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Some AirPods users cite issues with AirPods charging case, exact cause currently unknown

Apple’s AirPods have roared out the door and are getting good reviews, but there may be some battery issues to contend with for some users. A number of users have reported that the charging case that comes with the headphones isn’t holding Apple’s advertised 24 hours of charge. In theory, the charging case should only […]

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Consumer Reports stands by its 2016 MacBook Pro battery test results

Consumer Reports is standing by its findings regarding the 2016 MacBook Pro battery’s sporadic performance. The publication’s director of electronics testing, Maria Rerecich, offered the following comment when asked about possible retesting: In this case, we don’t believe re-running the tests are warranted for several reasons. First, as we point out in our original article, […]

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MacBook Pro 2016 Review – It’s going back (Updated)

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Apple leads in holiday device activations, down 5 percent year over year

The Christmas gifts have been exchanged, the Chanukah ones are being given this week and it looks like Apple is leading the pack in terms of smartphone activations for the 2016 holidays. This year, 44% of new phone and tablet activations were Apple devices with Samsung seeing 21%. While Samsung is slowly growing in popularity […]

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Apple releases first scholarly research paper, discusses use of artificial intelligence to help improve recognition of images in computer vision systems

Apple has entered the world of academia. Last week, the company published its first scholarly research paper with an article covering methods of improving recognition in computer vision systems, marking a new direction for the traditionally secretive company. The paper, titled “Learning from Simulated and Unsupervised Images through Adversarial Training,” was submitted for review in […]