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Save $200 on a 2019 MacBook Pro with 256GB of storage from Amazon
Amazon has discounted the 2019 base model MacBook Pro with 256GB of internal storage and 8GB of RAM to $1,200. That's the best price we've seen for a model that has typically hovered around $1,400. If you can get over the fact it includes Apple's old… Source
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How Apple reinvented the cursor for iPad
Even though Apple did not invent the mouse pointer, history has cemented its place in dragging it out of obscurity and into mainstream use. Its everyday utility, pioneered at Xerox Parc and later combined with a bit of iconic* work from Susan Kare at Apple, has made the pointer our…
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The future of NFC includes wireless charging for earbuds and smartwatches
It might soon be much easier to buy a smartphone that can charge small devices like earbuds or smartwatches. The NFC Forum, responsible for near-field communications tech, has unveiled the Wireless Charging Specification (WLC). That will allow device… Source
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A security expert says India’s contact-tracing app has flaws; New Delhi says they are ‘by design’
The Indian government has said that its contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu “by design” fetches the location data of its 90 million users and allows them to view the concentration of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in their vicinity. New Delhi issued the statement after France-based security researcher…
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NHS COVID-19: The UK’s coronavirus contacts-tracing app explained
The UK has this week started testing a coronavirus contacts-tracing app which NHSX, a digital arm of the country’s National Health Service, has been planning and developing since early March. The test is taking place in the Isle of Wight, a 380km2 island off the south coast of England, with…
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Apple’s online-only WWDC starts on June 22nd, and it’s free
Shelter-in-place orders and limits on public gatherings forced Apple to cancel the in-person portion of its Worldwide Developers Conference, but the show will go on — and now we know when. The company confirmed this morning that this year's online-o… Source
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