Here are some things going on in tech Wednesday…
–This might be the time to go shopping for a new Mac for Christmas. Reports say Apple is going to do its first major refresh of the MacBook Pro in four years,
–Apple gets patents for a lot of things. And, apparently, it received one on Tuesday for a steering device on large trucks and other vehicles. Another use for it could be in a war situation, according to the patent.–GoPro is trying to crawl back from more than a year of disappointing products and market performance. Maybe the upcoming six-camera rig called the Omni, which costs $5,000, will help things along?–Crashing Teslas using autopilot aren t just limited to Florida, as Tesla says one of its cars in Beijing crashed while in autopilot mode. It s the first such instance of this in China.—Yelp shares are up 14 percent after the online review and recommendation company delivered a better-than-expected quarterly report. At least one Wall Street analyst raised his rating on the company s stock.–Did Google Maps wipe Palestine off the map? Well, not really, but it doesn t completely name the region, either.–Disney, looking to do more, and make more money in video streaming, spends $1 billion for a 33 percent stake in BamTech, the streaming division of Major League Baseball.–Intel is reportedly paying $408 million for deep-learning tech startup up Nervana Systems.–Starting this week, you can buy $20 Lyft gift cards at Starbucks stores.–Sony sets a September 7 event in New York for what is believed to include the unveiling of the next PlayStation console, the PlayStation Neo.Photo: MacBook Pros on display in a Palo Alto Apple store. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
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