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THE MIND BEHIND THE RUBIK'S CUBE CELEBRATES A LASTING PUZZLE
If you've ever had trouble solving a Rubik's Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It's worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it.
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December 10, 2022
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PENTAGON SPLITS $9 BILLION CLOUD CONTRACT AMONG 4 COMPANIES
Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon's $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network, a year after accusations of politicization over the previously announced contract and a protracted legal battle resulted in the military starting over in its award process.
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December 10, 2022
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2 Chainz Hosts Amazon Music Live Concerts Using NFL Platform
2 Chainz wants to capitalize off the NFL's huge "Thursday Night Football" platform to feature some of the world's most popular musical performers on Amazon Music's live concert series.
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December 10, 2022
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FDA CHANGE USHERS IN CHEAPER, EASIER-TO-GET HEARING AIDS
It's now a lot easier and cheaper - for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
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AppleMagazine
TESLA LAUNCHES IN THAILAND, VYING TO COMPETE WITH CHINA EVS
Tesla has launched sales in Thailand, offering its popular Model 3 and Model Y at prices aimed at competing with rivals like China's BYD.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
NASA CAPSULE FLIES OVER APOLLO LANDING SITES, HEADS HOME
NASA's Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon Monday, flying over a couple Apollo landing sites before heading home.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
SALE JUMPSTARTS FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND POWER IN US WATERS
This week marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT STRIKES 10-YEAR DEAL WITH NINTENDO ON CALL OF DUTY
Microsoft agreed this week to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival Sony.
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AppleMagazine
CHINA EASES ANTI-COVID MEASURES FOLLOWING PROTESTS
China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
WORK FORGES AHEAD AS SCHEDULED ON KENTUCKY EV BATTERY PLANTS
Ford Motor Co. and a South Korean partner company showed off their progress in developing a massive battery production venture in Kentucky, where they have laid the groundwork for one of the \"big bets\" the automaker is making in its electric vehicle business.
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AppleMagazine
BUZZFEED CUTS 12% OF STAFF CITING WORSENING ECON CONDITIONS
Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 12% of its workforce, citing worsening economic conditions.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
BOEING'S LAST 747 TO ROLL OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE FACTORY
After more than half a century, Boeing is set to roll its last 747 out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
ΜΕΤΑ OVERSIGHT BOARD URGES CHANGES TO VIP MODERATION SYSTEM
Facebook parent Meta’s quasi-independent oversight board said that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul.
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AppleMagazine
MARYLAND BANS TIKTOK IN STATE AGENCIES, LATEST STATE TO ACT
Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in the state’s executive branch of government, Gov. Larry Hogan said this week, the latest state to address cybersecurity risks presented by the platforms.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
BIDEN VISITS ARIZONA COMPUTER CHIP SITE, HIGHLIGHTS JOBS
President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited the site for a new computer chip plant in Arizona, using it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
US POLICE RARELY DEPLOY DEADLY ROBOTS TO CONFRONT SUSPECTS
The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.
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AppleMagazine
MAN GOES TO TRIAL ON CHARGES HE RAN UNLICENSED BITCOIN BIZ
A New Hampshire man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business catered to romance and imposter scammers who conned their victims into wiring him money that he shared as virtual currency with the criminals after taking his cut, a prosecutor alleged during opening statements in his trial Tuesday.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
REVIEW: WILL SMITH-LED 'EMANCIPATION' IS AN ACTION THRILLER
It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua's \"Emancipation,\" starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil War-era Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.
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Techlife News
NETFLIX NIGHTS STILL COME WRAPPED IN RED-AND-WHITE ENVELOPES
Netflix’s trailblazing DVD-by-mail rental service has been relegated as a relic in the age of video streaming, but there is still a steady — albeit shrinking — audience of diehards like Amanda Konkle who are happily paying to receive those discs in the iconic red-and-white envelopes.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
UK WATERS DOWN ONLINE RESTRICTIONS AFTER FREE SPEECH OUTCRY
The British government abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
4 REASONS FOR THRIFT STORE GIFTS THIS YEAR
Thrifting is hot, and Goodwill finds are cool again. But while we’re thrilled to find the perfect throwback tee for our own closet, gifting used goods still carries a stigma for some.
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Techlife News
IN WHY ARE MAN UNITED AND LIVERPOOL SUDDENLY ON THE MARKET?
English soccer’s two most storied teams are suddenly in play.
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Techlife News
STATES SETTLE WITH GOOGLE, IHEARTMEDIA OVER MISLEADING ADS
The Federal Trade Commission and a handful of states announced settlements with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about a Google cellphone.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
AMAZON SAYS IT HAD ITS BIGGEST THANKSGIVING SHOPPING WEEKEND
Amazon said it had its biggest-ever Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend, aided by a record number of consumers looking for deals online amid high inflation.
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GIVING TUESDAY RAISES $3.1B FOR CHARITIES IN TOUGH ECONOMY
GivingTuesday raised a record $3.1 billion in 24 hours for charitable causes in the U.S. earlier this week, as the event that started as a hashtag in 2012 celebrated its 10th anniversary and its status as a staple of fundraising for nonprofits, the group’s leader said Wednesday.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
POWELL: FED TO KEEP RATES HIGHER FOR LONGER TO CUT INFLATION
The Federal Reserve will push rates higher than previously expected and keep them there for an extended period, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday in remarks likely intended to underscore the Fed’s single-minded focus on combating stubborn inflation.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
OHIO COURT REJECTS CITY CABLE FEES FOR STREAMING SERVICES
The streaming services Netflix and Hulu are not video service providers that would have to pay local governments in Ohio the same fees levied on cable operators, the state Supreme Court ruled in a case similar to lawsuits filed by hundreds of other municipalities nationally.
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Techlife News
'STRANGE WORLD' EXPLORES BIG THEMES IN BOLD COLORS
Is Searcher Clade the most millennial dad in all of animated moviedom? He has that telltale hipster beard. A sensitive voice sorta like Jake Gyllenhaal. And he feeds his kid avocado toast, with an egg on top.
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Techlife News
EU WARNS MUSK TO BEEF UP TWITTER CONTROLS AHEAD OF NEW RULES
A top European Union official warned Elon Musk this week that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc.
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