Microsoft’s pricey Surface Book laptop is frustrating buyers with crashes, “unplanned shutdowns,” overheating issues and a “Sleep of Death” issue that regularly causes machines to become completely unresponsive during sleep. Users complain that Microsoft isn’t addressing the problem.
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Samsung on Tuesday announced production has started for its new PM971-NVMe, a solid state drive that crams non-volatile memory express technology, onboard NAND flash memory, DRAM and an SSD controller into a package slightly larger than a postage stamp.
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Photos of a supposed next-generation MacBook Pro chassis that surfaced Tuesday appear to support recent predictions that Apple is planning to drastically revamp the laptop’s design by adding an OLED touch bar and winnowing down external connections to four USB format ports.
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Law enforcement officers don’t need a warrant to gain access to a cellphone’s location data, as long as they obtain it from wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
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Following greater industry trends toward security, Facebook is looking to bring end-to-end encryption to its popular Messenger platform, a report said on Tuesday.
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For businesses interested in buying Square’s new Apple Pay-compatible contactless terminal but put off by its $49 cost, a new $1-per-week installment plan option is now available.
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Apple has quietly tweaked the tvOS App Store to hide apps a user already has installed when browsing the store’s top charts, a German developer noted on Tuesday.
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Blast Motion is partnering with AppleInsider to offer readers the chance to win their choice of a baseball, basketball or golf sensor complete with app.
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Apple resellers on Tuesday are offering some of the first discounts on 2016 12-inch MacBooks, while a few remaining 2015 models are marked down as low as $964. Meanwhile, grab a 128GB 12.9″ iPad Pro with WiFi+LTE for just $799 (or upgrade to a MacBook Air for the same price). Also a DJI Phantom 4 bundle includes 2 additional batteries and a $150 eBay Gift Card to back out their cost.
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Mophie is launching what it calls its first wireless charging ecosystem for iPhones, centered around a new battery case called the Juice Pack Wireless.
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