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4 days agoCurrent Event kong88
Report: Apple is gearing up to launch a ‘flood’ of new devices starting this fall
Apple’s poised to release a slew of new devices between this fall and the beginning of 2023, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. What Gurman describes as a “deluge” of products will reportedly include four iPhone 14 devices, a set of new iPads, three Apple Watches, several M2 / M3-upgraded Macs, a pair of refreshed AirPods Pro buds, a new HomePod, and a spec-boosted Apple TV model.
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12 days agoCurrent Event kong88
Polar bear population discovered that can survive without sea ice
An isolated population of polar bears has been discovered in southeast Greenland1, which is free of sea ice for most of the year. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) typically need sea ice to survive, so the discovery is raising hopes that some members of the species might survive the loss of ice caused by climate change.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event kong88
Canada’s pork industry keeps pigs in feces and filth
How well we lionize physical courage while repudiating bravery’s rarer form — moral courage. That’s the ability to know what is right, writ-large, and what is wrong (no matter what the law) and then to act on it, not for self-profit or glory or even selfies, but because not acting is intolerable.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event kong88
Boeing Is Ready to Launch Starliner, a Rival to SpaceX’s Dragon
The company’s uncrewed spacecraft will fly to the International Space Station, and if successful, will give NASA astronauts another way to get to orbit.
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1 month agoCurrent Event kong88
Report blasts "manipulative" video game loot boxes
Consumer groups in 18 European countries have backed a report calling gaming loot boxes "exploitative." The contents of the virtual boxes are only revealed through either game play or by making a payment. While some contain useful tools or desirable extras which improve the experience, others are worthless.
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1 month agoCurrent Event kong88
YouTuber indulges in Steam Deck destruction to demonstrate device's durability
Are you, like me, still lost in Steam Deck pre order purgatory? Is "after Q3 2022" an infinite void swallowing up the future, with the promise of PC gaming on the go seemingly never to arrive? This video from DIY YouTube channel JerryRigEverything of one getting bent, burned, and stabbed may give you some catharsis.
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1 month agoCurrent Event kong88
Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks to the International Space Station for the first time
This evening, Boeing’s new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, successfully docked itself to the International Space Station — demonstrating that the vehicle can potentially bring humans to the ISS in the future. It’s a crucial capability that Starliner has finally validated in space after years of delays and failures.
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2 months agoCurrent Event kong88
China to build a lunar communications and navigation constellation
China plans to set up a constellation around the moon to provide communication and navigation services for future operations on the lunar surface. China will take the lead in demonstrating a small, lunar relay communication and navigation system, Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), told Chinese media on April 24.
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2 months agoCurrent Event kong88
TSMC's Chip Revenue From Apple Predicted to Grow Nearly 25% in 2022 as Apple Silicon Transition Nears Completion
Chip supplier TSMC's Apple business is predicted to grow almost 25 percent this year as the transition to Apple silicon nears completion and the two companies grow closer ties, DigiTimes reports.
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2 months agoCurrent Event kong88
Taiwan's Asus will be Entering the New Wave of Hybrid Tablet-Notebooks in the second half of the year joining HP and others
On April first Patently Apple posted a report about LG Display winning the contract for HP's 17" foldable display for a next-gen product referred to as a foldable notebook, wherein a large 17" display could act as a large tablet that could fold in half to act as a notebook-like device. The keyboard could be virtual or a separate keyboard could be provided that stands alone or could be magnetically attached to the lower half of the folded tablet.
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2 months agoCurrent Event kong88
Is Bitcoin Really That Bad For The Environment?
In March, The New York Times declared to its readers that a “single bitcoin transaction now requires more than 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, or enough energy to power the average American household for 73 days”. The claim will have seemed credible to the vast majority of people who eye bitcoin with deep suspicion. It coincided with the launch of a lobbying campaign by Greenpeace, which directly linked bitcoin’s proof-of-work mining system to climate change.
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3 months agoCurrent Event kong88
Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to Russians in emotional plea against war in Ukraine
Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a heartfelt nine-minute video message on Twitter in an attempt to punch through propaganda and speak directly to the Russian people about the war in Ukraine. The legendary bodybuilder, action star and former California governor said he wanted his message to reach "my dear Russian friends."
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3 months agoCurrent Event kong88
20,000 Dockworkers Refuse to Unload Russian Cargo at 29 West Coast Ports
West Coast dockworkers are refusing to load or unload Russian cargo entering or leaving all 29 West Coast ports in the United States, one of the nation's most powerful unions announced Thursday. The action in solidarity with the people of Ukraine comes as Russia shows no sign of letting up on its invasion of the country and amid widespread sanctions against Russia.
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4 months agoCurrent Event kong88
Ukraine invasion: Russian and Belarusian athletes out of Paralympics in stunning U-turn
Organisers say other teams are "threatening not to compete" so they are changing their stance "to preserve the integrity of these Games and the safety of all participants".