In a recently-published detailed support document, tech giant Apple has highlighted the capabilities of the Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports on the new MacBook Pro laptop.

The document released by Apple unfolds some previously unknown details related to the Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports on the new MacBook Pro. In addition, the document also outlines how a range of accessories can be connected to the different adapters.

Dangerous bacteria capable of causing serious infections can frequently spread from patients in intensive care units (ICUs) to nurses' scrubs and the environment, a new study warned.

The study, conducted at Duke University Hospital, included a total of 167 ICU patients who received health care from forty nurses during 120 twelve-hour shifts.

The researchers took cultures from the sleeves, pockets and midriffs of the nurses' scrubs before and after every shift. They also tested the environment, including bed rails and medical supply carts.

This week, widely-known fashion clothing brand Emporio Armani said that it is launching its first hybrid connected watch - dubbed the 'EA Connected Watch' - in partnership with Fossil.

In announcing the launch of the EA Connected Watch, Armani said that the cost of the smartwatch starts at $250; and it can now be purchased online from the Armani website or from the Emporio Armani boutiques across the worlds.

In a blog post released on Tuesday, Google's parent company Alphabet said that it is curbing the expansion of its Google Fiber high-speed fiber optic Internet network and is also laying off employees in the Access division responsible for the work related to Google Fiber.

The disclosure made by Craig Barratt - the present CEO of Alphabet's Access division - is an apparent indication of a shift in the company's strategy one of its most ambitious and expensive initiatives --- reaching super-fast Internet connections to US households.

In a blog post published on Monday, PayPal Holdings Inc. announced an integration with Facebook social network.

PayPal's integration with Facebook will bring PayPal payments and notifications to Facebook's Messenger chat service, giving users the ability to avail more options for easy and secure online transactions.

In an article published on Sunday, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said that Samsung's efforts to save its ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 flagship handset - which has now been discontinued - evidently hindered US regulators from closely investigating the device.

The Galaxy Note 7 handset was launched by Samsung in August; and recalled -- within barely two weeks of launch -- on September 2, due to reports, by some users, about overheating and exploding batteries of the device.

In a recently released blog post, Facebook has revealed that it plans to reduce censorship of graphic content; and will soon start displaying more offensive content -- including violence and nudity -- provided that it is important or "newsworthy."

The disclosure in the blog post implies that Facebook will leave offensive images and other content posted up on its website - even if the content violates the company's community standards - if it considers the content to be important enough to be seen or read by the users.

In a brief video published on Thursday, Japanese gaming biggie Nintendo unveiled its much-anticipated new home console --- a hybrid-handheld console which the company has formally named 'Nintendo Switch.'

The new console, which was officially announced by Nintendo more than a year back, was thus far referred to, in reports, by its codename - NX.

Tech giant Apple has sent out invites for a "special event" scheduled to be held next Thursday, October 27, on or near the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California. At the event, Apple is expected to unveil new Mac hardware.

According to a research paper published by Microsoft engineers on Monday, the company has reached "human parity" with its new, experimental speech recognition system.

Revealing that the Microsoft's experimental speech recognition system has, this week, achieved the lowest-ever recorded error rate for machine transcription, Microsoft engineers said in their paper that the word error rate (WER) achieved by the system was 5.9 percent
--- the first time the system has recorded a WER below 6 percent. In September, Microsoft had reported a 6.3 percent WER for the system.