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September 20, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With Apple’s hotly anticipated Vision Pro headset hitting store shelves Friday, you’re probably going to start to see more people wearing the futuristic googles that are supposed to usher in the age of “spatial computing.” Apple executives and their marketing experts are attempting to make an obscure form of technology popular.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — From an electrifying and colorful musical performance at the FIFA World Cup to a new Grammy Awards category, African music genres and talents are reaching audiences and dance floors across the globe in a breakthrough for an industry that has long endured structural challenges. With performances on the world’s biggest stages
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Singaporeans are expressing their frustration with uninformed or discriminatory perceptions of their country after a U.S. senator questioned the nationality of the CEO of TikTok, implying a connection to the Chinese Communist Party. On Wednesday, TikTok’s CEO Shou Chew and other technology company executives, including Meta, X, and Snap, testified before U.S. lawmakers about the
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The latest version of the iPhone and continued growth in its services division helped Apple bounce back from a year of declining sales during the holiday quarter, despite potential legal challenges that could impact its future success. Apple’s earnings report for the October-December period revealed a small increase in revenue, breaking a streak of four
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Meta Platforms Inc. experienced a threefold increase in its earnings and reported significantly higher revenue in the last quarter of 2023, driven by a recovery in digital advertising and efforts to reduce costs and lay off employees, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg referred to as the “efficiency year.” Debra Aho Williamson, a well-established technology analyst, stated
READ MOREA former CIA software developer has been given a 40-year prison sentence on Thursday for being found guilty of what the government has deemed the largest theft of classified information in CIA history. In addition, the individual was also convicted of possessing images and videos depicting child sexual abuse. The majority of the punishment given
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In the future, the TikTok app may have a different appearance or audio experience. Earlier this week, Universal Music Group, which manages popular musicians such as Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and Drake, announced that it will no longer permit its music to be used on TikTok after the expiration of their licensing agreement on Wednesday.
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A California adolescent has been detained and taken from one side of the country to the other to face serious accusations of swatting a mosque in Florida. Seventeen-year-old Alan Winston Filion was taken into custody on January 18 by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department based on a warrant from Seminole County, Florida. According to
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According to Access Now, the digital rights organization, the Pegasus spyware, created in Israel, was employed in Jordan to breach the mobile devices of over 30 individuals, including reporters, attorneys, and advocates for human rights and political causes. According to a report by Access Now, the infiltration using spyware created by Israel’s NSO Group took
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Elon Musk is asking Tesla shareholders to vote on relocating the company’s headquarters to Texas following a ruling from a Delaware court denying him a lucrative compensation plan. The CEO of the electric car company announced on Thursday that Tesla will hold a vote among shareholders to decide if they should change their corporate registration
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