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Apple officially acknowledges issues with butterfly keyboard design on current MacBook, MacBook Pro notebooks, offers four year warranty to address issue

After a fair amount of hemming and hawing, Apple has officially acknowledged that there are problems with its “butterfly” mechanism built into the keyboards of the recent MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks. The company is now offering an extended keyboard service program for computers affected by the issue. The extended warranty covers replacement of one […]

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Rumor: iPhone X Plus screen size discovered via network traffic, device resolution reports

While Apple didn’t unveil any new hardware at its WWDC 2018 keynote, the rumor mill currently has it that the iPhone X Plus, which is expected later this year, will feature a 6.5-inch OLED screen, making it about as big as the current iPhone 8 Plus. Apple started testing iOS 12 builds in the wild […]

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WWDC: Apple announces iOS 12, focuses on Siri improvements, augmented reality, performance boosts, etc

Apple dropped just about every announcement and update possible at its WWDC keynote today, among the most important being iOS 12, which will feature improvements to Siri, performance, communication, enhanced augmented reality tools, and addiction controls. The Siri fixes will hone in on responsiveness to users, including the ability to trigger Siri with key phrases […]

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FBI warns users to reboot their wireless routers to disable Russian-linked “VPNFilter” malware

The FBI itself has issued a warning and you might want to follow their advice. The FBI recently issued a security notice warning that all home and small office routers should be rebooted after Cisco’s Talon group discovered sophisticated Russian-linked “VPNFilter” malware infecting at least 500,000 networking devices. Per the warning, the malware is described […]

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Intel ships “Cannon Lake” processor, allows for maximum of 32GB of RAM to be installed in notebooks

In an interesting move, Intel’s Cannon Lake processors have surfaced and it looks like Apple will be able to add a 32-gigabyte RAM option to its MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook lines. Chinese retailer listings for the Lenovo IdeaPad 330 notebook reveal it uses a new processor, identified as the Core i3-8121U. The related listing […]