Last week, Consumer Reports concluded that it won’t be recommending Apple’s new MacBook Pro models. The American magazine published since 1936 by Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization, cited inconsistent battery issues for not recommending the MacBook Pro for the first…
Microsoft Could Be First Tech Company To Reach Trillion-Dollar Market Value: Analyst
Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn could help the Redmond company become the first technology giant to reach a market value of $1 trillion, or so thinks a notable analyst. Analyst Michael Markowski believes that Microsoft will be able to…
Apple Publishes Its First AI Research Paper
When Apple said it would publish its artificial intelligence research, it raised at least a couple of big questions. When would we see the first paper? And would the public data be important, or would the company keep potential trade…
The Farmer Who Built Her Own Broadband
An anonymous reader writes from a BBC article: “I’m just a farmer’s wife,” says Christine Conder, modestly. But for 2,300 members of the rural communities of Lancashire she is also a revolutionary internet pioneer. Her DIY solution to a neighbour’s…
Top Spotify Lawyer: Attracting Pirates is in Our DNA
Spotify is not only one of the world’s most popular music services, it’s also one that’s proven particularly popular with both current and former pirates. From a report on TorrentFreak: Today Spotify is indeed huge. The service has an estimated…