Is the MacBook Pro 2018 subject to excessive thermal throttlingIs the MacBook Pro 2018 subject to excessive thermal throttling

Apple’s top-of-the-range 15-inch MacBook Pro 2018 comes with a powerful 6-core Intel Core i9 processor, but a YouTube reviewer has suggested that the device excessively throttles the CPU’s performance when it gets too hot.

Thermal throttling is a rather common practice – it limits the performance of components when they get too hot, protecting the d

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iPhone XI could come with a fast charger in the boxiPhone XI could come with a fast charger in the box

It looks like Apple might finally start sticking a fast charger in the box with its iPhones, which might sound logical, yet while the iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus all support fast charging, you have to buy said charger separately. But for the iPhone XI, iPhone XI Plus and iPhone 9 (or whatever they launch as) that might change.

This isn’t t

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Samsung Galaxy Watch release date rumor suggests it's coming with the Note 9Samsung Galaxy Watch release date rumor suggests it's coming with the Note 9

Samsung is rumored be announcing either the Gear S4 or the Galaxy Watch - we don't currently know what name it'll have - at some point in August, but a new report suggests it will be earlier than expected.

ZDNet Korea reports the next smartwatch from Samsung will be unveiled alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 at an event in New York on August 9.

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3D-printed gun blueprints given go-ahead by US government3D-printed gun blueprints given go-ahead by US government
Image caption CAD files showing how to print a gun were downloaded more than 100,000 times

Blueprints outlining how to 3D print a gun can go back online, the US Justice Department has ruled.

It follows a four-year battle between the makers of the gun, Defense Distributed, and the US State Department.

The first

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Elon Musk apologises to Thai cave diver for Twitter attackElon Musk apologises to Thai cave diver for Twitter attack
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Elon Musk said he had "spoken in anger"

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has apologised to a British cave diver he called "pedo guy" in a row over the cave rescue in northern Thailand.

He said he had "spoken in anger" after Vern Unsworth ridiculed a mini-submarine he had

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The app changing the dating scene for India's disabled peopleThe app changing the dating scene for India's disabled people
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Inclov - standing for inclusive love - is a dating and social app created for people with disabilities

In India, people with disabilities are often invisible in day-to-day life, despite numbering tens of millions. Here, the TheIndianSubcontinent's Ayeshea Perera meets the

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