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Apple hits $3 trillion in market value as new gadget releases loom

Apple became the first company ever to close a trading day with a $3 trillion valuation on Friday – hitting the milestone as investors look ahead to the highly-scrutinized releases like the iPhone 15 and the Vision Pro mixed-reality headset. The California-based tech giant’s stock rose more than 2% to $193.97 per share at the …

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Brazil Proposed Internet Regulations. Big Tech Dug In Its Heels

On April 28, Felipe Neto, a Brazilian YouTuber with more than 45 million followers, was furious. He had just received a message from YouTube warning him about PL2630, a bill in Brazil’s National Congress dubbed the “Fake News Law” that would regulate online platforms. Influencers like Neto, the company said, could be forced to take …

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Tech Layoffs Reveal America’s Unhealthy Obsession With Work

it’s so nice that everything’s back to normal at the office now, isn’t it? If “normal” means mass layoffs, empty office buildings, confusing return-to-office policies, AI panic, and the whiplash-y feeling that just when employees were starting to redraw some boundaries between work and home, an economic downturn has forced society to fret even more …

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The $160 gadget that wants you to do something you may never have considered

It’s a thing. Apparently. H2O You never really know other people. You may think you do but, one day, they’ll say or do something that surprises you, and you’ll imagine your entire view of them. Sometimes, technology drives them toward these surprising possibilities. As my example, I present something I simply never knew that people …

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This new phone comes with everything you miss about old smartphones

TL;DR TCL and Metro have launched the Ion X smartphone. The phone brings a removable battery, microSD support, and a 3.5mm port. You’re otherwise looking at a very unremarkable handset in other areas. Phones with removable batteries are a rarity these days, as even the vast majority of low-end devices offer fixed batteries. Fortunately, US …

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Big Tech is firing employees by the thousands. why? And how worried should we be?

Tech companies are always in the news, usually touring the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadgets or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines. In the last year, more than 70,000 people globally have been laid off by Big Tech companies – and that doesn’t …

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