Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Apple's new AirPods tough to recycle: report and other top stories.

  • Apple's new AirPods tough to recycle: report

    Apple's new AirPods tough to recycle: report
    Apple AirPods are displayed during a media event in San Francisco Thomson Reuters By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new wireless headphones could be a problem for recyclers, according to an electronics firm that took apart the device to review its component parts. Apple has been promoting a more environmentally conscious image for the company after having come under fire in the past for constructing its devices so tightly that their components ..
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  • Google Demotes Holocaust Denial and Hate Sites in Update to Algorithm

    Google Demotes Holocaust Denial and Hate Sites in Update to Algorithm
    In recent months, Google has confronted a new and unsettling trend: Its top search results for questions about the Holocaust lead to neo-Nazi sites while queries about different ethnic groups direct users to racist or inflammatory material. The company last week said it was reluctant to take action, citing a desire to preserve the integrity of the company’s algorithms, which are designed to turn up relevant information. But on Tuesday, a Google spokesperson told Fortune it is making some change..
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  • AT&T Debuts 'Call Protect' Service to Protect Against Robocalls

    AT&T Debuts 'Call Protect' Service to Protect Against Robocalls
    Someone setups a system for whatever reason(sales, scam) to dial every number and will play a automated message of your choosing if anybody picks up. If someone picks up it will usually transfer you to a person to talk to. It saves time for people operating call centers because the human workers time is not wasted dialing numbers, not getting pickups. All of this of to great annoyance to people with landlines and now with cell phones. Oh right, we get those here too, but very few and far betwe..
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  • Nintendo's mobile Mario game sets download record but pricing proves sticking point

    Nintendo's mobile Mario game sets download record but pricing proves sticking point
    By Makiko Yamazaki | TOKYO TOKYO Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.T) first Mario smartphone title has set a download record but gamers baulked at the one-time cost of unlocking content, prompting investors to push the Japanese game makers' stock to a one-month low. Super Mario Run hit 25 million downloads just four days after its Dec. 15 release in 151 countries on Apple Inc's AAPL. App Store, earning gross sales of about $21 million, showed data from app analyst Sensor Tower. But Nintendo share..
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  • Best Buy's Last Minute Holiday Deals Include $125 Off iPad Pro, Up to $200 Off Macs

    Best Buy's Last Minute Holiday Deals Include $125 Off iPad Pro, Up to $200 Off Macs
    With Christmas less than a week away, Best Buy has decided to offer some last minute holiday deals on Apple products for customers who still need to purchase a gift. Deals include discounts on the iPad Pro, the iPhone 7, and Apple's line of MacBooks. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy and may earn commissions on purchases made through these links. iPads Best Buy is discounting all 9.7-inch iPad Pro models by $125, which drops the price on the entry-level 32GB model to $47..
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  • First Click: What the hell is going on in Apple's US-based Mac Pro factory?

    First Click: What the hell is going on in Apple's US-based Mac Pro factory?
    Remember when Apple came out with its six-guns a blazin' to announce its Mac Pro and a return to US manufacturing? It was a big deal for much of 2013 and 2014, accompanied by a lot of flag-waving bombast and back-patting bravado. But then Apple fell ...
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  • Twitter is 'toast' and the stock is not even worth $10: Analyst

    Twitter is 'toast' and the stock is not even worth $10: Analyst
    Twitter was courted by a number of potential acquirers earlier this year, including Salesforce, but talks ended without a deal. While some still think Twitter should be acquired, the company has to go it alone and try to boost users. One focus has been on live video. Twitter live-streams Thursday night NFL games, and on Tuesday announced plans to live-stream the Golden Globes pre-show. Analysts see this as a potential driver of growth if it takes off. Trefis, a platform that uses data ..
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  • EU-Singapore Deal Must Get Member States' Sign Off, Says Court Adviser

    EU-Singapore Deal Must Get Member States' Sign Off, Says Court Adviser
    BRUSSELS—A trade deal with Singapore should be signed off by individual European Union countries as well as Brussels, an adviser to Europe’s top court said Wednesday, signaling potential difficulties in ratifying future pacts, including with the U.K. While nonbinding, the adviser’s view is a blow to the European Commission, which negotiates trade deals on behalf of EU governments and has faced criticism that important pacts shouldn’t...
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  • Instagram Stories launches overlaid Stickers for locations, emoji, and seasons

    Instagram Stories launches overlaid Stickers for locations, emoji, and seasons
    Instagram is launching its answer to Snapchat geofilters, offering a way to spice up your photos and videos with Stickers that display basic location names, time, weather, and emoji. ThereĆ¢€™s also limited-time seasonal graphics like Christmas trees and Hanukkah menorahs, and a holiday candy cane paint brush. Instagram is also launching Story saving for downloading your last 24-hours of updates in the audience viewer, just like Snapchat. Plus thereĆ¢€™s now unlimited text boxes for Stories inst..
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Male Sumatran tiger euthanized at Zoo Atlanta .'Pray for them': 1 dead, 5 injured after tree falls on Calif. wedding party .
Scientists find the first fossilized dinosaur brain – but what took so long? .Pentagon says Raytheon making progress on satellite control station .

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