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Dow up 289 points on gains for Apple Inc., Goldman Sachs stocks

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading up Monday morning with shares of Apple Inc. and Goldman Sachs seeing positive gains for the index. The Dow DJIA, +0.65% is trading 289 points higher (1.0%), as shares of Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.77% and Goldman Sachs GS, +1.64% are contributing to the index’s intraday rally. Apple Inc.’s […]

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Apple knowingly relied on child labor for 3 years to cut costs: report

Apple discovered that Suyin Electronics, one of its Chinese-based suppliers, relied on child labor on multiple occasions, but still took three years to fully cut ties, The Information reported on Thursday. Ten former members of Apple’s supplier responsibility team told The Information the company has refused or has been slow to stop doing business with […]

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Apple’s People Detection, accessibility, and the voice-first enterprise

To understand the future of voice-first computing, you should consider accessibility on every platform; this is particularly true on Apple’s platform. Computers are getting out of the way Apple’s investments in accessibility are almost as old as the company itself. It opened its first office of disability in 1985.   Historically, Apple has always been ahead […]

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Google wins Design patents for an Amazon Halo-Styled Fitness Band and a Future Pixel Phone without a visible front camera hole

  In August Patently Apple posted a report titled “Amazon Enters the Smart Health & Fitness Market to take on Apple Watch with the Halo Device and Annual Membership.” Beyond promotional prices, by 2021 the retail price of Halo will be US$99 + $4/month Membership.     With Google getting the green light for their […]

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Darknet Giant White House Market Drops Bitcoin, Supports Monero Payments Only

The prominent darknet marketplace, White House Market, has dropped bitcoin payments and now accepts monero only. The darknet marketplace administrators detailed that there was an issue with a payment processor blocking Tor exit nodes, but the full transition to monero was always planned. A number of crypto proponents have reported on the darknet marketplace, White […]

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Bitcoin Approaching $30k As Crypto Market Booms Heading Into 2021 – Deadline

As the year draws to a close, not only is the US stock market approaching record highs, but a touted alternative to the existing financial system is also booming. Bitcoin is now trading over $29,000 per single coin, up more than 24% in the last seven days alone. It’s blown past its previous high of […]

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Gold Or Bitcoin In 2021? Probably Both, But Bitcoin Will Shine More Brightly

Bitcoin outperformed Gold in 2020, and it will do so again in 2021. getty Bitcoin is barely a decade in existence while Gold has been the go-to commodity investment in times of turmoil throughout human history. No matter what the New Year brings, the cryptocurrency will outperform the ancient metal in investment portfolios again in […]

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Bitcoin price: ‘Next target $35,000’ after 170% rise in 2020 | City & Business | Finance

Bitcoin pioneer Mr Keiser recently tweeted: “$28,000 bitcoin confirmed. Next short term target $35,000.” This was followed by a suggestion that money printing by central banks, particularly the US Federal Reserve, was driving the price of bitcoin higher. Mr Keiser tweeted: “The price of bitcoin has no ceiling because the amount of US dollars that […]

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