By Chris Matyszczyk In an amusing attempt to show just how seriously it takes security, Apple reveals comedian Stephen Colbert to be its new security czar. Was it just slightly tone deaf?
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With ‘Retina 5K’ iMac, Apple caters to HD junkies
By Ben Fox Rubin Apple boasts that its $2,499 iMac Retina 5K Display has a higher resolution that even ultra HD television.
Meet Apple’s new Macs (pictures)
By Dong Ngo Apple announced at the Apple Live event today two new Macs including a 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display and a new Mac Mini with faster processors and other upgrades.
Don’t miss these moments from Apple’s iPad event
By Sarah Mitroff Check out the top video highlights from Apple’s October 16 event, without watching the entire show.
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iPad Mini 3 seeks middle ground between phablets, larger tablets
By Nick Statt The latest version of Apple’s smaller tablet is nearly identical to last year’s model, but will incorporate the company’s fingerprint-reading technology from its iPhone line of smartphones.
Apple’s WatchKit to launch in November
By Seth Rosenblatt Apple will make its WatchKit available to developers next month, CEO Tim Cook said at the Apple event on Thursday.
Want your kids to ace academics? Send them outside
By Anthony Domanico At a time when we spend more of our time indoors, a new study suggests that kids regularly exposed to nature do better on standardized tests.
Lockheed figures out fusion (maybe)
By Geoffrey Morrison Lockheed Martin claims to have had a breakthrough in fusion technology, promising clean energy to power a small city, from something that could fit on the back of a truck. So that might be cool…
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‘Friends’ to hang out on Netflix starting January 1
By Lance Whitney Every episode of the series will be there for you to stream once the new year begins.
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Google exposes ‘Poodle’ flaw in Web encryption standard
By Seth Rosenblatt Three Google security engineers uncover a major vulnerability in the older — but still supported — Web encryption standard SSL 3.0. Experts say fixing it is impossible and upgrading will be difficult.