Wednesday, September 14, 2016

iPhone 7 for free? There must be a catch and other top stories.

  • iPhone 7 for free? There must be a catch

    iPhone 7 for free? There must be a catch
    You can get your iPhone for free! Kind of. James Martin/CNET Free always comes with its fair share of strings. That's the case with the multitude of "free iPhone" offers that the carriers have been touting since Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 on Wednesday. One after another, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizonoffered to give you a free iPhone 7 in exchange for an older model. AT&T initially offered the deal to just its Dire..
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  • Facebook Backs Down on Censoring 'Napalm Girl' Photo

    Facebook Backs Down on Censoring 'Napalm Girl' Photo
    By Kjetil Malkenes Hovland in Oslo and Deepa Seetharaman in San Francisco Updated Sept. 9, 2016 3:07 p.m. ET Facebook Inc. FB -2.43 % reversed a decision to delete posts containing a famous Vietnam War photo of a girl fleeing napalm bombs after the move drew rebuke from Norway’s prime minister and the nation’s largest newspaper. The flare-up highlighted Facebook’s powerful role as a host for news—even though it says it isn’t a media co..
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  • 2017 Nissan Rogue debuts in Miami with new design, hybrid option

    2017 Nissan Rogue debuts in Miami with new design, hybrid option
    The 2017 Nissan Rogue debuted at the Miami International Auto Show, sporting this new Monarch Orange paint. (Nissan). BY Kyle Campbell. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Friday, September 9, 2016, 7:01 PM. The Nissan Rogue is taking its talents to South ...
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  • Mars rover Curiosity views spectacular layered rock formations

    Mars rover Curiosity views spectacular layered rock formations
    This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) in NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows an outcrop with finely layered rocks within the "Murray Buttes" region on lower Mount Sharp. The buttes and mesas rising above the surface in this area are eroded …more.
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  • Galaxy Note 7 Owners Are Urged to Stop Using Their Phones

    Galaxy Note 7 Owners Are Urged to Stop Using Their Phones
    Photo People waiting in line last month for an event on the Galaxy Note 7. On Friday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission urged owners to stop using the phone altogether. Credit Bryan Bedder/Getty Image for Samsung WASHINGTON — The fallout over the potential for Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire is intensifying.On Friday, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission urged owners of the smartphone to power down their Galaxy Note 7 devices and sto..
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  • Headphone companies: no headphone jack, no problem

    Headphone companies: no headphone jack, no problem
    This week Apple launched a new iPhone without a headphone jack and stirred up an understandable furor of discontent. But you won’t hear any headphone companies complaining about the move, even though it takes away their familiar entry point into the Apple ecosystem. Most of them have already been preparing for this change for months, and those who haven’t don’t particularly care about plugging into an iPhone in the first place. I spoke with a few of the major headphone manufacturers in the wake..
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  • Facebook's algorithm puts hoax story about 9/11 on Trending Topics

    Facebook's algorithm puts hoax story about 9/11 on Trending Topics
    Facebook got hoodwinked again. On Friday, Facebook's algorithm for selecting trending stories placed "9/11" at the top of its list, linking to an article by The Daily Star, which claimed the Twins Towers fell because of bombs planted within the buildings, instead of a terrorist attack. It's the second time in two weeks Facebook's algorithm posted a fake news story on the top of its Trending Topics. On August 27, it posted a hoax story about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly -- ..
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  • Scientists like Barack Obama so much that they named a parasite after him

    Scientists like Barack Obama so much that they named a parasite after him
    President Obama waves as he boards Air Force One after the closing ceremony of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images) Other presidents have mountains named after them. They're the namesakes for high schools, boulevards, space centers, libraries, airports, and elk. George Washington has the capital of our country named for him, for crying out loud. But how many of them have the dubious honor of being the namesake for a parasitic worm? World, meet Baracktrem..
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  • Apple is already testing self-driving cars amid 'reboot' of project

    Apple is already testing self-driving cars amid 'reboot' of project
    Apple’s secretive car initiative, code-named Titan, has progressed to real-world testing on a closed track, according to a report from The New York Times today. The testing of autonomous vehicle software is indicative of a recent "reboot" in strategy for Apple, which is said to be moving away from building its own electric car to focus on developing self-driving software. The shift toward software is part of a new plan from longtime Apple executive Bob Mansfield. He came out of retirement to le..
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[ September 2, 2016 ] Asteroid probe apparently unharmed in nearby SpaceX explosion, passes its FRR Atlas 5 .Apple patches OS X to fix serious security flaw discovered in iOS .
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