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We still can't explain why KIC 8462852 (aka Tabby's Star) is dimming, but focusing the combined power of Earth's most powerful radio telescopes on the distant star should help us uncover its mysteries.
The post Scientists plan to aim the world’s most powerful telescopes at the ‘alien megastructure star’ appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Samsung's mobile division took a shellacking this past quarter thanks to the Note 7's double-recall, but the Korean company believes the problem is behind it, with no long-term impacts on its mobile divisions market share or popularity.
The post Samsung’s mobile division profits fall by 96% in wake of Note 7 disaster appeared first on ExtremeTech.
This week in space: Juno is back in fighting trim, DARPA is working with Australia to weaponize kangaroos (just kidding, they actually built a space debris telescope), we found a new trans-Neptunian object, and no -- despite how awesome it would be, there probably aren't aliens building a Dyson sphere around Tabby's Star.
The post This week in space: DARPA, Juno, and no aliens appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Ready to go for a swim? The biggest swimming pool in this section of the galaxy could be just 24 trillion miles away.
The post Nearby exoplanet Proxima b could be a habitable ocean world appeared first on ExtremeTech.
Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro products yesterday, shifted the positioning of its older MacBook Pro SKUs, and introduced new hardware featuring AMD's Polaris GPU. The Mac Pro, however, is still stuck on 3.5 year-old chips.
The post Apple unveils new MacBook Pros, but skips the iMac and Mac Pro appeared first on ExtremeTech.
The last two days have been busy ones for both Apple and Microsoft. While Apple launched the much-awaited update for their MacBook Pro Microsoft did the same for its Surface. However, Microsoft has now announced that it will be offering $650 off when trading in a MacBook. Well, the offer couldn’t have come at a much better time as Apple just announced their new MacBook Pro lineup. Microsoft has been trying to battle it out with Apple when it comes to its Surface Book lineup and the offer is one of the instances wherein Microsoft wants users to get a taste of their Surface lineup.
The offer is already up and anyone in the U.S can trade in their MacBook Pro or even a MacBook Air at a Microsoft Store in exchange of rebate up to $650 for a Surface Book. The offer is further detailed as follows “Today, we are announcing a limited-time “trade up” offer to invite more people to experience Surface. If you have a Mac but want to experience the ultimate laptop with on-screen touch, Surface and Microsoft Store are here for you. Starting today, anyone in the U.S. can trade in their MacBook Pro or MacBook Air at a Microsoft Store or online for up to $650 off a Surface Book or Surface Pro.’’ This deal in however valid only till November 10 and in case you are looking out to ditch your good ol’ MacBook then maybe this is the chance you were waiting for.
Microsoft claims that it is “Helping Apple MacBook owners trade up to Pen and on-screen touch.” With this offer Microsoft is advertently bringing down the base price of Surface to $249 considering that one is eligible for a maximum trade in discount of $650 for their current MacBook. Also, observe how Microsoft prefers to call it a Trade Up offer instead of the usual Trade in. The MacBook Pro launch has disappointed some of the potential buyers who were anticipating a full-fledged touch screen, the Touch Bar is indeed a great addition but the touch display is something more utilitarian in nature.
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Apple finally upgraded its MacBook Pro lineup last night at an event in Cupertino. The latest generation notebooks bring several new additions such as the alluring touch bar, a massive trackpad, better internals, a new look Space gray edition and a whole lot more. However, Apple also had to give up a number of features Mac fans have known and loved for years. Additionally, the new MacBook Pro streamlines the I/O section and is betting big on the future of USB Type-C which also led to some unwieldy sacrifices. Hence, in this article, we discuss the five bewildering decisions Apple made with the 2016 MacBook Pro.
There’s no standard USB port on the new MacBook Pro which basically means, you’ll have to buy an adapter for connecting your iOS devices like the iPhone or the iPad. Ironically, you can directly charge most of the high-end Android smartphones from any of the 4 USB Type-C ports! Apple does sell its own adapter but that costs $25 and looks ugly too. Thankfully, though, accessory support for Apple products is wide enough and hopefully, you can soon get a better looking (and better priced) third-party dongle. However, I do think Apple should’ve included one in the box (for the ecosystem sake).
MacBooks have been exceedingly popular among artist community such as photographers and videographers due to its fantastic developer support. The new MacBooks though, drop the beloved SD card slot and yet again, you’ll have to buy another dongle if you’re planning to import your DSLR photos unless there’s WiFi support. But dropping the SD card slot is definitely going to be one of the major inconveniences with these new laptops.
Yes, there’s a headphone jack. Thank God for that. But if you’re invested into the iPhone 7 ecosystem, chances are you’ve learned to live without the headphone jack already. However, Apple has another hurdle for you. As you might have realized, you can’t use your lightning earphones with the new MacBook Pro because there’s no port for it. So yeah, the most valuable company on the planet did miss a lot of things with these new machines. It’s quite obvious Apple wanted to coherent the laptop’s design, however, these inconsistencies will definitely agonize some potential buyers.
Get ready to live the dongle life.
Remember the glowing partially eaten apple logo that complimented every posh coffee shop in the town? That’s gone too. The 2016 MacBook Pro, alike the MacBook they introduced last year, has a standard glossy brand logo on the back which doesn’t glow. Ouch!
If you ever had a friend who owns a MacBook, he or she would’ve surely given you a live demonstration of how the magnetic charger has been designed to withstand accidental bumps. Apple thinks that’s not required anymore as humans have evolved to walk keeping cables in mind. Okay, they didn’t actually say that. But as the latest MacBook doesn’t have a dedicated charging port, Apple also had to let go the intuitive Magsafe connection. It’s surely convenient to use any of the 4 ports to charge the MacBook Pro, but Magsafe did have its own real-world convenience. Alas!
So, those were the five of the most critical flaws with the new MacBook Pro laptops (Did I mention there’s no physical function row that professionals used to keyboard shortcuts will terribly miss?). However, they’re still a significant upgrade over the previous generations. You can read more about them right here.
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