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U.S. to make payments to families of Kunduz air strike victims: Pentagon

The U.S. Department of Defense will seek to make “condolence payments” to families of victims of a U.S. air strike that mistakenly hit a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 people, the Pentagon said on Saturday. “The Department of Defense believes it is important to address the consequences of the tragic incident at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan,” spokesman Peter Cook said in a

Opinion: Should Apple merge iOS and OS X together?

Introduction and Windows 10 On stage a few weeks ago, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, stated that the company has “no intention” of merging iOS and OS X, Cupertino’s two main operating systems upon which almost all of its hardware is based. While it may seem odd to consider merging two almost completely contradictory elements – after all, what does the iPhone have in common with the Mac Pro?

5G field test hits a blistering 3.6Gbps data transfer speed

If you’re interested in faster download speeds on your smartphone – and aren’t we all? – then you’ll want to know about the latest field tests of 5G technology being carried out in Japan. The new trial carried out by Huawei and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo is the first to use conditions that match the real world: in other words, a lot of users connecting at once on a spectrum

Obama backs away from law to access encrypted information

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration has backed away from seeking legislation that would give U.S. law enforcement agencies access to individuals’ encrypted messages, the White House said on Saturday. “We are actively engaged with private companies to ensure they understand the public safety and national security risks that result from malicious actors’ use of their encrypted products and services,” said White House spokesman Mark Stroh. “However, the administration is