Here’s a recap of all the iPhone news this week.
Apple’s new iPhone names are bad, so it’s hard to see where it goes from here
This year, Apple reached the end of its iPhone X (read: ten) names. Next year remains a mystery. Apple has gone through all the numbers from one through ten, skipping two and nine for its own reasons. Now, for better or worse, next year, it’ll likely need to figure out a new naming scheme.
Apple hastened its way toward a dead end last year when it decided to switch to Roman numerals rather than continuing with numbers as it had done in the past. A report from Bloomberg at the end of August indicated that the people behind the names struggled to come up with names that would work. Since this year’s iPhones didn’t really change many things beyond last year’s, they didn’t seem compelling enough to grant a whole new name. The cheapest iPhone…
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You want a new iPhone? So do we. And an Apple Watch.
Kid-Focused Apps Track Location, UK Spying, and More Security News This Week
In security news this week, some apps for children may violate privacy laws, State Department devices might be less secure than your Instagram account, and more.
Sci-Fi Writers Are Predicting the Future, but Is Anyone Listening?
Author Walter Jon Williams has forecasted a lot of things, but rarely gets credit.
Exciting new supercars, and we won an award – Roadshow
Welcome to the Carfection audio podcast. We’re celebrating our win at the International Motor Film Awards — we also talk about some supercars, but back to how great we are.
9 great reads from CNET this week – CNET
Apple’s new phones will cost you; aerial assassins are available off the shelf; and we compare Apple Music and Spotify.
5 STEM Toys to Entertain and Enlighten Your Kids
Keep your kids’ neurons firing with these science- and math-centric toys and games.
Facebook beats Twitter at fighting fake news, a new study found
Reality has had a tough year. When the president of the United States is denying that thousands of Americans died in a hurricane, journalists face an uphill battle. That battle has been particularly fraught on social networks, where malicious actors have spent the past several years peddling hoaxes and sowing division.
But today I bring you at least one reason for optimism. “Trends in the Diffusion of Misinformation on Social Media,” a new study from authors at Stanford University and New York University, analyzed the performance of stories posted on fake news sites from January 2015 to July 2018. Here’s what they found (emphasis mine):
Interactions with these sites on both Facebook and Twitter rose steadily through the end of 2016. I…
Video: How Elvis Introduced Paul McCartney to the Remote Control
The former Beatle talks about clickers, click tracks, and more in this video interview.