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Fastballs and feathered friends

Baseball, birds, and other warm-weather subjects are available streaming this week. Read More ▶

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• That moment when you realize you're exchanging emails with a robot
• Korea's working on a cool combination: 5G and the Winter Olympics
• Apple's aging Mac Pro is falling way behind Windows rivals
• Hyperlinking to unlawfully published copyright images is still legal, says top European judge
• AI just 3D printed a brand-new Rembrandt, and it's shockingly good
• Google+ update to bring notification screen improvements once Google finally flips the switch
• PCWorld Show Episode 11: Nvidia's Pascal, self-driving race cars, HTC Vive, and Surface Hub
• The latest Flash zero-day was used to spread Cerber ransomware
• Slow growth ahead for IT spending, Gartner says
• Chromecast is now getting built into hotel TV systems
• SwiftKey's new ShakeSpeak keyboard helps you write like the Bard
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That moment when you realize you're exchanging emails with a robot

Next time you try to schedule a meeting with someone and an assistant named Amy or Andrew Ingram sets up the logistics, here's a pro tip: You may be chatting with a robot. Read More ▶

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Korea's working on a cool combination: 5G and the Winter Olympics

South Korean carrier KT has said it wants to launch the first 5G network at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. On Thursday, KT announced a successful trial of one potential 5G technology in that mountain resort region. Read More ▶

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Apple's aging Mac Pro is falling way behind Windows rivals

Apple's Mac Pro is aging fast, especially with significantly faster Windows desktops being introduced in recent weeks. Read More ▶

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Hyperlinking to unlawfully published copyright images is still legal, says top European judge

Publishing hyperlinks to photos from, say, Playboy magazine is legal -- even if the website linked to doesn't have permission to publish the images, a top European Union judge has said. Read More ▶

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AI just 3D printed a brand-new Rembrandt, and it's shockingly good

There's already plenty of angst out there about the prospect of jobs lost to AI, but this week, artists got a fresh reason to be concerned. Read More ▶

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Google+ update to bring notification screen improvements once Google finally flips the switch

A series of changes first showed up in an app update, but it appears Google has reversed course and taken them back. Read More ▶

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PCWorld Show Episode 11: Nvidia's Pascal, self-driving race cars, HTC Vive, and Surface Hub

Jon, Melissa, and Gordon discuss Nvidia's new super Pascal GPU, how cool HTC Vive is, and Surface Hub. Read More ▶

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The latest Flash zero-day was used to spread Cerber ransomware

The latest zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Systems' Flash player has been used over the last few days to distribute ransomware called Cerber, email security vendor Proofpoint said. Read More ▶

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Slow growth ahead for IT spending, Gartner says

The days of go-go, double-digit growth for tech are long gone and do not appear to be on the way back anytime soon. Read More ▶

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Chromecast is now getting built into hotel TV systems

Chromecast's hotel version lets you bring your own apps and subscriptions to the guest room. Read More ▶

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SwiftKey's new ShakeSpeak keyboard helps you write like the Bard

The unusual tribute keyboard comes just before the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Read More ▶

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