Apple will refresh entire iPad lineup next year, report claims
After skipping a whole year, Apple plans to fully refresh its iPad lineup in 2024. Mashable
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Razer’s N95 debacle is a reminder to double check COVID claims
The color-changing lights and futuristic look of Razer’s Zephyr and Zephyr Pro face masks almost made everyone forget what masks are actually supposed to do: Protect wearers from COVID. The kerfuffle around Razer recently removing “N95 grade” language from mask descriptions is certainly not a...
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DoNotPay’s ‘robot lawyer’ can now help report potholes or fallen trees to the city, file damage claims
Tired of swerving around the same pothole every day but don’t know how to report it to your city? Already reported it but feel like said report was fired off into the ether, never to be read much less fixed? DoNotPay, a company that makes...
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Trump fires top US cybersecurity official Chris Krebs for debunking false election claims
Chris Krebs, one of the most senior cybersecurity officials in the U.S. government, has been fired. Krebs served as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) since its founding in November 2018 until he was removed from his position on Tuesday. It’s...
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Human Capital: Uber Eats hit with claims of ‘reverse racism’
With less than one week left until the election, DoorDash made a late contribution of $ 3.75 million to try to ensure California’s gig worker ballot measure Prop 22 passes. Meanwhile, Coinbase is looking for a head of diversity and inclusion and Uber was hit...
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Alphabet’s board is investigating execs over claims of sexual harassment and other misconduct
Alphabet’s board of directors has opened an investigation into how executives at the company have handled misconduct claims, CNBC reported earlier today after viewing materials that it says show an independent subcommittee has been formed — and a law firm hired — to look into...
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 breaks viewership record, Netflix claims
Did you watch Stranger Things 3 over Fourth of July weekend? If so, you’re not alone. According to Netflix, the new season was such a popular viewing pick that it actually broke the service’s four-day record, with 40.7 million “household accounts” tuning in. And 18.2...
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Apple addresses Spotify’s claims, but not its demands
Two days after Spotify announced that it had filed a suit against Apple with the European Commission over anticompetitive practices, Apple today issued its own response of sorts. In a lengthy statement on its site called “Addressing Spotify’s Claims”, Apple walks through and dismantles some of the...
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CRISPR scientist in China claims his team’s research has resulted in the world’s first gene-edited babies
In a dramatic development for CRISPR research, a Chinese scientist from a university in Shenzhen claims he has succeeded in helping create the world’s first genetically-edited babies. Dr. Jiankui He told the Associated Press that twin girls were born earlier this month after he edited...
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Venezuela claims drones loaded with explosives used in failed attack on president
Is the dystopian future of shoestrong budget weaponized drone attacks here already? The BBC and AP are reporting claims by the Venezuela government of an assassination attempt on its president using a couple of drones carrying explosives. President Nicolás Maduro was giving a speech at a military...
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