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Ridgewood NJ, Apple has launched its Self Service Repair program. Customers in the US will now be able to repair their iPhones from home. The unexpectedly large kits will have all the tools required to repair an iPhone 12 or iPhone 13 lineup model or the third-generation iPhone SE. They will be rented to customers for $49.
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Leonia NJ, in a 2015 TedTalk, Robert Waldinger- director of study on adult development- stated that a good life is one of which individuals remain in a happy state. Today, there are many methods to achieve this state: money, health, fame, etc. Compared to the primordial ages, new technology in the 21st Century has greatly improved an individual’s chance of gaining one, if not all three, of these things. However, if we trace back in time, it is evidently shown that the human race had tendencies to group together (whether out of survival instincts or loneliness). The social characteristics of the human race remain true today- individuals are in a happy state when they are in “good” relationships.
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Ridgewood NJ, Twitter’s board has accepted an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to buy the social media company and take it private, the company announced Monday. The stock closed up 5.64% for the day after it was halted for the news.
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For centuries people have faked their deaths to escape threats or get free of burdens and responsibilities. This is what has happened to science. Continue reading The Death of Science Has Been Faked
“A warning to my neighbors, Instacart seems like a phishing or identity theft scam. There isn’t enough room here to say as many bad things about this company , lets start with incompetent time wasting stupidity .”
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Newark NJ, Teams of Seton Hall and New Jersey students are being invited to join students around the globe and participate in a Solar Power Platform Hackathon from April 22-24, using Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Cloud platforms, in a virtual event sponsored by Microsoft and Seton Hall University. Registration is now open!
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Ridgewood NJ, over 14,000 Etsy workers are striking from 11 to 18 April to protest the company’s increase in transaction fees. The workers are asking the company to cancel its fee increase, take down resellers who offer mass-produced goods, introduce a faster seller support system, allow sellers to opt-out of off-platform advertising, and end the Star Seller program. Etsy says its new fee increase will allow it to invest in marketing, customer support, and moderation. The company’s revenue gains grew more than 106% in 2020 to $10 billion, and by another 31% in 2021.
Continue reading Etsy Goes on Strike, Now Talk about Forming a Union
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Ridgewood NJ, DuckDuckGo has revealed a desktop browser that features a tracker blocker, email protection, and a button that closes all tabs and wipes browser data with a single click. The browser’s Smarter Encryption feature will help users use HTTPS more often. It can automatically clear cookie consent pop ups while rejecting as much tracking as possible. The browser is currently only available on Mac in an invite-only beta.
Continue reading DuckDuckGo Testing its Privacy-centric Mac browser
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Ridgewood NJ, Patrick Anderson of Anderson Economic Group has released a new study. As it turns out, buying a Tesla or another EV won’t save money.
Continue reading Electric Vehicles Won’t Save The Planet And Won’t Even Save You Money
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Ridgewood NJ, Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share, saying the social media company needs to be transformed privately. Twitter shares jumped 12% in premarket trading after closing at $45.85 a share on Wednesday.
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Ridgewood NJ, remember when everyone in Washington from Senators Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Josh Hawley to the Biden FTC accused Facebook of engaging in illegal monopolistic behavior. Congress and the Biden Administration regulators were even pushing to break up Facebook , but they are too late. The market is already doing that on its own.
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Ridgewood NJ, Elon Musk made a series of tweets on Saturday night, raising questions about the Twitter platform and the future of the company. He noted that the most popular accounts on Twitter are not very active and that bots were skewing Twitter’s active user numbers. Musk suggested that Twitter Blue subscribers should get an authentication checkmark and be excluded from seeing ads. He also suggested that Twitter’s home base be converted to a homeless shelter.
Continue reading UPDATE: Elon Musk Raises More Questions About a Big Shake-Up at Twitter
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Ridgewood NJ, Elon Musk has purchased a 9% stake in Twitter. Musk raised questions on whether the platform was undermining democracy and restricting free speech in recent weeks. He had considered starting a rival social media network. US security regulators have fined Musk for his tweets in the past. Musk is still facing heavy pressure from the SEC over his tweets.
Continue reading Elon Musk just became Twitter’s largest shareholder with a 9% Stake
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Ridgewood NJ, the Reticulum Network Stack is a ‘prepper’ version of the internet that is designed to exist alongside or on top of the traditional internet. It is a streamlined communications tool that can be quickly deployed in case of systemic telecom failure. The system is designed so that anyone can easily build secure and long-range networks with simple tools. It can run on almost any device and can be put together with minimal telecom and computer knowledge in about an hour.
