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The eggplant emoji wants you to go fuck yourself — literally  

From its modest start as a lowly edible to its meteoric rise as a phallic symbol, the eggplant is undoubtedly a the star of the emoji world. And now it's going places few emoji (presumably) have ever seen… literally. What started as a joke eventually led creator Jaime Jandler to create the ‘Emojibator' — a real-life representation of the beloved emoji in vibrator form. Janderl told Cosmopolitan: I wanted to create a culturally relevant and classic product, and this really hit the mark on both. It's also a great way to add a touch of humor to anyone's sex toy collection. According to the website,…

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Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and other industry giants sign pledge to pay women equally  

Two months ago, the White House first announced its Equal Play Pledge — a plan to end the salary gap between men and women in the private sector. Today, on Women's Equality Day, 29 new signatures were added to a growing chorus of companies who demand equal pay for both sexes. A total of 29 companies signed the pledge — as announced by the White House today — and committed to conducting company-wide pay analyses annually and review hiring and promotion practices within their respective companies. Facebook, Apple, IBM and Microsoft have all signed the pledge, bringing the number of signatories to 57.…

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Apple facing supply shortages ahead of iPhone 7 launch  

If it seems like we're saying the same thing every year, it's because we are. Again, Apple is weeks away from releasing a new phone without the supply to meet the expected demand. At this point, it's tradition. This year's supply shortage is more of the same as recent years and it directly boils down to shortages in the supply chain. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Asian publication Nikkei also details a fair number of “faulty components” that could impact availability at launch. According to an industry source: If Apple sticks to its launch schedule from last year, there…

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Spotify is punishing artists with Apple exclusives by decreasing their visibility  

The fight between Spotify and Apple Music has been heating up for some time, but today things just got ugly — childish even. Citing sources familiar with Spotify strategy, Bloomberg today detailed Spotify's push to punish artists that release music as an Apple exclusive. Lately, the “exclusive” game has been heating up as popular artists like Kanye West and Taylor Swift release music on other platforms with an exclusivity window. Once the window expires, it comes to Spotify. Now, Spotify is biting back by making these musicians harder to find on its own platform. In the pay-per-play world of online streaming, this…

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Here's how to skip iOS 9.3.5 and just upgrade to iOS 10  

Yesterday Apple released an emergency fix to try to stamp out the so-called ‘Trident' vulnerabilities. The multiple-headed monster exposed your device through not one, but three distinct vulnerabilities. Once accessed, these sensitive areas of iOS acted as an opportunity to remotely jailbreak an iOS device through a program called ‘Pegasus.' Created by NSO Group — an Israeli cyberwarfare firm — the Pegasus vulnerability could potentially affect any iOS device running iOS 9.3.4 or older. Worse, the exploit has been in the wild for at least a month, so we're really not sure how many iPhones and iPads were infected. While you're probably…

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After Losing Steam In Smartphones, Chinese Firm Turns To Smart Rice Cookers  

One of China's most valuable tech startups, smartphone maker Xiaomi, is getting into networked appliances, in a bid to innovate its way out of trouble, as its core business falls flat.

 
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WhatsApp Will Start Sharing Data, Including Phone Numbers, With Facebook  

It will also test new ways for businesses to communicate with users on the app. The privacy policy changes mark the long-expected move by Facebook to begin making money from the free app.

 
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Tesla Clears Antitrust Hurdle In $2.6 Billion Deal For SolarCity  

The Federal Trade Commission signed off on Tesla's plan to buy the solar panel installer. CEO Elon Musk is SolarCity's chairman and its largest shareholder.

 
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