ZenPod is a stylish way to add some rugged drop protection to your AirPods and also turn them into a playful fidget spinner.

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Apple will be re-opening its flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York City in the first half of 2019, management of the company that owns the property claims, with the famous “glass cube” store expected to complete its renovations within the next six months.

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Newly-discovered Mac malware is geared toward stealing browser cookies for cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase and Bittrex, security researchers say.

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While supplies last, Amazon-owned Woot has refurbished 9.7-inch iPad Pros marked down to just $299.99. Need more space? Upgraded 128GB Wi-Fi models are also on sale for $359.99, a discount of $390 off original MSRP. Apple’s HomePod is also marked down to $296.10 with coupon today only, bringing the total savings to $54 off.

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Intel has announced it is retaining interim CEO Bob Swan as the new permanent head of the company following the departure of Brian Krzanich, with the former CFO insisting the core strategy of the chip producer won’t be changing while at the same time working to improve on execution.

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LIFX has responded to the recent revelation of serious security flaws within its White mini HomeKit-enabled bulbs, saying all three issues were fixed at the tail-end of 2018.

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One of Nintendo’s most anticipated iPhone games, “Mario Kart Tour,” will miss its original March launch date, the company revealed on Thursday.

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Digital movie locker service Ultraviolet has warned it will be shutting down on July 31, with the rise of the competing Movies Anywhere and other movie storage options thought to have prompted the shutdown of the service.

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Compal Electronics is expanding manufacturing in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and sources close to the company are expecting build orders for the “iPad mini 5” to grow revenue later in 2019.

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You can ascribe motives to Apple switching off Facebook’s internal apps, but you can’t argue that it didn’t have the right or even the obligation to do so — and it may not have gone far enough. We may rarely read the terms and conditions, but Facebook did and broke them anyway, and is now paying the price.

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