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Top Stories @PCWorld Apr 28, 2016 Facebook gives Windows 10 a hug with new Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram apps Facebook and Messenger get shiny new Windows 10 desktop apps, while Instagram becomes a fully featured mobile app. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • TV networks' response to unlocking the cable box highlights everything that's wrong about cable TV • How to recover files from a dead external drive • HP's new Chromebook 13 has features to match top-line Windows PCs • Samsung's Artik 10, a challenger to Raspberry Pi 3, will ship next month • Developers leak Slack access tokens on GitHub, putting sensitive business data at risk • Tinder Social alarms users by showing Facebook friends • Here's how slow your laptop's USB Type C port could be • PCWorld Show Episode 14: Apple tanks, the PC goes under the bus and web pages are larger than Doom • Microsoft is buying tiny strands of DNA to store big data • Thumb PC uses Google software to give computer vision to robots and drones • Zuckerberg sees 'better than human' AI in next 10 years • Facebook proposal will keep Mark Zuckerberg in control for many years to come • Minecraft steps into virtual reality as Samsung Gear VR Edition appears in Oculus Store • Intel's Edison board now links up to IBM's Bluemix cloud service TV networks' response to unlocking the cable box highlights everything that's wrong about cable TV The FCC's open set-top box plan aims to improve the viewing experience, so of course TV networks hate it. Read More ▶ How to recover files from a dead external drive It's just like an internal drive, but with a case and a plug. If the files on that drive aren't backed up, you could have a disaster, but there may be some hope. Read More ▶ HP's new Chromebook 13 has features to match top-line Windows PCs HP's new Chromebook 13 has some of the latest technologies that the company is putting in its top-line Windows PCs. Read More ▶ Samsung's Artik 10, a challenger to Raspberry Pi 3, will ship next month Samsung will start shipping from next month the eight-core Artik 10 board computer, a challenger to Raspberry Pi 3. Read More ▶ Developers leak Slack access tokens on GitHub, putting sensitive business data at risk Developers from hundreds of companies have included access tokens for their Slack accounts in public projects on GitHub, putting their teams' internal chats and other data at risk. Read More ▶ Tinder Social alarms users by showing Facebook friends Turns out some people want to keep their online dating habits private. Read More ▶ Here's how slow your laptop's USB Type C port could be The USB Type C port is new, intriguing, and incredibly confusing, because vendors vary in how they implement the standard. It all comes down to the controller, so we take the fastest USB-C device out there to show you the sometimes vast differences. Read More ▶ PCWorld Show Episode 14: Apple tanks, the PC goes under the bus and web pages are larger than Doom In this week's hottest news from PCWorld, Macs and PCs both face existential angst. Meanwhile, webpage bloat gets a benchmark gamers can relate to. Read More ▶ Microsoft is buying tiny strands of DNA to store big data Microsoft has partnered with a San Francisco-based company to encode information on synthetic DNA to test its potential as a new medium for data storage. Read More ▶ Thumb PC uses Google software to give computer vision to robots and drones A new computer on a USB stick with Google's machine-learning software could give drones and robots the equivalent of a human eye, and add new smarts to cameras. Read More ▶ Zuckerberg sees 'better than human' AI in next 10 years Mark Zuckerberg expects artificial intelligence will progress to make computers better than humans at basic sensory perception within the next 10 years and Facebook will end up knowing a lot more about you. Read More ▶ Facebook proposal will keep Mark Zuckerberg in control for many years to come Facebook is taking steps to ensure that founder Mark Zuckerberg stays connected and in control at the social network even as he pursues other goals related to charity and research. Read More ▶ Minecraft steps into virtual reality as Samsung Gear VR Edition appears in Oculus Store Minecraft: Gear VR Edition went on sale Wednesday in the Oculus Store, selling at $7 to download. The game includes all the features of Pocket Edition, but redesigned to work with the $100 Samsung Gear VR headset. Read More ▶ Intel's Edison board now links up to IBM's Bluemix cloud service Intel is making it easier to create smarter gadgets, robots, drones and wearables using its Edison developer board. Read More ▶

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