Apple announced broad price increases for its Mac computers and iPad tablets on June 25. Sharp rises in memory and storage component costs prompted the changes, which touch entry-level models as well as several higher-end configurations.
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Michael MJD recently tracked down something most people never knew existed. Back in 2008 Microsoft released a giant touch table called Surface. It weighed close to 200 pounds, cost around $10,000, and turned an ordinary tabletop into a shared computer screen. The public saw the glowing surface and the wild multi-touch demos. What stayed hidden was the actual computer that made the whole thing work.
Zoox just released a new version of their autonomous robotaxi, and the vehicle retains its original no-nonsense purpose-built design, but with a few important modifications derived directly from real-world experience on the streets of Las Vegas, San Francisco, Austin, and Miami. More than half a million cyclists had already completed the route, and they had clearly made their stamp on the most recent round of changes.
Darkness swallows the apartment building as the Category 5 hurricane slams the coast in Netflix’s Unhinged. The electricity goes out, the stairwell locks, and Ava soon realizes she’s sharing the space with something far more dangerous than wind and rain. Her only way to contact anyone who can help her is through the device that most people carry with them wherever they go.