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4 days agoCurrent Event takai
FCC Commissioner urges Google and Apple to ban TikTok
"TikTok is not just another video app. That's the sheep’s clothing." That's what Brendan Carr wrote in his tweet along with a copy of the letter he sent Apple and Google, asking the companies to remove TikTok from their app stores. The agency's senior Republican commissioner references a recent BuzzFeed News report that examined leaked audio from 80 internal TikTok meetings. Based on those leaked audio recordings, China-based employees of TikTok parent company ByteDanc...
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3 weeks agoExpression takai
What the early days of Red Bull tell us about Bitcoin and the demise of altcoins
If you can have the original, why go for the copycat? In fact, Red Bull is one of the most prominent companies in Austria today and certainly one of the biggest global brands hailing from Austria. Its success is down to a tried and tested business strategy that is easy to understand but extremely hard to pull off: instead of competing with incumbents you just create a whole new product (sub)category.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
NASA to buy 5 more astronaut missions from SpaceX
NASA plans to buy five more SpaceX crewed flights to the International Space Station. The agency announced a "sole source modification" to its contract with SpaceX, which operates the only American system currently carrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The expected value of the modified contract was not disclosed in an agency blog post(opens in new tab) Wednesday (June 1).
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Too much self-confidence can endanger health
Older people who overestimate their health go to the doctor less often. This can have serious consequences for their health, for example, when illnesses are detected too late. By contrast, people who think they are sicker than they actually are visit the doctor more often. This is what a new study by Sonja Spitzer from the Institute for Demography at the University of Vienna and Mujaheed Shaikh from the Hertie School in Berlin found based on data from over 80,000 Europeans aged 50 and older.
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1 month agoExpression takai
Stop Pretending All Books Are Written in English
Publishers routinely omit the names of translators.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Ray Liotta: Scorsese and De Niro lead tributes to the late Goodfellas actor
Director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro express their sadness at death of Goodfellas actor.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Recycled tires make for roads that last twice as long in hot sunshine
Roads always seem to be in need of repair, but changing up the recipe could help them last longer. Researchers in Australia have now shown yet another advantage of adding rubber from old tires to asphalt – extra Sun protection that could help roads last up to twice as long before cracking.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Tech Industry Groups Are Watering Down Attempts at Privacy Regulation, One State at a Time
In late 2019, Utah state senator Kirk Cullimore got a phone call from one of his constituents, a lawyer who represented technology companies in California. “He said, ‘I think the businesses I represent would like to have some bright lines about what they can do in Utah,’ ” Cullimore told The Markup.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Meta sued in Kenya over claims of exploitation and union busting
A suit was earlier today filed against American social-media giant Meta and Sama, its main subcontractor for content moderation in Africa, over claims of exploitation and union busting.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Box Office: ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Opens to Astonishing $36 Million in Previews
This sorcerer still reigns supreme. Disney and Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” earned a formidable $36 million in Thursday previews, setting the stage for what could be a massive $175 million-plus debut this weekend. This ranks as the eighth largest preview performance ever, behind “Avengers: Infinity War’s” $39 million in 2018.
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1 month agoCurrent Event takai
Dave Chappelle: My attacker wanted to draw attention to gentrification
The man who attacked Dave Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this week told the comedian that he rushed the stage in order to draw attention to gentrification. As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Chappelle spoke about the incident during his set at the Comedy Store’s Belly Room on Thursday, revealing that he convinced police to allow him to speak to his alleged assailant, 23-year-old Isaiah Lee.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
Tim Cook says Apple won’t rule out acquiring large companies, but its focus is on IP and talent
During Apple’s fiscal Q2 2022 earnings calls, company CEO Tim Cook was asked about Apple’s strategy for acquiring other companies. According to Cook, Apple is not exactly concerned with acquiring other large companies but, rather, with incorporating new talent.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
Why Dr. Dre Changed His Mind About Appearing In GTA 5
Dr. Dre was at the centre of Grand Theft Auto Online's The Contract expansion, but the hip-hop icon initially had no intention of getting involved. Speaking to BET Music, rapper, producer, and GTA Online co-writer DJ Pooh said that Dre, not fully understanding what GTA was, didn't want to make music or appear in something intended for kids.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
Apple expands the use of recycled materials across its products
Apple today released new details on the increased use of recycled content across its products. For the first time, the company introduced certified recycled gold, and more than doubled the use of recycled tungsten, rare earth elements, and cobalt. Nearly 20 percent of all material used in Apple products in 2021 was recycled, the highest-ever use of recycled content.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
First iPhone 14 Molds Show Relative Case and Camera Bump Sizes
A photo claiming to show molds of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 14 series models has appeared online, offering another preview of the relative sizes of the rumored devices.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
We sent bitcoin from Miami to a Ukrainian in Poland who withdrew it as cash, all in less than three minutes
CNBC tested out an international transfer of cash with a Ukrainian staying in Poland via bitcoin's Lightning Network.
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2 months agoCurrent Event takai
How ‘Seinfeld’ Truly Embraced Nothingness in “The Chinese Restaurant”
“Do you ever notice how happy people are when they finally get a table? They feel so special because they’ve been chosen. It’s enough to make you sick!” It’s hard to talk about Seinfeld without bringing up a number of key episodes through the series’ production run. Installments like “The Contest”, “The Soup Nazi”, and “The Chinese Restaurant” aren’t just exemplary episodes of this heavyweight sitcom, but instances of Seinfeld changing and informing the evolution of the form itself.