OS X El Capitan Available as Free Update Tomorrow

CUPERTINO, California — September 29, 2015 — Apple® today announced that OS X® El Capitan, the latest major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, will be available on Wednesday, September 30 as a free update for Mac® users. El Capitan builds on the groundbreaking features and beautiful design of OS X Yosemite, refining the Mac experience with updates to window management, built-in apps and Spotlight® search,...

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Building your own chatbot is a lot easier than you’d expect

The basic Dexter interface isn’t dissimilar to WordPress or any other blogging platform you might have tried. There’s a large main composing window with some toolbars up top and off to the sides. To get started, you type in an example of what the user says to the bot — to keep it simple, you can just start with “hello,” or a variety of salutations (hello, hi, sup). Then, you just decide what the bot will...

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Final Cut Pro X helps small company delight world’s biggest clients

From beginning to end, the editing process is dramatically streamlined by the powerful features built into Final Cut Pro X. Its skimmer tool makes it faster for editors to view and evaluate incoming footage. “Final Cut Pro X offers you a quicker way for that third pass on your rushes,” says Lindsay. “You can scrub to the point of action and get the part you want.” Sophisticated keywording for clips allows editors to mark clips by...

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Watch how ‘Alien: Covenant’s’ android is born

Another Alien film, another terrifying android that could spell humanity’s downfall. In Prometheus, we were introduced to Michael Fassbender’s David, a robot who was a bit too curious about the nature of extraterrestrial life. Now Fassbender is back in Alien: Covenant as “Walter,” a slightly tweaked android with one important difference: He has no human emotions. That should make conversation a bit tougher, but...

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OS X El Capitan Available as Free Update Tomorrow

CUPERTINO, California — September 29, 2015 — Apple® today announced that OS X® El Capitan, the latest major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, will be available on Wednesday, September 30 as a free update for Mac® users. El Capitan builds on the groundbreaking features and beautiful design of OS X Yosemite, refining the Mac experience with updates to window management, built-in apps and Spotlight® search,...

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