Hands on: WatchOS 3 is the OS Apple always intended and other top stories.

• Hands on: WatchOS 3 is the OS Apple always intended

  

  Apple's watchOS 3 marks the company's third attempt to provide a satisfying user experience for a wrist-based screen. This version, which was unveiled at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in June and released on Tuesday, addresses long-standing issues that have marred the Apple Watch experience since the wearable arrived last year -- including slow app launch times (especially third-party apps), obsolete Complications data, odd interface choices and inaccurate heart rate data for certa..

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• How to turn off Windows Defender's enhanced notifications in Windows 10

  

  Microsoft’s Anniversary Update for Windows 10 wouldn’t be complete if there weren’t a few annoyances added to great features like Cortana integration and an improved Action Center. One such annoyance is Windows Defender's unceasing penchant for telling you what a great job it’s doing. An example of Windows Defender’s enhanced notifications. The new feature is called enhanced notifications, which amounts to Microsoft’s built-in antivirus software reporting the results of its scans. If you do..

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• Better late than never: Scientists discover amazing tool-wielding ability of nearly extinct Hawaiian crows

  

  Hawaiian crows, a species extinct in the wild, have demonstrated a remarkable skill that’s exceptionally rare in the animal kingdom: the ability to use tools.The discovery, described in Nature, means there are now two species of crow that are known to use tools — and there could be more. The other tool-wielding species, the New Caledonian crow found in the South Pacific, is famous for turning sticks into sharp pokers to probe for larvae hidden in trees.“Until our discovery, the New Caledonian ..

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• Apple confirms all iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 7 Jet Black models are sold out

  

  With just one day to go before Apple’s new iPhone 7 models hit store shelves, Apple confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch that picking up select iPhone 7 devices at Apple retail stores will be all but impossible come Friday. Specifically, Apple relayed that all iPhone 7 Plus models and all Jet Black versions of the iPhone 7 are already sold out and will not be available as a walk-in purchase. In other words, the iPhones everyone wants will not be available for purchase tomorrow. DON’T MISS:..

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• Everyone is still using their Galaxy Note 7 as Samsung fumbles its global recall

  

  Nearly two weeks after Samsung recalled the Galaxy Note 7 due to the risk of explosion, the device is still being used just as frequently by its owners. This is according to data from Apteligent, a mobile analytics company that claims "usage rate of the phone among existing users has been almost the exact same since the day of the recall." It seems not even exploding batteries can tear users away from their smartphones, but the apparent reticence of users to get rid of their faulty devices is n..

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• As Uber's robot cars hit the streets in Pittsburgh, the fears of its human drivers become a reality

  

  It turns out, with all apologies to Philip K. Dick, robot cars have no need to dream of electric sheep and can drive all night long. And this sci-fi-to-reality moment that many Uber drivers have feared was coming is now here: The ride-hailing juggernaut’s customers can now hail a self-driving Uber in Pittsburgh. But the debut of robot cars should not come as a surprise either, since Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick predicted in 2014 in an interview at the Code conference that the end o..

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• Star-mapping mission shows Milky Way to be larger than thought

  

  A new sky map from Gaia reveals 400 million stars that have never been seen before. ESA/Gaia/DPAC Star-mapping mission shows Milky Way to be larger than thought By Govert SchillingSep. 14, 2016 , 10:00 AM The Milky Way has been mapped in greater detail than ever before. And a first quick look indicates that our home galaxy is larger in extent than scientists had thought before, says Gisella Clementini, an astronomer at the Astronomical Observatory of Bologna in Italy. Today, at the Eu..

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