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How To Turn Off Your iPhone's Animations (And Make Your Phone Seem A Lot Faster)

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If you're one of the people who gets annoyed by the rather slow animation the iPhone employs when you open an app, there's a janky workaround that will make apps open instantaneously.

I used an app to start investing, and it made me realize how little I know

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I tried using an app to invest my money for the first time.

These unretouched photos show why a teen retailer is giving Victoria's Secret a run for its money

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Aerie's models are more "real" than Victoria's Secret's.

American tourist killed in Tel Aviv stabbing attack

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A police spokesman said the man was killed Tuesday when a Palestinian stabbed seven people in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Jaffa next to Tel Aviv.

Reddit AMA: Bill Gates on FBI vs. Apple, climate change, and artificial intelligence - GeekWire

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Bill Gates just wrapped up his fourth Reddit AMA, covering everything from the threat of terrorism to his fastest time in Minesweeper. His site, Gates Note

Steve Wozniak Predictably Sides With Apple Against The FBI

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You might have heard by now that one of the biggest tech companies on the planet and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are at an impasse. Apple is...

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Poor Americans Will Get $9 A Month To Buy Broadband Or Mobile Data

The Federal Communications Commission will soon vote on a plan to give low-income Americans $9.25 a month to purchase home Internet service or cellular data. The plan would change the existing Lifeline program, which has provided phone subsidies since 1985, to focus on providing access to broadband.

OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops

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Other World Computing today announced a new product that will allow newer Retina MacBook Pro and MacBook Air owners to upgrade the storage in their...

Google’s March security OTA update also has Nexus 5X performance and stability fixes

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I wrote my thoughts on the Nexus 5X all the way back in November, and the gist of it was this: the Nexus 5X is great, but its performance just leaves a lot to be desired — especially for a phone wi…

Home Depot settles lawsuit over 2014 data breach

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Home Depot Inc (HD.N) has agreed to pay $13 million to compensate consumers affected by a 2014 data breach in which payment card and other personal data was stolen from tens of millions of people.

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Blu-Ray's Second Shot At Relevancy Is In Massive Corporate Data Centers

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Optical discs give businesses a way of inexpensively storing an awful lot of cold data — a way pioneered and proven by Facebook.

Captain America Civil War Has a Huge Problem and Agents of SHIELD Has the Answer

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We’re less than two months away from getting to see the new Captain America movie which is another major turning point for the live-action Marvel Universe. But one thing is already certain: If Civil War doesn’t acknowledge Agents of SHIELD, this movie’s throwing away an opportunity.

Why Is Donald Trump Using Such Shitty Sound Equipment?

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Yesterday, Donald Trump released a video attempting to refute the fraud charges levied against the scam formerly known as Trump University. But rather than offer any real answers, Trump’s video only raises more questions. Specifically, why can’t purported billionaire Donald Trump afford better sound equipment?

Google's Robots Are Learning How To Pick Things Up

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Amid a lot of trial and error

Facebook wants to build a glossary of new slang

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Facebook was recently granted a patent for software capable of building a dictionary of slang terms used on the social network. The software will scan for unique words used in Facebook posts and...

Clinton on Apple: there must be 'some way to avoid breaking data encryption’

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Hillary Clinton has weighed in on the ongoing encryption debate between Apple and the FBI, describing the situation as "the worst dilemma ever." Speaking in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the democratic...

Opera Mini's built-in video compression finally hits Android

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More than a year after hitting iOS, Opera is finally bringing its innovative video compression feature to its Android browser, Opera Mini. You'll have to enable...

Biotech Firms Battle Over Who Owns Genetic Data

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Cancer-screening firm Ambry Genetics is giving away anonymized data on 10,000 breast and ovarian cancer patients to researchers.

Tesla Model 3 To Be Announced March 31st - Geeky Gadgets

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The new Tesla Model 3 will be made official at a press event on Los Angeles on the 31st of March, the car is the company's third electric vehicle and it will be their cheapest so far.

Sources: Amazon warehouses have TVs for public shaming

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Amazon warehouse employees past and present paint a picture far from wholesome — they tell of long, hard, hot days spent running from one place to another, assembling orders at breakneck speeds for…

Paul Maritz Joins BoldIQ Board

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BoldIQ aims to streamline scheduling of airplanes, trucks, other scarce resources.

Craigslist challenger OfferUp on pace for more than $14B in transactions this year - GeekWire

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OfferUp co-founder and CEO Nick Huzar with co-founder and CTO Arean van Veelen. When OfferUp launched four years ago, aiming to take on industry titan Crai

Just in time for SXSW, Apple Maps transit directions launch in Austin

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Days before the South by Southwest festival is set to kick off, Apple Maps has added public transit information to the host town of Austin, Tex., benefitting the tens of thousands who will descend upon the city.