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Wayfair Follows Amazon With Its Own Made-up Holiday: Way Day
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Wayfair Follows Amazon With Its Own Made-up Holiday: Way Day

Amazon started Prime Day. Alibaba capitalized on Singles Day. Now another e-commerce company is hoping for success with an invented shopping holiday.

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AppleMagazine #338
Game Of Thrones: Doesn't Anyone Here Want To Make Any Money?
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Game Of Thrones: Doesn't Anyone Here Want To Make Any Money?

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August 04, 2017
Q&A: How Can I Stop My TV From Spying On Me?
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Q&A: How Can I Stop My TV From Spying On Me?

The publication by WikiLeaks of documents it says are from the CIA’s secret hacking program describe tools that can turn a world of increasingly networked, camera- and microphone-equipped devices into eavesdroppers.

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AppleMagazine #280 *Special Edition*
US Says Global Spam Scheme Targeted After Mastermind Nabbed
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US Says Global Spam Scheme Targeted After Mastermind Nabbed

U.S. authorities announced this week they are working to dismantle a global computer network that sent hundreds of millions of spam emails worldwide each year. The Russian man alleged to be at the head of the scheme was arrested Friday in Spain. 

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April 14, 2017
Slumping PC Market Shows A Glimmer Of Hope In 1st Quarter
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Slumping PC Market Shows A Glimmer Of Hope In 1st Quarter

The long-suffering personal computer market may be finally recovering from the damage inflicted by the shift to smartphones and tablets, according to a report released this week. 

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April 14, 2017
Preparing Artifacts Of The 'Great War' For The Digital Age
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Preparing Artifacts Of The 'Great War' For The Digital Age

Rick Maynard found the manila envelope containing letters from the battlefields of World War I while he and his sister were cleaning out the basement after their father’s death. 

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April 14, 2017
Lithium Reviving Centuries-old Czech Mining Tradition
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Lithium Reviving Centuries-old Czech Mining Tradition

A surge in the global use of lithium, a key component in electric batteries, is leading to the revival of a centuries-long mining tradition in the Czech Republic’s Ore Mountains. 

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April 14, 2017
Blackberry Wins $815 Million In Dispute With Qualcomm
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Blackberry Wins $815 Million In Dispute With Qualcomm

BlackBerry Ltd. says it has been awarded $814.9 million in a binding interim arbitration decision in a dispute with Qualcomm Inc. over royalty over payments. 

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April 14, 2017
How Apple will "Pro for it"with Future Macs
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How Apple will "Pro for it"with Future Macs

Typically, Apple won’t publicly launch into extensive detail about any upcoming products until those products are on the verge of shipping. However, the company recently broke from this playbook for a meeting with a small number of reporters - in Apple’s Product Realization Lab for the Mac, too - with whom the subject of the Mac’s future was brought up. The message that the press walked away with was clear: Apple is committed to giving the Mac a bright future for professional users. 

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April 14, 2017
Uber's PR Head Resigns Amid Tumultuous Time For Company
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Uber's PR Head Resigns Amid Tumultuous Time For Company

Uber’s head of communications is leaving, the latest in a string of executive departures as the ride-hailing company tries to dig out from a pile of troubles. 

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April 14, 2017
5 Reasons Amazon Is Experimenting With Physical Stores
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5 Reasons Amazon Is Experimenting With Physical Stores

Is the online giant of retail also looking to conquer physical stores?

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May 05, 2017
Apple Growing Cash Stash Spurs Talk of Huge Acquisition
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Apple Growing Cash Stash Spurs Talk of Huge Acquisition

As Apple’s stash of cash grows, so does the possibility that the world’s most valuable company will use some of the money for a huge acquisition that would expand its empire beyond iPhones and other gadgets.

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May 05, 2017
Robotic Fruit Pickers May Help Orchards With Worker Shortage
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Robotic Fruit Pickers May Help Orchards With Worker Shortage

Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States.

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May 05, 2017
Airbnb, San Francisco Reach Deal on Rental Registrations
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Airbnb, San Francisco Reach Deal on Rental Registrations

San Francisco and Airbnb reached a deal this week that aims to prevent the short-term rental website from listing housing units that are not following city rules that limit the duration of stays and the number of nights units can be rented.

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May 05, 2017
Nutonomy, Groupe PSA to Collaborate on Self-driving Cars
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Nutonomy, Groupe PSA to Collaborate on Self-driving Cars

Self-driving software company nuTonomy is teaming up with French automaker Groupe PSA.

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May 05, 2017
WNBA Set to Stream 20 Games a Season on Twitter
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WNBA Set to Stream 20 Games a Season on Twitter

The WNBA will stream 20 games a year over the next few seasons on Twitter in a deal announced Monday night.

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May 05, 2017
Apple Makes $1B Commitment Toward More Us Manufacturing Jobs
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Apple Makes $1B Commitment Toward More Us Manufacturing Jobs

Apple will invest $1 billion to help create more U.S. manufacturing jobs and to counter recurring criticism about its reliance on overseas factories to assemble most of its iPhones and other devices.

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May 05, 2017
Takeoff And Cruise: Toyota Making ‘Flying Car,' Luxury Boat
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Takeoff And Cruise: Toyota Making ‘Flying Car,' Luxury Boat

Toyota Motor Corp. is working on a “flying car.”

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June 09, 2017
WWDC 2017: The Biggest Announcements
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WWDC 2017: The Biggest Announcements

WWDC 2017: The Definitive Timline

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June 09, 2017
Q&A: Internet Extremism And How To Combat It
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Q&A: Internet Extremism And How To Combat It

In the wake of Britain’s third major attack in three months, Prime Minister Theresa May called on governments to form international agreements to prevent the spread of extremism online. 

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June 09, 2017
NY Settles With 4 Companies To Stop Tracking Children Online
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NY Settles With 4 Companies To Stop Tracking Children Online

The state attorney general announced settlements Tuesday with Viacom, Mattel, Hasbro and JumpStart Games to stop them from using or allowing tracking technology on their popular children’s websites.

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September 16,2016
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Apple Is Shifting The Focus Of Its Secret Car Project

Apple may not become an automaker, but it still wants to develop its own self driving technology.

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September 16,2016
Amazon Adds Audiobooks, Audible Channels To Prime Perks
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Amazon Adds Audiobooks, Audible Channels To Prime Perks

Listen up.

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September 16,2016
Apple: Software Flaws In Latest Wikileaks Docs Are All Fixed
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Apple: Software Flaws In Latest Wikileaks Docs Are All Fixed

Apple said purported hacking vulnerabilities disclosed by WikiLeaks this week have all been fixed in recent iPhones and Mac computers.

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March 31, 2017
Elon Musk's Latest Target: Brain-computer Interfaces
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Elon Musk's Latest Target: Brain-computer Interfaces

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is announcing a new venture called Neuralink focused on linking brains to computers.

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March 31, 2017
Got Camera? Facebook Adds More Snapchat-Like Features
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Got Camera? Facebook Adds More Snapchat-Like Features

Facebook is adding more Snapchat-like features to its app. The company says it wants to let your camera “do the talking” as more people are posting photos and videos instead of blocks of text.

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March 31, 2017
Justices Won't Hear Appeal In Music Copyright Dispute
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Justices Won't Hear Appeal In Music Copyright Dispute

The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from record companies that want to pursue copyright infringement claims against music site Vimeo for hosting unauthorized recordings from the Beatles, Elvis Presley and other classic artists.

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March 31, 2017
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Cyborgs At Work: Employees Getting Implanted With Microchips

Cyborgs At Work: Employees Getting Implanted With Microchips

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AppleMagazine #284
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National Archives To White House: Save All Trump Tweets

The National Archives and Records Administration has told the White House to keep each of President Donald Trump’s tweets, even those he deletes or corrects, and the White House has agreed.

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April 07, 2017
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Privacy Concern Raised Over Search On Verizon Phones

Is Verizon planning to spy on its customers?

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April 07, 2017