Elon Musk removes Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX after being challenged on Twitter

If Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has a social media manager (which we’re pretty confident he has one) for both companies, he/she/they have one less account to handle. Musk took down the Facebook pages for the aforementioned companies after being goaded on Twitter to delete the SpaceX page if he was “the man.” This started off after he responded to a tweet by Signal’s Brian Acton, the co-founder of now Facebook-owned WhatsApp, that contained the hashtag #deletefacebook. Musk replies, “What’s Facebook?” And thus, the challenge from some followers began. Musk claims he didn’t know the SpaceX page existed and that he will delete it. When asked about deleting the Tesla page, he responded “Definitely. Looks lame anyway.” On top of this, even Tesla-owned Solar City has lost its Facebook account. However, the Instagram pages for SpaceX and Tesla are still around. We don’t know yet if Musk plans to delete the accounts from this Facebook-owned company, too.

These provocations come after it was revealed over the weekend that consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked on President Donald Trump’s election campaign, had improperly acquired the data of 50 million Facebook users. The backlash over the news has its users calling out the social network’s disregard for its user’s privacy and US government officials asking for an explanation. 

Source: The Verge

OnePlus 6 specs get leaked

OnePlus 6 isn’t coming out soon but speculation about what will power the device is already going around. The Verge reports about a post on Chinese site Weibo that enumerates the specs of the upcoming OnePlus flagship. And it looks like it has the specs of a 2018 phone, as expected. It’ll supposedly have a 6.2-inch display with a notch and it’ll run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of storage. The OnePlus 6 is rumoured to be getting dual rear-facing cameras one will be a 12-megapixel sensor and the other a 20-megapixel one. It will also supposedly have OnePlus’s proprietary Dash Charge feature. As for its looks, The Verge speculates it could look like the OPPO R15 with both companies sharing the same owner. But the leaked photo of the device shows at least a different design for the rear.

Reports of S9 touchscreen dead zones surface, Samsung looking into the issue

The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus have just gone on sale recently and it’s not without its issues. Reports have surfaced that some units are suffering from unresponsive touchscreens with dead zones being identified across S9 screens. The reports are being made across forums like Reddit and XDA but it isn’t clear how widespread the issue is. Some people claim the top part of the device doesn’t respond to touch inputs while others are saying the bottom of the screen doesn’t work. It’s not only an inconvenience but with a full-display device like this, it would be particularly debilitating.

Samsung has issued a statement on the matter. A spokesperson said, "At Samsung, customer satisfaction is core to our business and we aim to deliver the best possible experience. We are looking into a limited number of reports of Galaxy S9/S9+ touchscreen responsiveness issues. We are working with affected customers and investigating. We encourage any customer with questions to contact us directly at 1-800-SAMSUNG."

Source: CNET

Lower cost iPads with Apple Pencil support expected at next week's announcement

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple is expected to unveil refreshed iPad at its education event next week. Not only are these iPads expected to have updated specs, they could likely be the first non-Pro iPads to be compatible with Apple Pencil as per KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi-Kuo who noted “the new low-price 9.7-inch iPad ... will likely support Apple Pencil.”

The education event is expected to kick off various education-focused strategies and products from Apple. Not only is this the first Apple Special Event for 2018, it is also a return to form for the company that's had a strong educational push in its DNA. Apple, after all, has always designed products for students, and the educational sector. iBooks and MacBooks (later on MacBook Airs) have always been popular with students and iPads enjoyed early success and adoption in schools.

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