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If your 13-inch, non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro has been hit by a nasty issue of an expanding battery, Apple has got your back – the company has launched a battery replacement program for affected laptops, which apparently are only a few in number and were manufactured between October 2016 and October 2017. “Apple has determined that, in a limited number of 13-inch MacBook Pro (non Touch Bar) units, a component may fail causing the built-in battery to expand,” says Apple.…

In my last column, I discussed two products that are taking previous input constraints off the table by putting them on a table — or, really, any surface, for that matter. Those technologies are predicated in part by the idea that our computing experiences won’t always be tied to a glowing rectangle attracting our gaze. Personal Theaters Over the past few years, we’ve heard much about mixed reality, which often relies on three-dimensional objects in their own world (VR) or…

I realize the irony of publishing this in the week that Intel announced it was pulling the plug on its smart glasses project Vaunt (pictured) but I think that the smartphone’s days are numbered, and smart glasses are going to be the thing that kills it.  If you’re anything like me, you break out in a cold sweat whenever your phone’s battery drops below 10%. The idea of going without a phone would feel like losing a limb. An invisible…

ZDNet editor Jason Hiner spoke with Wendi Whitmore, Global Lead for IBM’s Incident Response Team, at this year’s RSA Conference. Watch the video, or read the transcript of their conversation below: Jason Hiner: Welcome back to RSAC TV. I’m Jason Hiner with ZDNet and Tech Republic. And with me this time, I’ve got a very special guest, Wendi Whitmore from IBM. Wendi, welcome. Wendi Whitmore: Thanks Jason. Happy to be here. Jason Hiner: Yes. Thank you so much. And why…

London Marathon 2018 – where and when No gold medals for guessing where the London Marathon is being held – the world famous race takes in an exhausting 26 miles and 385 yards (that’s roughly 42.2km in new money) of the UK’s most famous streets and landmarks. The start times are staggered over the course of the day, with the wheelchair races, para athletes and Elite Women’s Race already underway. The Elite Men’s Race (featuring Mo Farah) and Mass Race…

Pivotal closed its first day on the New York Stock Exchange with shares modestly up from its list price of $15, trading at $15.40 at market close. That gives the company a market capitalization of $3.9 billion. While Pivotal, under the ticker symbol PVTL, made less of a pop than other cloud companies that recently made their market debut, such as Zuora, Pivotal CFO Cynthia Gaylor called the day an “exciting milestone.” She added, “We think pretty long term about…

This is the third time I’ve tried to write this piece – I’m desperate to say something after the wonderful effect of my article on mental health and running last year, but every time I try, it feels forced and artificial. I feel like something of a fraud even writing this – I feel so much better this year that part of me worries that I’m just putting this up because I want the world to hear my story. Last…

AT&T, Verizon, and GSMA are being investigated by the US Department of Justice for collusion to make it more difficult for customers to switch wireless carriers, according to Reuters. The DOJ is looking into whether AT&T and Verizon worked with the GSMA, a regulatory body for the mobile ecosystem, to hinder a technology known as eSIM. It enables customers to remotely switch wireless providers without having to swap out a physical SIM card. DOJ is investigating AT&T, Verizon, and GSMA.…

When is the Khan vs Lo Greco fight? Amir Khan and Phil Lo Greco will go head-to-head at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK tonight. The fight will begin at 10pm BST in the UK, 5pm ET and 2pm PT. It’s fight night! Ever since winning a silver medal at the Olympics in 2004, Amir Khan has been a popular fighter in the UK, Pakistan and around the world. However, after being soundly defeated by Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez in Las…

Lately, I’ve been hearing some people refer to the incoming wave of labor-replacing, process-enhancing automation as a “digital workforce,” which suggests some type of side-by-side pairing with the human workforce, just as contingent workforce gets paired with full-time workforce. Photo: Honda Whether you or not you like these new semantics, the constellation of technologies that are birthing the digital workforce are a force to be harnessed, and if applied with forethought and entrepreneurial spirit, may open up new horizons for…