What is CRISPR Here's EXACTLY how 'gene editing' works and the complicated moral dilemma it creates
CRISPR-based techniques provide a revolutionary way of editing DNA, but what are the applications, and what are the problems

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Microsoft yanks buggy Office 2016 patch KB 4018385, republishes all of this monthpatch downloads

As I reported yesterday, the July 2018 Windows and Office patches teem with bugs. We&re just beginning to see the fallout.

The July 3 non-security Office 2016 patch KB 4018385 is officially yanked. If you don&t recall KB 4018385 — a small patch in a sea of Office fixes — the original KB article describes it thusly:

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Surface Pro 2 owners wonder: Will Microsoft ship TPM firmware that works

If you have a Surface Pro 2, you&re in for yet another runaround. This time, the controversy surrounds the SP2TPM chip & the chip that controls access to BitLocker and some other disk encryption technology.

[ Further reading: 8 steps to install Windows 10 patches like a pro ]

The SP2 shipped with an older, less-secure version of the TPM firmware. If your machine has an older version of the TPM firmware, you see a Win10 Defender warning like the one in this screenshot.

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Adobe has killed the ‘iPad is not productive& story

If I had a dollar for every time I&ve heard someone say &iPads are not productive& I&d have a lot more dollars. And they&d still be wrong. Adobe next year will kill that myth completely, as it brings Photoshop and then its other creative apps across to Applepro tablet, a report claims.

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Adobe apparently plans to introduce Photoshop for iPads in 2019, the story claims.

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Apple has announced a new investment fund to foster clean energy usage in China. The company isn&t just trying to switch its own offices and facilities. Apple is also working with its suppliers to expand the use of clean energy across the board.

For this fund in particular, Apple and 10 suppliers will invest $300 million over the next four years. Overall, the company expects to finance multiple clean energy projects to produce 1 gigawatt of renewable energy in China.

Apple isn&t going to manage the fund itself. The company is partnering with DWS Group, a division of Deutsche Bank. DWS will also participate in the fund.

The company started working on renewable energy projects a few years ago. Earlier this year, Apple claimed that 100 percent of its offices, retail stores, data centers and Apple-owned facilities are now powered by renewable energy.

Apple is not there yet when it comes to suppliers. The company has launched the Supplier Clean Energy Program back in 2015 with 23 manufacturing partners, and regularly shares updates — Foxconn seems to be missing so far.

By 2020, Apple and its suppliers hope to generate 4 gigawatts of clean energy. And letbe honest, this is great news for the planet.

Apple announces clean energy fund in China

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