| The Morning After: More 16-inch MacBook Pro rumors |
[13 Nov 2019|07:15am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/rWBzHQC8g74/  Hey, good morning! You look fabulous.
We're bracing for a big update from Apple and digging into a 'maclunkey' first day for Disney+ streaming. Minecraft Earth is available for you to play, and Goldman Sachs is looking into how credit scores are bei...
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| Apple TV+ is now available on more Amazon Fire devices |
[13 Nov 2019|08:02am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/_g_DmdAFwT0/  If Apple is serious about claiming a piece of the streaming pie with Apple TV+, it's going to have to make sure its customers can access it without having to fork out for a bunch of new gear. That's why, overnight, Apple made the platform available o...
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| Apple now says the Mac Pro will arrive in December |
[13 Nov 2019|08:30am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/kRCf2a0-Xwg/  After unveiling the new, 100-percent more cheese-grater-inspired Mac Pro back in June, the company promised it would ship this fall. Apple just narrowed that timeline a bit more: A spokesperson tells Engadget that the machine will arrive in December....
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| Apple replaces the 15-inch MacBook Pro with a redesigned 16-inch model |
[13 Nov 2019|08:30am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/So4D54ra3Js/ 
The rumors are true: Apple has made a 16-inch MacBook Pro. To answer some of your likeliest questions: Yes, it's fast; no, it's not as big or as heavy as you think; no, there's still no SD card reader and yes, there's a new keyboard (hooray!). An...
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| Spotify's Magic Leap app lets you virtually pin music on the wall |
[13 Nov 2019|09:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/QPc1xab0VVM/  By this point, most people have used Spotify on almost every platform where it's available and there's not a lot about the experience that's surprising. So it's interesting then to see how, with the help of augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Spoti...
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| 'Pokémon Sword' and 'Shield' offer an excellent but familiar adventure |
[13 Nov 2019|09:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/_BIejupubL8/  It would be unfair to suggest that the Pokémon games have stagnated. The last generation, which began with 2016's Sun and Moon, genuinely mixed things up, discarding the gyms and formulaic storytelling for an island-hopping adventure with an a...
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| The best gifts for coffee geeks |
[13 Nov 2019|09:30am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/KFoenpR9waY/  There are two types of coffee drinkers: people who drink coffee and people who are obsessed with coffee. I fall into the latter category. A few years ago I became friends with a couple roasters while living in Savannah, Georgia, and I've never looked...
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| Google wants to be your new bank |
[13 Nov 2019|09:38am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/-oAFxW5F5UE/  It's not just Apple and Facebook diving headlong into the financial world. Google has revealed plans to offer checking accounts in 2020 through a project nicknamed Cache. The search giant won't handle the actual underpinnings -- Citigroup and a cre...
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| Microsoft begins rolling out its Windows 10 November update |
[13 Nov 2019|09:59am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ww8hMDrIO1k/  Microsoft has started rolling out the Windows 10 November 2019 update. In theory, it's the second big update for Windows 10 of the year, but don't get too excited, it's more like a traditional Windows service pack of old, rather than a dazzling showc...
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| The legal battle over 3D-printed guns is far from over |
[13 Nov 2019|10:25am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/ikN20DdEngE/  Last year, Defense Distributed won a legal battle, which allowed it to continue uploading and sharing blueprints for 3D-printed guns. The decision was immediately criticized by states and gun-reform advocates. Now, a US District Judge has overturned...
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| Google Maps can pronounce place names in local languages |
[13 Nov 2019|11:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/vRidOkihJNo/  Navigation apps can be helpful for getting around an unfamiliar country... up until you need to ask someone for directions and can't say a place name. Google thinks it can help. It's rolling out an update to Google Maps on Android and iOS that can...
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| Brave says 8.7 million people use its privacy-focused browser every month |
[13 Nov 2019|11:00am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/TpsZi3MmMlU/  Almost four years after its first release, privacy-focused web browser Brave is officially launching. Starting today, you can download version 1.0 of Brave on Android and iOS, as well as on Windows 10, macOS and Linux. With Brave 1.0, you can now use...
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| Netflix and Nickelodeon team up to take on Disney+ |
[13 Nov 2019|11:31am] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/nnTsbq9PjTk/  Nickelodeon and Netflix just announced a multi-year deal to produce original animated content based on the Nickelodeon library and new characters. The details are still vague, but the companies have previously worked together to bring us Invader Zim:...
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| Intel fixes CPU security flaw it said was patched in May |
[13 Nov 2019|12:12pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/0zdjGeWJI0U/  It turns out that Intel's CPU security fixes from May didn't address everything the company mentioned. Intel is rolling out another patch that does more to close the speculative execution flaws that could let attackers swipe passwords and other sens...
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| Motorola's foldable display RAZR leaks ahead of today's launch |
[13 Nov 2019|12:29pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/9U8kPhWJTPo/  Motorola's upcoming foldable display RAZR has leaked just hours before the company is likely to announce it at an event in Los Angeles. These new photos of the phone come courtesy of a Federal Communications Commission certification. And while they d...
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| Verizon is giving away Android TV boxes to home 5G subscribers |
[13 Nov 2019|12:47pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/mtF1xw-2PlM/  You probably didn't notice it, but Verizon (Engadget's parent company) has a dedicated media player of its own. The carrier quietly released a Stream TV device meant to court 5G Home subscribers who've figuratively and literally cut the television c...
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| Disney+ already has over 10 million sign-ups |
[13 Nov 2019|12:59pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/BjRiYShmnok/  You knew Disney+ was going to be a big deal between the range of content and the sheer marketing juggernaut behind it, but it's now clear just how big. Disney has revealed that over 10 million people have already signed up for its streaming service....
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| Don’t underestimate the power of Facebook Pay |
[13 Nov 2019|01:20pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/RpoN_iVkBkM/  Facebook's built payment platforms before, but they didn't take off in the way that the company wanted or needed. The mistake would be to assume that Facebook Pay, the social network's new e-commerce system, will fizzle in the way its predecessor did...
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| Spotify's new scripted fiction podcast stars Pedro Pascal and Carrie Coon |
[13 Nov 2019|01:33pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/maKRGqWfN1A/  Spotify-owned Gimlet just launched a new scripted fiction podcast, Motherhacker. The series explores "the dark side of the web," and it marks Gimlet and Spotify's first attempt to break into fiction podcasts.
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| Apple's Phil Schiller says Chromebooks won't help kids succeed |
[13 Nov 2019|02:03pm] |
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http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/53mmNdUs1uc/  Apple's focus might be on its high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro at the moment, but marketing chief Phil Schiller has also chipped in on the lower end of the market -- namely, how he thinks it might affect students. The executive told CNET in an interview...
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