The USB hub Apple would make is just $12 on Amazon

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Apple makes plenty of accessories, but USB hubs cannot be counted among them. This is interesting since Apple’s ultra-thin line of laptops are all a bit lacking when it comes to available ports.

We’re not sure Apple will ever come around and start selling its own USB hubs to help users connect more devices to their MacBooks at once. If Apple ever did make a USB hub though, it would probably look something like the Inateck Unibody Aluminum 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub.

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The 8 coolest iPhone 6s features you need to try today

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With an incredible array of new features, both on the hardware and software side, the iPhone 6s is arguably the most exciting iPhone upgrade we’ve seen in years. Thankfully, we haven’t yet seen any reports of Apple struggling to keep up with demand, which means that millions of users will be taking the wraps off new iPhone models this weekend.

With so many new features to explore, we thought we’d highlight a few of the more compelling, interesting, and downright fun iPhone 6s features that you need to take for a spin over the weekend.

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Video: This is the first iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus drop test

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The new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are in town and they sport an even better build quality, according to Apple. There’s bendgate-proof 7000 Series aluminum on the back and sides and the “strongest glass on any smartphone” on the front.

But does that mean the new iPhone models will better withstand accidental drops than their predecessors? The following video will tell you all about what happens when such unfortunate events occur.

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Exclusive interview: Linux creator explains why a truly secure computing platform will never exist

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Twenty-four years ago this month, a Finnish developer with a sharp tongue who’s regarded by some as one of the most influential programmers alive today released version 0.01 of the Linux kernel to the Internet.

Creator Linus Torvalds introduced it by posting a message in the days before its release to a Usenet newsgroup that famously began: “I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu).” Since then, the code base has of course expanded — from 10,000+ lines of code to millions — and it helps power everything from TVs to tablets to smartphones, routers and more.

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10 awesome iPhone 6s apps with 3D Touch support

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The iPhone 6s is finally here with a host of new features, not the least of which is 3D Touch. As we detailed previously, 3D Touch is one of the more important and exciting innovations to grace the iPhone in quite some time.

While Apple’s implementation of 3D Touch on its own apps looks great, developers are also starting to get in on the action. Below are 10 apps which are already putting 3D Touch to good use.

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Gameplay footage: Hands-on with Halo 5’s Arena multiplayer mode

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It’s been ages since an entry in the Halo series lured me in with its multiplayer. I played Halo 2 obsessively with friends a decade ago, and custom modes in Halo: Reach’s Forge ate up several weeks of my life, but I’ve never had any real interest in playing Halo competitively for months after release.

That might change with Halo 5: Guardians.

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iPhone 6s: The real reason you should be excited about Apple’s 2GB RAM bump

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We finally know how much RAM the iPhone 6s will have. Rumors have long claimed that Apple will use 2GB of RAM on the iPhone 6s series, and reports following Apple’s announcement event reinforced them – yet the iPhone maker never acknowledged this detail.

Meanwhile, iPhone 6s launch day arrived and the fearless team at iFixit tore through the new models almost immediately after the Australian Apple retail stores opened up for business on Friday. One of the team’s revelations concerned memory, but iFixit also revealed one more significant detail about it the new iPhone’s memory.

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