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Exxon scientists in the 1970s accurately predicted climate change

Exxon scientists in the 1970s accurately predicted climate...

Analysis of internal climate projections shows Exxon scientists knew the harm of...

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Chocolate with a low-fat centre could still feel luxurious to eat

Chocolate with a low-fat centre could still feel luxurious...

Fat on the outside of chocolate may be key for its mouthfeel, suggesting that fat...

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Sources: Apple promises investors to disclose details about its App Store removals, including the number of removal requests by country and their legal basis (Financial Times)

Sources: Apple promises investors to disclose details about...

Financial Times:Sources: Apple promises investors to disclose details about its...

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Alphabet's life sciences unit Verily lays off ~15% of its staff, or 200+ employees, as part of a broader reorganization that will end work on several products (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Alphabet's life sciences unit Verily lays off ~15% of its...

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:Alphabet's life sciences unit Verily lays off...

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CNET has been using an "AI engine" to write financial explainers under a CNET Money byline since November 2022, reviewed, fact-checked, and edited by a human (Frank Landymore/Futurism)

CNET has been using an "AI engine" to write financial explainers...

Frank Landymore / Futurism:CNET has been using an “AI engine” to write financial...

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Source: Stripe lowers its internal valuation by ~11% to $63B, its third known cut since June 2022, bringing the total reduction to ~40% in the past six months (Maria Heeter/The Information)

Source: Stripe lowers its internal valuation by ~11% to...

Maria Heeter / The Information:Source: Stripe lowers its internal valuation by ~11%...

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Amazon partners with Ava Labs, which develops the Avalanche blockchain, to support Avalanche's infrastructure and dApp ecosystem through its AWS marketplace (Jacquelyn Melinek/TechCrunch)

Amazon partners with Ava Labs, which develops the Avalanche...

Jacquelyn Melinek / TechCrunch:Amazon partners with Ava Labs, which develops the...

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Microsoft plans to update the Xbox Series X and S consoles to switch to an energy-saving Shutdown mode and is working on a smarter Sleep mode for active hours (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft plans to update the Xbox Series X and S consoles...

Tom Warren / The Verge:Microsoft plans to update the Xbox Series X and S consoles...

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Canalys, IDC, and Gartner report global PC shipments fell for the fourth consecutive quarter in Q4 2022, by 28%-29% YoY to 65.3M-67.2M units; Dell fell ~37% YoY (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Canalys, IDC, and Gartner report global PC shipments fell...

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:Canalys, IDC, and Gartner report global PC shipments fell...

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Source: OpenAI will get all of the equity back once $92B in profit plus $13B in initial investment are paid to Microsoft and once other investors earn $150B (Gary Marcus/The Road to AI We Can Trust)

Source: OpenAI will get all of the equity back once $92B...

Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust:Source: OpenAI will get all of the equity...

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Kuo: mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and AirPods with a $99 price target will likely begin in the second half of 2024 or the first half of 2025 (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Kuo: mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:Kuo: mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and...

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Data.ai: in 2022, mobile app global spending fell 2% YoY to $167B, downloads grew 11% YoY to 255B, game spending fell 5% YoY, and non-game spending grew 6% YoY (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Data.ai: in 2022, mobile app global spending fell 2% YoY...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:Data.ai: in 2022, mobile app global spending fell 2% YoY...

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JPMorgan Chase is suing the founder of Frank, a student loan software startup it bought for $175M, for allegedly lying about scale by creating 4M+ fake users (Forbes)

JPMorgan Chase is suing the founder of Frank, a student...

Forbes:JPMorgan Chase is suing the founder of Frank, a student loan software startup...

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Sources: the DOJ is investigating Ian and Dylan Macalinao over Solana stablecoin exchange Saber Labs, after an exposé showed they faked a web of DeFi protocols (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Sources: the DOJ is investigating Ian and Dylan Macalinao...

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:Sources: the DOJ is investigating Ian and Dylan Macalinao...

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Employment scams, which lure applicants via fake job offers and websites to reveal sensitive data or pay for work equipment, are targeting laid-off tech workers (Imani Moise/Wall Street Journal)

Employment scams, which lure applicants via fake job offers...

Imani Moise / Wall Street Journal:Employment scams, which lure applicants via fake...

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An NLRB official rejects Amazon's attempt to overturn an April 2022 Staten Island warehouse union victory, citing lack of evidence; Amazon intends to appeal (New York Times)

An NLRB official rejects Amazon's attempt to overturn an...

New York Times:An NLRB official rejects Amazon's attempt to overturn an April 2022...