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Cities around the world celebrate the New Year.
Cities around the world celebrate the New Year.
Cities around the world celebrate the New Year.
John Mayer has accepted the “Kylo Ren Challenge.” The 40-year-old musician shared a shirtless photo of himself on Instagram Saturday (Dec...
Dress in layers, lay off the booze and bring some hand warmers. Those are some of the tips offered for the huge crowd of revelers expected in Times...
Wish you could be in Times Square to see the ball drop? We’ve got you covered. Timessquareball.net is helping you ring in the New Year with a...
Almost the entire country will be looking at temperatures well below normal.
The long weekend will be a blitz of college and NFL action.
Sears Holdings Corp. hasn’t paid for any national TV spots for its struggling Sears and Kmart chains in December, as the CEO shifts advertising to digital channels.
Studies show officers face the greatest risk in responding to domestic disputes.

But the advertising tactic is widespread, and not necessarily harmful.
Searches for "Birkenstok" or "Brikenstock" may lead you to Amazon.


My best way to look back on 2017 in the world of headphones is to consider the things I wasn’t able to say a year ago. The best portable headphones today are wireless. That wasn’t true last year — at least not in my Beoplay H6-loving judgment...

If 2016 was the year that streaming music became a necessity, 2017 is the year streaming music showed its clout. This couldn’t have been showcased any more clearly than at the Grammys, where Chance the Rapper won best new artist, best rap album,...

It’s been a pretty good year for gadgets. While the most popular gadget may have been the fidget spinner, there have been a number of devices released in 2017 that will make a lasting impact for years to come. From the Nintendo Switch, which...

Artificial intelligence boomed this year like few other areas in tech, but despite the scientific breakthroughs, glut of funding, and new products rolling out to consumers, the field has problems that can’t be ignored. Some of these, like...

I wouldn’t blame you for tuning out VR news in 2017. There was no string of huge hardware releases, like last year’s Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR. The medium’s limits became clearer. For some people, VR reached a trough of...

Digital photography as we know it is about to change. It’s already changing, really, judging by some of the cameras released in 2017. Where last year was a solid, occasionally exciting one for the camera industry, the past 12 months held even more ...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says it's unclear if the ban on the messaging app is permanent or temporary.
It's a busy weekend for oppressive governments trying to suppress digital communication. Iran has blocked mobile access to at least Telegram and Instagram as it tries to thwart protests that started over economic concerns (particularly...

The Iranian government has blocked access to messaging app Telegram and photo app Instagram amid several days of protests in what authorities say is a move "to maintain tranquillity and security of society," according to state-run media. SEE...
Iran is currently engulfed in demonstrations: many are protesting the clerical leadership, corruption and increasing costs of living, while counter-protestors are trying to protect the regime. And Telegram finds itself caught in the middle. The...
Authoritarian leaders are fond of severing communications in a bid to hold on to power, and that tradition sadly isn't going away. The Democratic Republic of Congo's government has ordered telecoms to cut internet and SMS access ahead of...

Two protesters were reportedly killed in demonstrations that have quickly grown into a nationwide outpouring of anger.


I’ve always loved advice columns. Now I’m writing one.


Colleges are crucial to American greatness but found themselves on the defensive in 2017.
Get inspired by their stories for your best year yet.

The move may help combat the perception that Apple maliciously slowed older phones.
Apple was only poised to offer discounted iPhone battery replacements to Americans in late January, but they're already here. The company has issued a statement announcing that the $29 replacements are available today (December 30th) in the US...

Earlier this week, Apple published a letter to its customers, apologizing for slowing older iPhones as their batteries aged, and said that it would reduce the price of batteries of the affected phones to from $79 to $29. Apple says that that...

It's been a rough month for Apple. The company has been embroiled in a controversy stemming from its decision to purposely slow down older iPhones to increase battery performance. Apple issued an apology to its customers for the miscommunication,...
Those $29 battery out-of-warranty replacements Apple promised are now available for impacted users with an iPhone 6 or later. The company was initially aiming for a late-January timeframe in the States when it first offered up the discount,...
Florida has some of the nation's deadliest roads, but it is one of the last states to not fully ban texting while driving

Ms. Garner, whose father died in 2014 after being put in a police chokehold, was a prominent critic of policing tactics.
She became a well-known activist against police abuse after her dad's death.

Enlarge / A still from the Wichita Police footage of the shooting. (credit: Wichita Police) The alleged "swatter" behind Thursday's police killing of a Wichita, Kansas man has been arrested. Tyler Barriss, a 25-year old from South Los Angeles, was ...

The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a 25-year-old man who is suspected of sending a SWAT team to a private residence in Kansas, resulting in the death of a 28-year-old man. NBC News (via Engadget) reports that the LAPD arrested Tyler...
Thursday night Wichita police killed Andrew Finch after responding to a call claiming a man at his address had shot someone and was holding others hostage. That call was a hoax, commonly referred to as "swatting," and in this case...
Police in California arrested a suspect late Friday.
Police and the FBI are investigating whether an argument over an online game prompted a hoax call that led to a house where an officer shot and killed a Kansas man who apparently wasn't involved in the dispute

A feud between two Call of Duty players, who argued after an online wagered match reportedly worth just $1.50, led to the death of a 28-year-old Kansas man, who was shot and killed by police after a fraudulent SWAT team call sent a small army of...
The alleged "swatter" also admitted to being behind a recent bomb threat to the FCC.

An instance of swatting, in which a false report is made to get a SWAT team to raid a rival’s house, led to the fatal shooting, the police said.
Enlarge / Wichita Police. (credit: Wichita Police) A 28-year-old Wichita, Kansas man was killed last night by police who were responding to a tip falsely reporting a hostage situation at the man's house. And rumors are swirling in the Call of Duty ...
Her grandson uploaded a video of her learning how to use, and being frightened by, Google Home Mini
The State Department has released emails from Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, that were found by the FBI on her husband's laptop

About 4,000 people took part in the annual demonstration to mark the end of protests surrounding disputed 2009 presidential elections.
Latin music ruled the Billboard charts during 2017. Throughout the year we had all kind of surprises, such as “Despacito” with Luis...
2017 was a notable year for hip-hop collaborative albums. There have been 20-plus joint rap albums that have dropped this year featuring the likes of...
In 2017, the conjoined worlds of house and techno culture unequivocally transcended the underground. With artists like Bicep and Sasha attracting...
One of the biggest problems with all 2017 end-of-year lists is that they can't help but pretend that the year occurred in a historical...

A woman received a call at work from her now-deceased mother before she died.

Read the three articles he posted.
The design flaw has forced Apple to cordon off sections of the storefront
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Ominous, high-hanging icicles have turned Apple's sleek, MacBook-inspired waterfront store in Chicago into a potentially perilous environment. Apple has cordoned off, with caution tape and signage, vulnerable areas where the sharp ice could...
Brent Leary is joined by John Lawson and they're talking about which tech companies are positioned to be Amazon competitors in 2018.
President Donald Trump returned to a favorite target Friday, saying that the U.S. Postal Service should charge Amazon.com more money to ship the...
Filed under: Bugatti,Honda,Jeep,Land Rover,Lexus,Lincoln,Mazda,Nissan,Rolls-Royce,Volkswagen,Crossover,Sedan,SUV,Electric,Luxury,Auto News Recaps We certainly can't say 2017 was a boring year, so it's with some pleasure that we...
FirstNet, the nationwide broadband network for first responders, will be the official public safety network for all 50 US states. The network has been a very long time coming. Having been initially proposed following the 9/11 attacks, the FCC...

iFixit, the internet’s most popular repository of guides for repairing Apple devices, has announced that it’s cutting prices for all of its iPhone battery replacement kits down to $29 or less. They usually sell for between $39 to $49, depending...
Apple may have apologized for the confusion surrounding its intentional slow down of older iPhones to balance battery life and performance, but that doesn't change the fact that it's happening. If your iPhone is out of warranty and you...
A good apology is important, but thinking from your customers' viewpoint tops it.

It may be the most far-reaching apology Apple has had to make, and it could change the way the company does business.
As per tradition, it's almost that time of year to say goodbye to the past twelve months and enter a new era. This year was filled with...

Pinterest announced today it’s adding former CBS and PepsiCo exec Fred Reynolds to its board of directors. Reynolds’ background includes global financial and strategic planning as well as business analysis, the company notes. He...

The NHL Weekly Reader publishes every Friday. See something worth highlighting here? Hit me at greg.wyshynski@espn.com.
First off, artificial intelligence is just going to keep getting bigger.
Every year, countless people around the world make resolutions that flop. Here's how to really get yourself motivated to follow through on your New Year's promises.
A new year is the perfect time to establish healthier routines that will benefit your body and your relationships.


Shares of Amazon.com took a minor hit this morning after President Trump criticized the U.S. Postal Service for giving the e-commerce giant a low rate on package delivery–and suggested it should raise its rates. The stock fell to a low of...
"Should be charging MUCH MORE!"

Following Apple’s apology for its lack of communication over how it manages iPhones with older batteries, Samsung and LG have come out to say that none of their phones employ similar practices. Both companies emailed Phone Arena to say that they...

After HTC and Motorola responded to questions whether they slow down CPU performance on older phones, Samsung and LG have responded stating that they don't.


Has any other company had a more batshit year than Uber? In lieu of a traditional report card, I briefly considered just copying and pasting text from the Book of Revelation into this article. That’s how bad it was. Let’s recap: Uber CEO Travis ...

It was supposed to be Tesla's year for delivering big on Elon Musk’s ambitious vision: the mainstream electric car known as the Model 3. And at the beginning of 2017, things looked great from the outside. But instead of delivering, 2017 was a year ...

Apple is now offering the iMac Pro for in-store pickup at many of its locations in the US and other countries, as spotted by MacRumors. The high-end all-in-one went on sale earlier this month and initial orders began shipping last week. Now that...

The fire occurred in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx.

Officials seek the cause of the city’s deadliest blaze in more than a quarter-century. It tore through a 100-year-old apartment building on a freezing night.
The fire occurred in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx.
Filed under: Earnings/Financials,Smartphone,Technology,Commercial Vehicles New board will limit the power still wielded by Travis KalanickContinue reading SoftBank buys big chunk of Uber, a deal that changes how the company is...
The chair of a UK committee investigating fake news has threatened Facebook and Twitter with "sanctions" if they allow the issue to fester on their respective platforms. In an interview with the Guardian, Damian Collins, chair of the...
A few surprises among old standbys.

Enlarge / Pixelbook folded into "entertainment" mode. (credit: Valentina Palladino) Smoothly running Android apps on Chrome OS has been a work in progress for years now. Google has done a lot to improve the experience of running mobile apps on its ...
Goldman Sachs is expecting a $5 billion hit to profits during the fourth quarter because of the tax overhaul signed into law last week

Egyptian security officials say 2 policemen shot dead in attack outside Coptic church in the south Cairo suburb of Helwan


You should not be fired for taking a sick day to care for your child. A “just cause” law would protect you.

The bleak, tech-obsessed anthology series returns to Netflix on 29 December -- just in case your 2017 hasn't been grim enough.

The New York City police plan a “stronger police presence” for this year’s ball drop to counter the threat of high-rise snipers and suicide bombers.

With frigid temperatures in the East, President Trump cast doubt on the reality of climate change. But weather is not the same as climate.

Originally known as Baby Rose Marie, she became a star as a toddler and again on one of television’s most beloved comedies, “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
Rose Marie, the actress who went toe-to-toe in a man’s world as wisecracking comedy writer Sally Rogers on the legendary 1960s CBS sitcom ...
Rose Marie, who played the wisecracking Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," has died

A little over a week after acknowledging that iOS slows down iPhones with weak batteries to prevent crashes, Apple has apologized for leaving some customers feeling let down. It’s also stressing that the previously unacknowledged slowdowns...

In an apologetic statement, the company said it would cut the price of iPhone battery replacements by $50 for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later.
A rare formal apology from the folks in Cupertino.

Apple apologizes for slowing down older iPhones, offers discounted battery replacement service and promises new iOS update to offer more insights into your iPhone's battery health. The post Apple Apologizes for Throttling iPhones, Offers $29...

Things are getting more serious for Apple over the revelations that the company purposely slows down older phones. They could face criminal charges in France under a recently passed obsolescence law. SEE ALSO: Yes, Apple sometimes slows down...
Apple has been in hot water for the last few weeks after the company admitted that it sometimes reduced processor speeds on iPhones with aging batteries as a way to balance performance and battery life. Today, the company is apologizing for not...
Apple has today posted a letter on its website and a technical article in its Knowledge Base apologizing for not being more transparent about how it handles performance on iPhones with older batteries. Last week, Apple issued a statement that...

Apple just published a letter to customers apologizing for the “misunderstanding” around older iPhones being slowed down, following its recent admission that it was, in fact, slowing down older phones in order to compensate for degrading...
Apple issued an unusual apology for its handling of concerns about performance issues in iPhones with older batteries and said it will reduce the price of some iPhone replacement batteries to $29 from $79.
Enlarge The past few weeks have been tumultuous for Apple ever since the company confirmed it slows down iPhones as their batteries age. In a message posted to Apple's website today, the company formally apologized to customers while explaining...

Following huge waves of criticism and several lawsuits slamming Apple for purposely slowing down older iPhones to balance power consumption from aged batteries, the tech giant has now issued an apology and has reduced the cost of an out-of-warranty...

When should you seek out Apple's new $29 battery replacement? Here are 7 pretty good indicators.

Apple will offer $29 battery replacements that should speed things up again, through 2018.
Earlier this month, Apple admitted to slowing older iPhone models in order to prevent phones with older batteries from suddenly shutting down. Now, Reuters reports that the company may face a legal battle in France over the practice. A French...

Apple is currently under fire after news broke that the company was intentionally slowing down iPhones as their batteries aged, with lawsuits in New York and Israel already having been filed. However the latest suit, filed in France by the...