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The Late Show pokes fun at Samsung Galaxy S8’s revolutionary “No Fire” feature

We’ve poked fun at Samsung before for its issues with the Galaxy S7’s battery and its propensity to catch fire and/or explode. Now, the Late Show seems to have delivered the finishing move with its mock commercial for the Samsung Galaxy S8. In the commercial, the announcer asks one simple question: “How can we design […]

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Recently located documents show Apple places pressure on recyclers to shred MacBooks, iPhones

A recent discovery from Apple’s Environmental Responsibility Report revealed that Apple, which recently stated that one of its goals was to make its iPhones and computers out of recycled materials, has ordered recyclers to shred iPhones and MacBooks upon receiving them. This stands in contrast to an environmentally friendly action that could be undertaken, which […]

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Rumor: Intel to unveil Basin Falls platform in May, could launch Coffee Lake chips in August

Intel is rumored to be moving the launch of its 13-nanometer Coffee Lake processors from January 2018 to August of 2017 due to “increasing competition from AMD’s Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors.” The rumor has it that Intel will release several K-series Core i3, i5, and i7 processors starting in August, along with its […]

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Rumor: Apple to continue supplying Lightning to 3.5 millimeter headphone adapter with next-gen iPhone

Apple seems likely to continue bundling a Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter with its new lineup of iPhones this fall. The inclusion, which was implemented with the release of the iPhone 7 last fall, was put into place to help ease the transition to a handset without a traditional 3.5 millimeter headphone jack. The […]

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Enthusiasts combine 2016 MacBook Pro with GTX 1080 Ti card through external enclosure, post impressive results

Ok, this is pretty darn cool. A group of enthusiasts have found they were able to boost the video performance of the Radeon Pro 450 found on the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro by nearly 400 percent via external GPU attachments. External GPU enthusiast site egpu.io has affixed a GTX 1080 Ti to an AKiTiO Note […]