Mac Pro lives, hacked sirens and Google fact-checking

In late 2013 Apple announced the 2nd generation Mac Pro, a compact and quiet trash-can shaped computer for pro users such as video editors. And after not updating the previous generation model for three years prior, this innovative new one was well received.

However since then it has languished. And after the new MacBook Pro was announced with many old standard ports removed power users started to worry that Apple was no longer interested in providing high-end computers for the relatively small pro market. As the months went by, well-known Apple power users became more and more vocal and speculative about the future of pro Apple hardware.

In response Apple - in an extremely un-Apple move - gathered five top tech journalists to pre-announce that the Mac Pro was in fact not dead:

Apple is currently hard at work on a “completely rethought” Mac Pro, with a modular design that can accommodate high-end CPUs and big honking hot-running GPUs, and which should make it easier for Apple to update with new components on a regular basis. They’re also working on Apple-branded pro displays to go with them. (Daring Fireball)

The emergency sirens in Dallas, USA wailed for several hours after they were hacked (New York Times)

Google is adding fact-checking information to its search results. (Search Engine Land)