvanhollen, @arimelber, @coindesk, @reuters, @pwnallthethings, @reuters, @bradheath, @mitchellreports, @bartongellman, @samfbiddle, @alfredwkng, @a_greenberg, @therickwilson, @froomkin, @thenewnewnews, @pwnallthethings, @jbenton, @digiphile, @dnvolz, @coindesk, @brianstelter, and @ncweaver
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Bitcoin transactions tied to real purchases and email addresses used by Russian spies in Mueller's indictments show the limits of the cryptocurrency's anonymity — The indictment filed today against 12 Russian officials accused of, among other things, hacking the DNC and undermining Hillary … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
PC shipments in Q2 grew 2.7% according to IDC, while Gartner estimates 1.4% increase; both firms agree this quarter's YoY growth was the best since Q1 2012 — Gartner and IDC agree — Shipments of PCs are definitely growing, for the first time in six years.
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| Scott Thurm / Wired: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for government regulation of facial recognition, says Microsoft's ICE contract did not involve facial recognition — OVER THE PAST year, Silicon Valley has been grappling with the way it handles our data, our elections, and our speech. Now it's got a new concern: our faces.
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New York Times, The Guardian, Microsoft on the Issues, CNET, Washington Post, BetaNews, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, The Hill, ZDNet, Boing Boing, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, PYMNTS.com, The Register, East Bay Times, Mashable, Quartz, CNBC, The Verge, Forbes, Windows Central, Engadget, GeekWire, Reuters, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @drewharwell, @nytimes, @drewharwell, @russellbrandom, @bradsmi, @drewharwell, and @verge
| The Information: |
Sources: Amazon Web Services is considering selling its own networking switches to business customers, challenging companies like Cisco, Juniper, and Arista — Amazon Web Services already dominates the market for cloud services. Now, it is eyeing a part of the cloud business it doesn't already control …
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TheStreet, MarketWatch, Light Reading, Zero Hedge, Bloomberg, CRN, Mercury News, GeekWire, Business Insider, Investor's Business Daily, and CNBC
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Uber employees have filed complaints over insensitive comments about women and minorities by COO Barney Harford; Harford says he will work with a coach — SAN FRANCISCO — Barney Harford was hired late last year to help fix problems at Uber, the ride-hailing company. Instead, he has created new ones.| Rob Price / INSIDER: |
Many Facebook Groups with thousands of members openly share pirated movies, but Facebook says it does not remove the videos unless contacted by rights-holders — - Business Insider found numerous groups openly advertising illegal copies of the latest blockbuster films.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google's Phone app for Pixel and Nexus devices can now automatically filter calls that it detects to be spam and will send them directly to voicemail — Google's Phone app can now automatically filter out calls that it detects to be spam, sending them directly to voicemail.
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CNET, Neowin, Android Central, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @peterpham, @backlon, and @happicamp
| Dominik Bosnjak / AndroidHeadlines.com: |
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