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Apple iPad Air 2 review : Apple's best tablet yet, but is that enough?
The new iPad is thinner, lighter and faster, but its biggest draw is yesterday's features: Touch ID and a better camera. By Samuel Gibbs
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Chromebook sales are about 1% of all PC sales, says ABI Research
Acer, HP and Samsung controlling 75% of tiny market as consumers generally hold off on Google's ChromeOS. By Charles Arthur
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Jimmy Iovine: Beats could have been a trainer brand
Beats founder explains how Beats was nearly Dr Dre's sneaker brand – and says music distribution needs fixing before it loses its value. By Samuel Gibbs
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The Sega Mega Drive home video that says it all about parenting and gaming
When Tyler Esposito's dad made a video to convince relatives to buy a console, he could never have guessed it would become a YouTube hit. By Keith Stuart
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The joy of text – the fall and rise of interactive fiction
The annual Interactive Fiction awards are taking place right now, showcasing the very best new works. By Leigh Alexander
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Apple iPad mini 3 review: a touch more of the same
Apple's smaller tablet is about the size of a book and gains a Touch ID fingerprint sensor, gold colour and extra storage option – but that's it. By Samuel Gibbs
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Hey, Marty McFly! Hoverboard available on Kickstarter for $10,000
Dreams of sailing through the air on a hoverboard finally realised – but only on certain surfaces. By Samuel Gibbs
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Right to be forgotten: who may exercise power, over which kind of information?
Publishers should be the first to be consulted, not search engines, and their evaluation should matter. By Luciano Floridi
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Giuliani on the Call of Duty lawsuit: 'Noriega does not own history'
The ex-mayor of New York City has told a judge there's no merit in the imprisoned dictator's lawsuit against games publisher Activision. By Keith Stuart
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number – 'We're going to do things … differently'
We talk to Hotline co-creator Dennis Wedin about the long-awaited sequel to 2012's most brutal and brilliant indie shooter. By Keith Stuart
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Yik Yak: the anonymous app taking US college campuses by storm
It is the latest anonymous app after Whisper and Secret – but what is it, how does it work, and why are more than 1,000 US colleges active on it? By Hannah Jane Parkinson
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Chinese state accused of attacking Apple's iCloud
Apple's cloud service facing a 'man in the middle' attack in China, with the state implicated. By Alex Hern
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Snapchat messaging app gets its first ad... and it's very creepy
But that's because it's a 20-second trailer for horror film Ouija, as company admits 'we need to make money'. By Stuart Dredge
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Dice gambles on shaking up gig tickets: 'We're getting rid of the friction'
British startup's app aims to take tickets out of the hands of touts and put them into the phones of fans. By Stuart Dredge
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Google says latest search changes will 'visibly affect' piracy site rankings
Promises new crackdown on 'some of the most notorious sites' in effort to win over music and movie rightsholders. By Stuart Dredge
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Uber fires driver for tweeting disparaging article about company
Driver Christopher Ortiz's account "deactivated" for tweeting negative article about company, but Uber has since U-turned. By Hannah Jane Parkinson
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Shinji Mikami on co-op, Dark Souls and why Suda 51 is like Akira Kurosawa
We chatted to the Resident Evil and Evil Within creator about the state of the Japanese games industry – and a potential new genre: co-operation panic. By Keith Stuart
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How the UK's sluggish visa system could kill the tech startup buzz
The thriving UK tech sector needs talent from overseas. But with a complicated and expensive system, valuable workers are being kept away. By Elizabeth Rust
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How can I organise all my digital photos?
Tom has lots of photos on different devices and he wants to bring them together in one place. Jack Schofield explains the options
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Apple's iPad launch was all about dog-whistle computing
Charles Arthur: Thursday's much expected iPad announcement seemed underwhelming. But underneath, there's a more subtle message
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Facebook Safety Check will help tell friends you're safe during disasters
New feature will be a quick way to signify your status and check that friends and family aren't in harm's way. By Stuart Dredge
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Most Airbnb rentals in New York City are illegal, says state attorney general
Report comes amid efforts to rein in Airbnb's runaway success in its biggest market, where its proliferation is leading to safety and quality-of-life concerns
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Apple unveils iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 – in pictures
Live from Cupertino, California via Berlin Germany, Apple reveals two new iPads, and a new iMac with 5K high-resolution screen
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iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 – the Apple event as it happened
Apple's next-gen iPads with Touch ID fingerprint sensors are due to be unveiled at 6pm on Thursday, along with updates to its desktop and laptop range. Follow live coverage here
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Apple releases newest version of Mac OS, Yosemite, for download
New operating system released alongside iOS 8.1, restoring the Camera Roll to iOS devices and introducing iCloud Drive. By Alex Hern, Samuel Gibbs and Max Miller
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Apple unveils iPad Air and iPad mini with Touch ID fingerprint scanner
New products aim to rejuvenate declining tablet sales and integrate Apple's fingerprint-based mobile payments for goods and services online
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Apple launches new iMac desktop with 27in retina display
New all-in-one computer has large high-resolution display marking its first major update since 2011. By Samuel Gibbs in Berlin and Alex Hern
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Apple Pay launches in US
Technology company's contactless mobile payments service is now live in America. By Alex Hern
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Rembrandt's lessons for the selfie era: why we must learn to look again
The selfie threatens to distract us from what Rembrandt did: looking at ourselves closely, honestly, but compassionately. By Jenny Judge
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Lazy coverage of Gamergate is only feeding this abusive campaign
Gamergate's self-image of itself as 'crusaders for ethics' isn't supported by its actions, so the media should stop describing it as such. By Alex Hern
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Forget London v Silicon Valley - tech is now international, startups told
Focusing too much on just one city is a recipe for disaster for a young firm, says investor Saul Klein. By Alex Hern
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iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3: what else to expect from Apple's iPad event
Apple's next-gen iPads with Touch ID fingerprint sensors will be unveiled at 6pm on Thursday, but what else does Apple have up its sleeve? By Samuel Gibbs
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Duke of York announces youth-focused digital enterprise award winners
Social equality crowdsourcing app among winners of iDEA in scheme that hopes to help 1 million young people develop digital and enterprise skills. By Hannah Jane Parkinson
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After Snapchat and Dropbox, it's time to realise that the modern web is hostile
Charles Arthur: Third-party logins and hacked or malicious sites mean that even while big services get more secure, wider parts of the web pose more risk. What's the way forward?
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Poodle: introducing another web bug that makes browsing less safe
SSL bug allows attackers to decrypt and steal users' data through sites that haven't updated their security, Google researchers warn. By Samuel Gibbs
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Feminist games critic cancels talk after terror threat
Anita Sarkeesian has cancelled a talk at Utah State University over threats of 'the deadliest school shooting' in US history. By Alex Hern
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The internet is after your job – video
Video (3min 16sec) New technology has already destroyed swathes of unskilled jobs, but now it's hitting the middle classes. Is your job under threat? And what can you do about it?
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Taylor Swift tells fans she's 'watching closely' after UK iTunes unrest
New single Out of the Woods available to buy elsewhere, but label strategy leaves British fans unhappy. By Stuart Dredge
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Ghosts in the machine: how AI research is bringing game characters to life
In an era of crowd-sourced machine intelligence, games may be about to do what authors have been trying to do for centuries. By Thomas McMullan
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Simon Cowell: 'I have thought about cloning my dogs, actually'
X Factor boss talks technology – from YouTube and Netflix to social media and iTunes – Bake Off and TV gimmicks. By Stuart Dredge
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Powerful quantum computers move a step closer to reality
A research team from Australia has pushed quantum computers closer to fruition, but a former NSA director warns that the technology could break encryption. By Alex Hern
