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Rumor: Apple jettisons M2 Extreme, will go with M2 Ultra chip for next-gen Mac Pro

Per Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has apparently canceled plans for its M2 Extreme system-on-a-chip (SoC). The processor was originally planned for the new Mac Pro desktops, while the current model still feature Intel CPUs. In his latest newsletter, Gurman noted that Apple has missed its original plan of transitioning all Mac models to Apple Silicon. […]

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Airline cabin ban on notebooks and tablets eased, two more airlines lighten restrictions

This is a bit more encouraging. According to the BBC, flights from the Abu Dhabi airport are now being exempted from the ban imposed on notebooks and tablets in cabin baggage on certain US-bound flights, and the same now applies to two airlines flying from different airports … Per the article: Emirates has said the […]

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Trump pushes for Apple to manufacture products in the U.S., offers tax incentives

President-elect Donald Trump, following up on a campaign promise that he would “get Apple to start making their computers and their iPhones on our land, not in China” – and he has now said the same thing directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Trump offered the […]

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Rumor: Apple in talks with Discovery, Viacom for streaming TV service content

Apple is apparently hunting down content for its purported streaming television service. The Wall Street Journal now claims Discovery and Viacom are also in talks with Apple to offer programming through the service. Yesterday, the publication cited sources as saying Apple is discussing options with Disney, CBS and 21st Century Fox. Netting one or both […]

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Visa Europe announces installation efforts for European Apple Pay terminals, cites mid-April completion date

It never hurts to have the infrastructure in place. Visa Europe has announced that its European contactless payment terminals will support the tokenization service used by Apple Pay by mid-April. This would allow Apple to introduce Apple Pay to Europe anytime from this point on. Tokenisation technology will be at the heart of new mobile […]