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Apple confirms additional Project Titan layoffs

Apple appears to have dismissed almost 200 staff members from its Project Titan self-driving vehicle department. Per a new filing with the California Employment Development Department, the majority of the affected positions were engineering roles. The layoffs include 38 engineering program managers, 33 hardware engineers, 31 product design engineers, and 22 software engineers. This puts […]

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Cyber security researchers detail USB-C Thunderbolt hack, offer advice to avoid the hack

And this is why you don’t plug random devices into the USB-C ports on your Mac. A group of researchers over at Light Blue Touchpaper have detailed a vulnerability through the Thunderbolt interface with USB-C ports. The attack, if executed correctly, can give hackers full access to data that “should never leave the machine. On […]

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Rumor: Apple developing sleep tracking features for future version of the Apple Watch

Per the mucho-well-connected Mark Gurman over at Bloomberg, Apple is apparently testing out a sleep tracking feature for the Apple Watch. The anonymous sources say that that Apple has been testing the feature for several months around the company’s Cupertino, California headquarters. If the testing goes well, Apple could add the feature to “a future […]

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Microsoft looking to bring Xbox Live access to Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, other mobile platforms

If you’re looking for Xbox Live goodness on your Nintendo Switch and mobile platforms, it’s en route. A Game Developers Conference session description entitled “Xbox Live: Growing & Engaging Your Gaming Community Across iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and PC” and is led by members of the Xbox team. It promises a first look at a […]

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T-Mobile delays launch of 600 MHz element of its 5G network until second half of 2019

It appears that the U.S. branch of T-Mobile is delaying its 600 MHz 5G network launch until the second half of 2019, while development on the other bands is still due for the first half of this year. The delay is due to the lack of compatible devices according the the wireless carrier’s Chief Technology […]