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Apple's Top Retail EXEC To Leave Amid iPhone Sales Slowdown
Apple’s top retailing executive is stepping down amid a slowdown in iPhone sales that has raised doubts about the company’s future growth prospects.
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Techlife News #380
Techlife News
Activision To Lay Off 800 Workers As Video Game Sales Drop
Video game maker Activision Blizzard is laying off nearly 800 workers as the company braces for a steep downturn in revenue following the best year in its history.
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Techlife News #381
Techlife News
Spotify Buys Gimlet, Anchor To Ramp Up Its Podcast Game
Music streaming service Spotify is buying podcast companies Gimlet and Anchor as it looks to take on Apple’s popular iTunes’ podcasting platform.
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Techlife News #380
Techlife News
‘Digital Gangsters': UK Wants Tougher Rules For Facebook
British lawmakers issued a scathing report this week that calls for tougher rules to keep Facebook and other tech firms from acting like “digital gangsters” and intentionally violating data privacy and competition laws.
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Techlife News #382
Techlife News
Tornado Forecasting Improves, But Still Deaths Keep Coming
Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong.
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Techlife News #384
Techlife News
Apple's Fiscal 2Q Revenue, Profit Sag Amid iPhone Slump
Apple’s sales are still shrinking amid weakening iPhone demand, despite the company’s increasing emphasis on services designed to bring in a steady flow of money from the 1.4 billion of its devices still in use.
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Techlife News #392
Techlife News
Autonomous Vehicles Could Soon Drive On, Empty, In Florida
Self-driving vehicles could be operated in Florida without a human on board under a bill going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Techlife News #392
Techlife News
Amazon Opens First Go Store That Accepts Cash
Amazon launched its high-tech Go convenience store a year ago, where shoppers can pull items off the shelf and walk out. Now it’s adding a decidedly low-tech feature: accepting cash.
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May 11, 2019
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Laurene Jobs & Leonardo Dicaprio Helps Create New Environmental Alliance
Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new nonprofit environmental powerhouse charged with tackling climate change and the loss of biodiversity.
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July 6, 2019
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Kaley Cuoco Takes A Dramatic Turn After ‘Big Bang Theory'
Kaley Cuoco is making a big move after wrapping 12 seasons with “The Big Bang Theory,” with a new production deal and a pivot from comedy to drama.
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July 6, 2019
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French Wine Vs US Tech Prowess: New Trump-Macron Standoff
France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech companies like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.
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August 3, 2019
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iPhone 11: Superpowered iPhone Is Coming
With Apple all-but-confirmed to be releasing a trio of new iPhones this September, this week we decided to take a closer look at the latest rumors and leaks, go hands-on with a dummy model, and consider what the future holds for the world’s most iconic smartphone…
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August 3, 2019
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One Hack, 106 Million People: Capital One Ensnared By Breach
A hacker accessed the personal information of 106 million Capital One credit card holders or credit card applicants in the U.S. and Canada, in the latest massive data breach at a large company.
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August 3, 2019
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Apple Card: The Future Of Digital Money
With Apple announcing its new credit card, powered by Goldman Sachs and MasterCard, we delve deeper into the company’s fintech division, explore the implications of the new venture, examine Apple’s financial services competition, and ask whether the Cupertino firm is spreading itself too thin as it expands its services arm and enters into unmarked territory…
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Techlife News #388
Techlife News
Real Or Artificial? Tech Titans Declare AI Ethics Concerns
The biggest tech companies want you to know that they’re taking special care to ensure that their use of artificial intelligence to sift through mountains of data, analyze faces or build virtual assistants doesn’t spill over to the dark side.
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April 13, 2019
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House Passes Bill To Restore ‘Net Neutrality' Rules
The House has passed bill Wednesday to restore Obama-era “net neutrality” rules, but the legislation faces slim odds of making it through the Republican-controlled Senate.
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April 13, 2019
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Europe Looks To Remold Internet With New Copyright Rules
The European Union has approved a copyright overhaul that aims to give more protection to artists and news organizations but which critics say will stifle freedom of speech and online creativity and punish smaller web companies.
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April 20, 2019
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Netflix: First Quarter Adds 9.6m New Subscribers
Netflix kicked off the year with the biggest subscriber gains in the history of its video streaming service, but forecast a springtime slowdown that disappointed investors.
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April 20, 2019
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Disney, Comcast Now Hulu's Only Owners As AT&T Exits
AT&T has sold its 9.5% share in Hulu back to the streaming TV company, leaving Disney and Comcast as its owners.
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April 20, 2019
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Amazon Is 2nd US Company To Reach $1 Trillion Market Value
Amazon on Tuesday became the second publicly traded company to reach $1 trillion in market value, hot on the heels of iPhone maker Apple.
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September 8, 2018
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California Net Neutrality Bill Goes To Gov. Jerry Brown
Gov. Jerry Brown will decide whether California should have the nation’s strongest protections for net neutrality rules intended to ensure a level playing field on the internet after the measure cleared the final legislative hurdle last Friday.
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September 8, 2018
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UTAH Police Use New Technology To Trace Ballistic Evidence
A recently solved drive-by shooting case in South Salt Lake highlights the effectiveness of a newly formed center that provides investigators with improved ballistics testing, according to Utah authorities.
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September 8, 2018
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Box Office Top 20: ‘crazy Rich Asians' No. 1 For Third Week
The glitzy romance “Crazy Rich Asians” topped the North American box office over Labor Day weekend, its third consecutive weekend in the No. 1 spot.
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September 8, 2018
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UEFA Sets 2019 Super Cup Target To Start Using Video Review
UEFA plans to start using video review to help referees at next year’s Super Cup.
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September 8, 2018
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Rhode Island Company Gets Grant For Wind Turbine Technology
A Rhode Island company has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant for its work to improve the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines.
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November 25,2018
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Former Georgia Grocery Store Transformed Into Air Force Lab
A former grocery store in Middle Georgia is now serving high-tech aircraft manufacturing for the military.
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November 25,2018
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GAME NOT OVER IN ‘RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET'
In a battle between the internet and John C. Reilly, who among us wouldn’t root for the latter? Leave us IMDb.com and a few podcasts, John, but by all means, go smashy-smashy with the rest.
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November 25,2018
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Mac Mini: Packed With Impressive Power
Hot off the heels of its new iPhone XS and XR launch, Apple invited New York professionals to its ‘More in the Making’ event in late October, unveiling a whole host of new hardware, like the long-awaited MacBook Air refresh and an iPhone X-inspired iPad redesign.
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November 25,2018
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Technology Credited With Aiding Atlantic City's Crime Drop
Crime is down in Atlantic City, and police are crediting several factors including technology that helps them monitor high-crime areas and identify potential risks.
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November 25,2018
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Bring Me The Bleach: Investors Seek Stability As Stocks Fall
Goodbye iPhones and Facebook feed. Hello power plants and bleach.
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