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SAMSUNG SLASHES PRICES IN BID TO BOOST FOLDABLE PHONE SALES
Samsung is hoping cheaper but more durable versions of its foldable phones will broaden the appeal of a high-concept design that’s so far fizzled with consumers.
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August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
HOT DATES: 2 SPACECRAFT TO MAKE VENUS FLYBY
Two spacecraft are set to swoop past Venus within hours of each other this week, using the maneuver to do a little bit of bonus science on the way to their main missions at the center of our solar system.
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August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
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ALL RUMORS ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY NEW SENSOR
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August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S TENCENT LIMITS GAMING FOR MINORS AFTER MEDIA OUTCRY
China’s biggest gaming company, Tencent Holdings, said it will limit gaming time for minors and ban children under age 12 from making in-game purchases after a state media article called games “spiritual opium.”
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
SONY'S PROFITS GAIN ON ‘DEMON SLAYER,' DIGITAL CAMERA DEMAND
Sony’s April-June profit rose 9% to 211.8 billion yen ($1.9 billion) as the Japanese electronics and video game maker continued to benefit from a sales perk from the hit “Demon Slayer” animation film.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
SEC'S GENSLER SAYS CRYPTO INVESTORS NEED MORE PROTECTION
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said that investors need more protection in the cryptocurrency market, which he said is “rife with fraud, scams and abuse.”
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
FAMILIES URGE USING NEW DNA TECH TO ID PEARL HARBOR UNKNOWNS
William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
THE FIVE BEST HYBRID SUVS YOU CAN BUY
Buying a hybrid vehicle is typically a smart way to help save money on gas and reduce your carbon footprint compared to a conventional gasoline-only vehicle.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
REESE WITHERSPOON SELLS HELLO SUNSHINE, JOINS NEW COMPANY
It’s a perfect day for Reese Witherspoon as the actress and producer is selling the media company she founded to a newly formed company backed by private equity firm Blackstone Group.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
NLRB PRELIMINARY FINDING REVIVES LABOR ORGANIZING AT AMAZON
A recommendation to nullify the election results of an Amazon union vote in Bessemer, Alabama is breathing new life into the labor movement.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
RUSSIA BLAMES SPACE STATION LAB INCIDENT ON SOFTWARE FAILURE
A Russian space official blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab for briefly knocking the International Space Station out of position.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
SQUARE TO BUY INSTALLMENT PAYMENT FIRM AFTERPAY IN $29B DEAL
Digital payments company Square Inc. says it has agreed to acquire Afterpay, which provides a “buy now, pay later” option for merchants, in an all-stock deal valued at about $29 billion.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
ZOOM TO PAY $85M FOR PRIVACY MISCUES AT START OF PANDEMIC
Zoom will pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that weak privacy controls opened too many peepholes into the personal information of users and that it was too easy for outsiders to disrupt video meetings during the early stages of the pandemic.
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AppleMagazine #510
AppleMagazine
PLANS FOR LARGEST US SOLAR FIELD NORTH OF VEGAS SCRAPPED
The push to transition from carbon-emitting fuel sources to renewable energy is hitting a roadblock in Nevada, where solar power developers are abandoning plans to build what would have been the United States’ largest array of solar panels in the desert north of Las Vegas.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
SMART EYE DEPUTY CEO RANA EL KALIOUBY TALKS AUTOMOTIVE AI
Rana el Kaliouby co-founded and led Boston startup Affectiva, which uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to analyze mood and emotion.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
Game War - NETFLIX ENTERS THE BATTLE ROYALE OF GAMING PLATFORMS
Over the past 18 months, consumers have spent more time at home than ever before, not only working, but socializing, learning new skills, and playing games. Video gaming as a whole saw a significant increase during this period and the gaming platform Steam recorded an all-time high of 23.6 million average concurrent users in April 2020. A year later, rival firms want a slice of the pie. Following Apple’s expansion into gaming with Arcade, Netflix is the latest player entering the game, announcing its intention to launch its own gaming titles.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
WALZ SAYS ‘CLEAN CAR' RULES HAVEN'T HURT IN 14 OTHER STATES
Minnesota became the first Midwestern state to adopt a plan for encouraging the switchover to electric vehicles as Gov. Tim Walz predicted that someday people will wonder why there was such a fuss.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
TOWN WANTS NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY MINERS TO BE ‘PRESENTABLE'
A New York town along the Canadian border plans to impose a 90-day moratorium on new cryptocurrency mining operations to make sure local roadsides are not cluttered with trailers and shipping containers loaded with computers.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
UPS EARNS $2.7 BILLION BUT VOLUME DIPS AS STORES REOPEN
Free from the pandemic lockdowns of last year, more shoppers are venturing into stores and relying just a bit less on brown UPS trucks.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
MARSQUAKES OFFER DETAILED LOOK AT RED PLANET'S INTERIOR
A quake-measuring device on Mars is providing the first detailed look at the red planet’s interior, revealing a surprisingly thin crust and a hot molten core beneath the frigid surface.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
TESLA REACHES MILESTONE WITH FIRST $1B QUARTERLY PROFIT
Tesla’s quarterly profit has surpassed $1 billion for the first time thanks to the electric car pioneer’s ability to navigate through a pandemic-driven computer chip shortage that has caused major headaches for other automakers.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S TENCENT ORDERED TO END EXCLUSIVE MUSIC CONTRACTS
Internet giant Tencent was ordered by regulators to end exclusive contracts with music copyright holders, adding to increased enforcement of anti-monopoly and other rules as Beijing tightens control over booming online industries.
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
CHINA LAUNCHES 6-MONTH CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN UP APPS
China’s industry ministry has announced a 6-month campaign to clean up what it says are serious problems with internet apps violating consumer rights, cyber security and “disturbing market order.”
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AppleMagazine #509
AppleMagazine
JUDGE HEARS FIGHT OVER LITHIUM MINE ON NEVADA OREGON LINE
Conservationists suing a federal agency over approval of a mine at the largest known U.S. deposit of lithium urged a judge to issue a temporary restraining order blocking excavations they say would disturb sacred tribal burial grounds near the Nevada-Oregon line.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX CONFIRMS MOVE INTO VIDEO GAMES AS ITS GROWTH SLOWS
Netflix reported its worst slowdown in subscriber growth in eight years as people emerged from their pandemic cocoons. But it has an answer to that: Video games.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
UN RIGHTS CHIEF ALARMED BY REPORTED USE OF POWERFUL SPYWARE
The United Nations’ human rights chief voiced alarm over the reported use of military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
FORD, ARGO AI TO DEPLOY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ON LYFT NETWORK
Ford Motor Co. and a self-driving vehicle company it partly owns will join with the Lyft ride-hailing service to offer autonomous rides on the Lyft network.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
ZOOM BUYING FIVE9 IN $14.7B ALL-STOCK TRANSACTION
Zoom, the video-conferencing company whose growth was supercharged by the pandemic over the past year, will buy the cloud call center company Five9 in an all-stock deal valued at about $14.7 billion.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE FIXED AFTER MONTH OF NO SCIENCE
The Hubble Space Telescope should be back in action soon, following a tricky, remote repair job by NASA.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
STELLANTIS CEO EXPECTS CHIP SHORTAGE TO DRAG INTO NEXT YEAR
The leader of the world’s fourth-largest automaker expects a global computer chip shortage that has cut vehicle production to last into next year.
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