As reality slowly sinks in that Trump will become president of the United States of America, many of us are turning to other things — anything — for comfort.。
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, it was Snapchat's Spectacles, the $130 camera glasses it started selling last week, the new MacBook Pros with Touch Bar and pointing fingers at Facebook's fake news problem for influencing election results. 。
Because next week is Thanksgiving in the U.S. and we'll be off spending times with our families, we've got an extra long MashTalk for you guys this week. 。
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chief correspondent Lance Ulanoff and tech editor Pete Pachal. 。
After getting the Spectacles overnighted from LA (thanks Saba!), I spent last weekend using them in New York City. If you haven't read it, you can read my Spectacles review here. 。
I snapped videos of myself eating pizza, flying a drone, taking photos with my phone — all hands-free.
。Though the camera-equipped sunglasses are only being sold through a "Snapbot" vending machine, which appears to be making its way across the country, and most people have yet to try them, I was really wowed by its simplicity. While not perfect (importing snaps to your phone is a slow process), Spectacles are shaping up to be one of the hottest "toys" of the year (along with the NES Classic Edition, of course).
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Circle videos are SO cool: 。
Those who aren't understanding Spectacles videos. Here's the only GIF you need. pic.twitter.com/CDXFCPM2PM
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— Raymond Wong 💾📼🍕 (raywongy) November 14, 2016
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Look, Trump's win has been hard to accept for a lot of people. Hillary Clinton blamed her loss on FBI director James Comey for re-opening an investigation into her controversial emails just three days before Election Day.
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But this week, as upset Americans tried to cope, Facebook emerged as another bearer of blame. Specifically, all the fake news published through the News Feed. 。
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he didn't think Facebook's fake news problem influenced the election and helped Trump win. But even Facebook's own employees disagree with him. 。
Even if Zuckerberg refuses to believe it, many people would agree there is a rampant fake news issue. Following reports of Google News also being susceptible to fake news, Google's gone out to ban sites with fake news from its ad service. 。
Is it time for the News Feed to die and for human news editors to return in place of algorithms?
The new 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.Credit: lili sams/mashable 。
The other big gadget to distract us from political news was Apple's new MacBook Pros with Touch Bar. You can read Lance's review on them here.。 Bottom line: they're pretty — really pretty. It's too early to declare the Touch Bar revolutionary or a gimmick, but they're damn expensive and dongle hell is a very real thing.。Buying a MacBook Pro has never been so hard, that's for sure. 。
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he didn't think Facebook's fake news problem influenced the election and helped Trump win. But even Facebook's own employees disagree with him. 。
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