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Apple Watch credited with helping police locate kidnapped Texas woman
Police in Selma, Texas are crediting the Apple Watch with helping them locate a kidnapped woman. As reported by Fox San Antonio, the kidnapped woman used her Apple Watch to call for help, and police were able to use a cellular ping to track her.
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Alphabet gives up on balloon-powered internet
Alphabet's Loon is no more. Loon was launched in 2013 as one of Google's moonshot projects — experimental ventures which try to solve big problems — and was turned into an independent company in 2018. The idea was to provide internet access to areas that are remote or have poor infrastructure using balloons that sail at about 65,000 feet of altitude. And though Loon did have some success in those nine years — mostly in providing emergency access to areas that were struck by catastrophe — it is now shutting down.
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Tucows Downloads is retiring after hosting freeware and shareware for nearly 3 decades
Once upon a time when the web was young and trustworthy sites for downloading Windows software were hard to find, TUCOWS emerged and quickly became a top destination for folks looking for the latest versions of freeware and shareware applications, eventually adding support for Linux, Mac and a handful of other operating systems.
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Why Everyone Should Be Concerned About Parler Being Booted From the Internet
The real coordinated inauthentic behavior on social media made itself abundantly clear in the aftermath of the assault on Congress. The culprit isn’t a troll farm or Russian influence. This time, the coordinated inauthentic behavior is coming from California.
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Amazon is removing Parler from its web hosting service, meaning the platform will go offline Sunday if it can't find another host
Amazon's decision came amid calls for the company to stop providing services to Parler, after people used the site to plan the deadly Capitol riots.
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Wikipedia is 20, and its reputation has never been higher
Lying drunk in a field outside the Austrian city of Innsbruck in 1971, inspiration struck Douglas Adams, a science-fiction writer. He looked at his copy of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Europe”, and then up at the stars, and came up with the idea for a “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. It would be a (fictional) mixture of travel book and encyclopedia, but with an absurd-seeming twist: instead of being written by experts, anyone could contribute.
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Quibi’s $1.75B experiment ends with Roku acquisition for “less than $100M”
Quibi, the curious "TV on your phone" service that lasted for roughly six months last year, will soon live on—as a free-with-ads channel on Roku. After rumors began circulating earlier this week, Quibi and Roku confirmed on Friday that the two companies had reached terms for an acquisition, putting most of Quibi's hours of original programming into Roku's hands.
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Boeing criminally charged for lying about 737 Max crashes, fined $2.5 billion
Boeing has been criminally charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by the Department of Justice and will have to pay a $2.5 billion fine for lying to the Federal Aviation Administration before and after the fatal 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.
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Rumor: new iPad Pro coming in March, thicker 12.9-inch model with Mini-LED display
After sharing some details about the ninth-generation iPad this week, MacOtakara reported today that Apple is planning to launch the next-generation iPad Pro in March this year. The new models are expected to have a similar design to the current generation, but with a Mini-LED display for the 12.9-inch version.
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Apple's annual proxy statement confirms antitrust risks for the first time
Apple today announced its annual meeting with shareholders and also published its proxy statement, which is a document provided to shareholders that contains background information about the company. This year, Apple’s statement nearly confirms that the company is concerned with antitrust risks.
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Why Facebook Is Bad, Twitter Might Be a Little Bit Good, and Social Media Is Rotting Our Brains
Tech oracle Jaron Lanier warned us all about the evils of social media. Too few of us listened. Now, in the most chaotic of moments, his fears—and his bighearted solutions—are more urgent than ever.
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Microsoft Asks Xbox Series X Owners If They'd Be Interested In PS5 DualSense-Features
Both the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5 are incredible systems, each with something unique to offer gamers depending on what they are looking for. That being said, the PS5 DualSense controller has been something extraordinary, with even more immersive haptics and a design that feels unbelievable. Players aren't the only ones impressed with this addition to new-gen technology, Microsoft is now asking Series X/S players if they would be interested in features like that on their system as well in a new survey.
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Foxconn tells Wisconsin it never promised to build an LCD factory
In October, Wisconsin denied Foxconn subsidies because it had failed to build the LCD factory specified in its contract with the state. As The Verge reported, it had created a building one-twentieth the size of the promised factory, taken out a permit to use it for storage, and failed to employ anywhere near the number of employees the contract called for. Nevertheless, Foxconn publicly objected “on numerous grounds” to Wisconsin’s denial of subsidies.
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Apple knew a supplier was using child labor but took 3 years to fully cut ties, despite the company's promises to hold itself to the 'highest standards,' report says
Apple is back under the spotlight over labor conditions in its supply chain following an explosive report from The Information on Thursday that revealed new details about the company's reluctance to cut ties with suppliers who violate its ethics policies.
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Tech's top seven companies added $3.4 trillion in value in 2020
Tech’s biggest companies just wrapped up a huge year. The seven most valuable U.S. technology companies — Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Tesla and Nvidia — picked up a combined $3.4 trillion in market cap in 2020, powering through a global pandemic and broader economic crisis.
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8 great Apple Arcade games for your new 2020 iPhone or iPad
This time last year, Apple Arcade was still a fledgling service, but one with a lot of potential. For $5 a month, you could get unlimited access to a big library of interesting games, the kind that no one really sells in the App Store anymore. It’s still not a place to find the latest blockbusters, but Arcade has steadily evolved into one of the best deals in gaming.
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Bitcoin Ends 2020 With Record Market Cap Above $500 Billion
Bitcoin continues to inverse-mirror reality. As the economy worsens and destabilization increases, Bitcoin’s price keeps increasing. This says much about society when an asset without any central controllers gains so much trust in such a short time.
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The International Space Station microfarm can now grow radishes
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) says it has successfully grown its very own batch of radishes on the International Space Station (ISS). The successful project took place last month when researchers were able to grow six packs of radishes in space. This is great news for scientists attempting to produce vegetables and fruits in environments with low levels of gravity.
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My Hackintosh days are over, it's time to rejoin the Apple fold
One of my favorite nerd toys is about to turn into a relic, and it's Apple's fault. Back in 2016, I was frustrated Apple hadn't updated its Mac Mini, iMac or Mac Pro computers in at least a year. The company was pumping out new iPhones, iPads, AirPods and MacBooks at a regular pace, and I had at least one of each. The desktop Macs weren't getting the same attention.
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Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China
One of the oldest and most well-known iPhone suppliers has been accused of using forced Muslim labor in its factories, according to documents uncovered by a human rights group, adding new scrutiny to Apple’s human rights record in China.
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