Every Tesla car will contain the hardware to drive itself and other top stories.

• Every Tesla car will contain the hardware to drive itself

  Tesla Motors’ cars will come fitted with full self-driving hardware, as the company jousts with tech rivals like Google and car makers like Ford who are making a dash for the autonomous car market. Model S and Model X cars with the inbuilt hardware are already in production and customers can buy one, Tesla said Wednesday. But the features possible with the new hardware will be enabled only later through over-the-air updates after testing over “millions of miles of real-world driving,” Tesla ..

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• Tapping into photo history, the £449 Kodak Ektra smartphone puts camera mechanics front and center

  

  In a week where there has been much talk about a new phone vying to have world’s best smartphone camera, another device focused on photos called the Kodak Ektra is also making its public debut (after being teased earlier this month). Launching today in the UK and initially available only in Europe for £449 ($550), the Ektra is hoping to attract photo enthusiasts — in its case by tapping into one of the more iconic brands of the medium, Kodak’s 1940s Ektra camera, alongside some more modern bel..

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• 10 beloved PC programs Windows 10 renders obsolete

  

  Let’s start with a killer that took root in Windows 8, but blossomed in Windows 10.Microsoft began baking Windows Defender—its in-house antivirus solution—into Windows 8, but that integration contained a fatal flaw. In a bid to toss PC makers a bloatware bone, Microsoft allowed them to disable Defender and include third-party AV trialware instead. The problem? You had to manually reactivate Windows Defender when that trial was up or risk your computer being vulnerable.Not in Windows 10. Now, Win..

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• Galaxy Note 7 owners are angry Samsung is refusing to pay compensation

  

  The Note 7 recall has already passed into Halloween costume territory, but for owners of the phone who experienced its dangers first hand, it's not as funny. According to a report from The Guardian, a number of individuals who suffered property damage when their Note 7 exploded say Samsung is resisting paying compensation. In one story in the report, Note 7 owner John Barwick was woken in the middle of the night by the smartphone bursting into flames on his nightstand. He says the resulting fir..

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• Heard of LeEco? Well, They're About to Sell You Everything

  

  If you’ve heard of LeEco, it’s either because you’ve lived in China, or you vaguely recall that it bought up US television manufacturer Vizio a few months ago. That’s about to change, because LeEco is making a play for entire US market. What are they selling? Everything. It would be helpful here to explain what LeEco (LAY-EEco) is, but easy comparisons fall short. It’s most commonly known as the Netflix of China, but its streaming services predates Netflix, and constitute just a portion of LeEc..

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• Facebook CEO Zuckerberg reportedly defends PayPal co-founder for supporting Trump

  

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly defended PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel after his support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump drew criticism. Thiel, a Facebook board member, donated $1.25 million to Trump’s campaign this week after several woman accused him of sexual assault.  Zuckerberg commented on Thiel’s decision to support Trump and the importance of having diversity. A leaked screen shot was reported by Hacker News in what appears to be a staff memo to Facebook employe..

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• Will new MacBooks finally make it easier to pick the perfect Apple laptop?

  

  Now that invites for the October 27 Apple event have seen sent out, there's much speculation about what we will, and won't, see from a purported new generation of MacBook Pro laptops. Thus far, the generally agreed-upon predictions -- as rounded up by Macrumors -- are:New MacBook Pros with a thinner, lighter design and a secondary touchscreen at the top of the keyboard. That tiny screen is said to be replacing the function key row and providing context-based commands -- different "soft" buttons ..

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