May 12, 2018
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What's next for Apple-branded displays now that the company is back in the game?
What’s next for Apple-branded displays now that the company is back in the game?
“Many of us were deeply disappointed when Apple appeared to be exiting the display business last summer,” Ben Lovejoy writes for 9to5Mac. “Not just because we want matching aesthetics and the reassurance you get with an all-Apple setup, but also because there was no obvious third-party replacement. All Apple said at the time was that ‘there are a number of great third-party options available for…
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J.D. Power: Microsoft ranks highest in tablet satisfaction
J.D. Power: Microsoft ranks highest in tablet satisfaction
Microsoft ranks highest in overall satisfaction in the J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Tablet Satisfaction Study, doing so for the first time since the study’s inception. With an overall satisfaction score among tablet owners of 855 (on a 1,000-point scale), Microsoft’s achievement is largely due to its top rankings in the features and styling & design factors.
In features, Microsoft is the…
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David Gewirtz: I'm calling it. No spring Apple event this year
David Gewirtz: I’m calling it. No spring Apple event this year
“In the past ten years, Apple has only held two product launch events in April. The most recent was seven years ago,” David Gewirtz writes for ZDNet. “While there’s still a statistical chance, based on Apple’s history of launch events, that it will hold a spring event this year, it’s now vanishingly small. Apple has only once, ever, announced a spring Apple event after April 1.”
“Based…
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The US Forest Service should change its name to the US Fire Service
The US Forest Service should change its name to the US Fire Service
Click to enlarge — KPCC Vehicles stopped on Highway 101 in California ❝ This year’s wildfire season has just started, and it’s already bad. The west is still charred from last season’s burns, and hotter weather has been drying out the landscape’s surviving trees. Meanwhile, climate change is making fire season longer. The end result is a monstrous bed of fuel and weather conditions perfect for an…
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Modern-day debtor prisons in El Paso challenged in federal court
Modern-day debtor prisons in El Paso challenged in federal court
Levi Lane — photo/Lorne Matalon El Paso has a policy on its books that allows the city to jail people who cannot pay their traffic fines. Now a lawsuit filed in federal court is challenging that policy, saying it violates citizens’ constitutional right of equal protection under the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Levi Lane was stopped by El Paso…
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Why is Congress clueless about tech? Beancounters killed the committee!
Why is Congress clueless about tech? Beancounters killed the committee!
❝ When the draft version of a federal encryption bill got leaked this month, the verdict in the tech community was unanimous. Critics called it ludicrous and technically illiterate — and these were the kinder assessments of the “Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016,” proposed legislation authored by the offices of Senators Diane Feinstein and Richard Burr. The encryption issue is complex and…
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In the first wave of infiltration, they backed a religious sect which preached a vengeful god. Studies suggested this would raise the anxiety level and rate of mental illness in the general population, giving the indigenous culture an evolutionary disadvantage.