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RealDoll maker envisions a day your ‘companion’ will talk back to you

This might be the most divisive news of the day: RealDoll creator Matt McMullen is currently working with artificial-intelligence scientists to create a fusion between digital assistants like Apple’s Siri and synthetic companions. It could be the most amazing news you’ve ever heard, or it might be terrifying and make you feel like spiders are […]

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Selfie stick iPhone case gets counterfeited before it even exists

LAS VEGAS — You know your product’s hot when Chinese ripoff artists start selling knockoffs before your first unit rolls off the production line. That’s the “flattering” situation the makers of Stikbox, the world’s “first” selfie stick case for iPhone and Samsung, find themselves in as they demo their only aluminum prototype on the CES show […]

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Selfie stick iPhone case gets cloned before it even exists

LAS VEGAS — You know your product’s hot if, while you’re showing off the one and only working prototype, Chinese ripoff artists are already selling knockoffs online. That’s the “flattering” situation the makers of Stikbox, the world’s “first” selfie stick case for iPhone and Samsung, find themselves in as they demo their aluminum prototype on the CES […]

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Cult of Mac Magazine: Best and worst of CES, glitchy Apple software and more

Welcome back to another week of amazing Cult of Mac action. We sent a crack team of staffers this year to Las Vegas’ all-you-can-eat buffet of technology, CES. Their on-the-spot reporting has resulted in a plate piled high with goodies, and we’re here to share it with you. This week, we’ve got the best (and […]

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Cult of Mac Magazine: Best and worst of CES, glitchy Apple software, and more

Welcome back to another week of amazing Cult of Mac action. We sent a crack team of staffers this year at Las Vegas’ all-you-can-eat buffet of technology, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Their on-the-spot reporting has resulted in a plate piled high with goodies, and we’re here to share it with you. This week, we’ve […]

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Drone vid shows Apple Campus 2’s cool underground auditorium

A new drone video shows that some of Apple Campus 2’s most impressive features are coming along nicely. Construction reached the point that builders can start installing windows on both the inside of the giant ring, but that’s not the best thing the camera saw. You can also get a really good look down into […]

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Volkswagen: Apple ‘didn’t allow us to’ demo wireless CarPlay at CES

Volkswagen is the first car maker to offer wireless CarPlay, but Apple doesn’t want them to show you how cool it is. This isn’t a new feature; if you have an iPhone running iOS 9, it’s in there. But all CarPlay-compatible vehicles currently available go the wired route, making you plug your handset into your […]

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YouTube will show HDR video on your fancy new TV

CES has brought us a whole host of new TVs that support HDR video, but like 4K, the content isn’t easy to come by right now. Fortunately, Google is going to change that by making HDR video available through YouTube. You’re probably already familiar with the term “HDR,” because changes are your smartphone camera lets you […]

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Apple needs something spectacular in 2016 — but what?

2016 is here, and so far, it hasn’t been good to Apple. Just this week, the Cupertino company saw its stock price fall below $100 for the first time since 2014 amid countless reports that iPhone demand is weakening at a rapid pace. Apple needs to do something, but what? Should it address falling iPhone sales […]

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Apple snaps up a trio of car-related web domains

Some new (circumstantial) evidence is lending further weight to the possibility that we may one day cruise down the street in an Apple Car. Listings on domain search site Who.is show that Apple is buying up car-related web domains like crazy. The sites in question are “apple.car,” “apple.cars,” and “apple.auto.” This is not the absolute, […]

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