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Could Nuclear Power Be Used For Carbon Capture?December 19, 2020 at 11:34 PM  Tags: Tech, Forbes, Slashdot, San Luis Obispo California, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Kirsty Gogan, Energy for Humanity 79 people like this. Like Apple temporarily shuts California stores in virus surge, some in UK after new curbsDecember 19, 2020 at 11:56 PM Apple has shut 53 California stores and 16 in the United KingdomTags: Apple, UK, California 36 people like this. Like A Beginners Guide To Home Theatre SystemsDecember 19, 2020 at 11:53 PM During this time of unprecedented change in the world, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, you may be wondering what you can do to lighten the mood and enjoy some festive fun at home with your family.
Watching a movie is a great way to escape the chaos and rediscover a little happiness with the people you love in the safety of your home. Be a little indulgent and invest in a home theatre system you and your family deserve. Finding a little festive magic is vital during this time when spirits are ...Tags: Technology, Entertainment, Jazz, Home Theatre Systems 37 people like this. Like Apple closes all California locations amid rising COVID-19 casesDecember 19, 2020 at 11:47 PM Apple is temporarily closing all stores in California amid an ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases in the state. All 53 stores will be...Tags: Apple, California 8 people like this. Like Apple Temporarily Closes All California Stores Amid PandemicDecember 19, 2020 at 10:33 PM SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — All of Apple’s 53 California retail stores have been temporarily closed amid a surging coronavirus pandemic.
A list on the Cupertino-based company’s website of the retail stores in the state reflects the change.
“We’re temporarily closing soon, but are currently open for pickup of existing online orders, previously scheduled in-store Genius Support appointments and previously reserved one-on-one shopping sessions with a Specialist made through Tuesday, December 22,” the page...Tags: Apple, Business, Technology, News, California, Sacramento, Roseville, Cbs, Cupertino, Southern California, San Joaquin Valley, Consumer, Coronavirus, COVID, Coronavirus Closures, Apple Temporarily Closes All California Stores 18 people like this. Like A New Release For GNU OctaveDecember 19, 2020 at 8:34 PM Tags: Tech, Slashdot, Matlab, Fortran, James B Rawlings, John G Ekerdt 98 people like this. Like Capella Space Defends High-Resolution Satellite Photos Described as 'Eerily Observant'December 19, 2020 at 9:34 PM Tags: Tech, Nasa, Earth, Bustle, Sar, U S Air Force, Capella, Capella Space 140 people like this. Like Sunday Firesides: You Are ReligiousDecember 19, 2020 at 9:51 PM When asked if they are religious, many people today will say they’re not (often adding that they are, nevertheless, spiritual).
This distinctly modern refutation of religiosity makes use of a distinctly modern, and altogether too limited, definition of the word.
Religion, as popularly understood today as an allegiance to certain beliefs, creeds, and institutions, did not come into English use until the 17th century.
Anciently, the root of the word was used differently, and may have aris...Tags: Google, Life, A Man's Life, Sunday Firesides 9 people like this. Like The road to hell is paved with good algorithms: The case for deactivating recommendation algorithms in the political sphereDecember 19, 2020 at 9:35 PM From the Workshop on “News and Information Disorder in the 2020 US Presidential Election.” Jonas Kaiser Algorithms, and recommendation algorithms in particular, are deeply ingrained in our networked public sphere . Facebook recommends us new friends, pages to like or groups to join, Google websites that fit our search interests, Twitter people to follow or topics to check out, Amazon products to buy, Spotify music to listen to, and YouTube videos to watch. According to Alexa, the mo...Tags: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Youtube, Germany, US, New York Times, Brazil, Alexa, Knight Foundation, Branding, Guest Blogger, Thomas, Zika, Pasquale, George Box 16 people like this. Like Apple closes all California stores as COVID cases riseDecember 19, 2020 at 8:52 PM The move comes less than a week before Christmas.Tags: Apple, California 8 people like this. Like Mixtape podcast: Artificial intelligence and disabilityDecember 19, 2020 at 8:37 PM
Welcome back to Mixtape, the TechCrunch podcast that looks at the human element that powers technology.
For this episode we spoke with Meredith Whittaker, co-founder of the AI Now Institute and Minderoo Research Professor at NYU; Mara Mills, associate professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU and co-director of the NYU Center for Disability Studies; and Sara Hendren, professor at Olin College of Engineering and author of the recently published What Can a Body Do: How We Meet ...Tags: TC, Tech, Accessibility, Nyu, Mills, Whittaker, Meredith Whittaker, Hendren, Olin College of Engineering, Techcrunch Include, AI Now Institute, Sara Hendren, Mixtape podcast, Mara Mills, Minderoo Research Professor, NYU Center for Disability Studies 32 people like this. Like RubyGems Catches Two Packages Trying to Steal Cryptocurrency with Clipboard HijackingDecember 19, 2020 at 7:34 PM Tags: Microsoft, Tech, Bleeping Computer, Sonatype Fortunately 150 people like this. Like Trump weirdly defensive of Russia in his first comments on Russian hack of U.S. governmentDecember 19, 2020 at 7:36 PM  Tags: Security, Post, Technology, News, Putin, Russia, US news, Hack, Tech News, Hacked, Trump, Russia Russia Russia, Lamestream 63 people like this. Like Apple temporarily closes all California, London stores as pandemic worsensDecember 19, 2020 at 7:44 PM By Mark Gurman
Apple Inc. is temporarily closing all of its retail stores across California, as well as those in the greater London area hit by a new lockdown, and other markets that have seen a surge in COVID-19 cases.
The Cupertino, California, based company said on its website Saturday that it’s closing all 53 locations across the Golden State, a day after saying it would shut its stores in the Los Angeles area. The escalation of closures now covers its major locations in the San Francisco Ba...Tags: Apple, Business, England, London, News, California, Mexico, US, Los Angeles, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Brazil, Silicon Valley, Boris Johnson, Golden State 6 people like this. Like Apple shuts all California stores temporarily as COVID-19 pandemic surgesDecember 19, 2020 at 7:45 PM  Tags: Apple, Post, Technology, California, Tech News, Apple Inc, Reuters, Pandemic, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Covid19 51 people like this. Like Lenovo Smart Clock Essential For Just $23.74 Shipped After $26 Price Drop!December 19, 2020 at 7:30 PM Lenovo Smart Clock Essential For Just $23.74 Shipped Use code: EXTRAFIVE This was selling for $49.99 yesterday and is now on sale at its lowest price ever. Read more about this clock and its features on Engadget here. 4″ LED display Built-in dimmable night-light Google Assistant Microphone-mute toggle Sleek look and minimal footprint Audio: 1.5″ […]Tags: Google, Deals, Smart Home, Lenovo, Engadget 44 people like this. Like Physicists Made an Insanely Precise Clock That Keeps Time Using EntanglementDecember 19, 2020 at 6:34 PM Tags: Tech, Mit, Serbia, University of Belgrade 83 people like this. Like This MacBook Pro is ridiculously cheap and ships in time for ChristmasDecember 19, 2020 at 6:43 PM Our experts didn’t beat around the bush when they reviewed the 16-inch MacBook Pro, “The best Mac in years.”Tags: Apple, Deals, Trends, Computing, Macbook Pro, Apple MacBook Pro, MacBook deals, Amazon 2020 27 people like this. Like ScreensaverDecember 19, 2020 at 6:30 PM I've had my Forma for a few weeks and have been enjoying it. I came over from a Kindle Oasis. I like having the two navigation buttons of the Oasis, but the additional size of the Forma makes reading much more of a pleasure. Using the developer options to invert the screen for reading in bed with the spouse works great. I only need about 3% on the light to read. I use calibre to manage my books and have side loaded all content after I converted the books to kepub format (except for my Calvin & H...Tags: Google, Books, Kobo Reader, Oasis, Calvin Hobbes, Ranger Doug 42 people like this. Like Apple temporarily closes California stores as virus cases mountDecember 19, 2020 at 6:18 PM Apple is taking action across its home state one day after it temporarily closed stores in the Los Angeles area.Tags: Apple, California, Los Angeles 23 people like this. Like A Stranger Crowdsourced $1,700 For a Mistreated Fast-Food WorkerDecember 19, 2020 at 4:34 PM Tags: Tech, Georgia, Cnn, McDonald, Mistreated Fast Food Worker 69 people like this. Like Apple-Criticizing Banner Ads Now Added to Some of Facebook's iOS AppsDecember 19, 2020 at 5:34 PM Facebook added banner ads criticizing Apple into some of its iOS apps, 9to5Mac reports, in its ongoing war against Apple's new privacy changes:
By tapping the Learn More button, the app opens an article written by Facebook in which the company says Apple's policies announced at WWDC 2020 with iOS 14 will "harm the growth of business and the free internet." Facebook refers both to the new App Store privacy labels and also an option in iOS 14 that prevents apps from tracking users.
The fact that...Tags: Apple, Facebook, Tech, App Store 38 people like this. Like Common HomePod problems and how to fix themDecember 19, 2020 at 5:27 PM The Apple HomePod is a great way to pilot your smart home, but once in a while, the speaker can glitch. Here are some common HomePod errors and how to fix them.Tags: Apple, Trends, Smart Home, Tvos, Apple Siri, Apple HomePod, Apple HomePod mini 5 people like this. Like Gillmor Gang: Full Stream AheadDecember 19, 2020 at 5:20 PM Twitter is shutting down Periscope, the video app it acquired several years ago when Facebook Live threatened to lap the field. When we stream the Gillmor Gang sessions, we send them to Facebook, Twitter, and an unlisted embed on YouTube. At one point, we planned to stream the sessions live on TechCrunch, but for now we’re posting the edited version there.
In the weeks leading up to January 20th, the live Telegram feed at https://t.me/Gillmorgang has been dominated by the Trump focus on overt...Tags: Apple, TC, Facebook, Video, Hbo, Hollywood, Senate, White House, Disney, Tech, Georgia, Intel, Ben Thompson, Stratechery, Netflix, Mtv 26 people like this. Like Can you IPO sneakers? Also, this is the last Exchange roundup of the yearDecember 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Subscribe here.
Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors.
Sweet dreams are made of IPOs, so merry f****** Christmas
We’re all very tired but there’s still so much news to go over I am sorry
Can you IPO sneakers? Also, this is the last Exchange r...Tags: TC, Microsoft, France, Tech, Eu, Paypal, Bellevue, Brazil, SEC, Silicon Valley, Robinhood, Latin America, Garry Tan, Accel, Exchange, Civ 37 people like this. Like Human Capital: Ex-Pinterest employees who alleged discrimination say ‘no progress has been made’December 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM This was quite the week for Pinterest and not in a good way. While the company settled the gender discrimination lawsuit brought forth by its former COO, the hefty $22.5 million settlement highlighted some of the tech industry’s inequities.
Meanwhile, Airbnb outlined some new goals around diversity and inclusion, despite having not produced a diversity report since last year, when it disclosed its 2018 data.
All that and more in this week’s edition of Human Capital. Sign up here to get th...Tags: TC, Lyft, Pinterest, Labor, Banks, America, Tech, Diversity, Intel, Airbnb, Michigan, Biden, Human Capital, Bain, Trump, Chen 40 people like this. Like EFF Calls Facebook's Criticism of Apple's Pro-Privacy Tracking Change 'Laughable'December 19, 2020 at 5:46 PM  Tags: Apple, Facebook, Eff, App Store, Facebook Apple, Facebook Google, Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF, Facebook-Apple tracking dispute, Facebook EFF Facebook Apple, EFF Calls Facebook 106 people like this. Like The woman who created the technology behind internet calls explains what it takes to innovateDecember 19, 2020 at 3:38 PM  Tags: Google, Technology, Internet, Africa, Women, Innovation, Global development, Voice, World Economic Forum, Marian, Schwab Foundation, Marian Croak, Croak, Africa Teen Geeks, Eniola Mafe, Lindiwe Matlali 140 people like this. Like |
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