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Apple Releases Lulu Wang’s Heartwarming Short Film ‘Nian’ for Chinese New Year, Shot Entirely on iPhone 12 Pro Max

TipRanks These 2 Penny Stocks Could Rally All the Way to $11, Say Analysts At its January FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady – they are near rock-bottom now, and to no one’s surprise, the Fed is keeping them there. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell may have fed some market pessimism when he […]

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Bitcoin soars 14% after Elon Musk namecheck on Twitter

FILE PHOTO: A representation of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin jumped as much as 14% on Friday to a two-week high after Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk tagged the cryptocurrency in his Twitter biography. Musk wrote […]

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Counterpoint: Apple took the lead in Q4, but Realme grew the most in 2020

Alongside IDC and Canalys, Counterpoint also released its report on the last quarter of 2020 as well as the full year. It confirms that Apple took over at the front, but since its data includes the top 10 maker it also gives us some more interesting findings. Such as the fact that Realme was the […]

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Bitcoin may ‘break down altogether’

Bitcoin may “break down altogether”, according to BIS general manager Agustin Carstens, who has also poured cold water on stablecoin projects such as the Facebook-led Diem and argued that if digital currencies are needed they should be issued by central banks.
Bitcoin is “more of a speculative asset than money” that should perhaps “be […]

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Hyundai wrestles with the risks of embracing Apple

SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO: Executives in Hyundai Motor Co Group are divided over a potential tie-up with Apple Inc, with some raising concerns about becoming a contract manufacturer for the U.S. tech giant, dimming the outlook for a deal. Hyundai said earlier this month it was in preliminary talks with Apple, but gave no details. Local media […]

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iPod Hack Puts 50 Million Spotify Songs in Your Pocket

When the iPod music player launched in 2001, Apple went with the slogan, “1,000 songs in your pocket.â€� Skip forward 20 years and a brilliant bit of work by Massachusetts resident Guy Dupont puts 50 million songs in your pocket, streamable via Spotify. The project started when Dupont got his hands on a 17-year-old iPod […]

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Stolen UK consumer data up for sale on sale online

Cybercriminals are selling stolen data pertaining to UK consumers on the dark web, according to new research by Which? An investigation by the consumer choice brand has found that account details acquired from data breaches are being offered cheaply online. Among the personal data up for sale on the dark web are thousands of stolen […]

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Better Alternatives for ‘using namespace std’ in C++

Most new C++ programming students are taught to add “using namespace stdâ€� in the global scope after introducing the headers needed for their programs to compile successfully. As a result, students grow accustomed to engaging in this practice without realizing how bad it is. Including ‘using namespace std’ in the global scope is bad practice. […]

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Letter: Bitcoin or Tesla, it’s gambling. Nothing else

I guess that most of those suddenly discovering an enthusiasm for cryptocurrency or Tesla are gambling, not investing, whether they admit it to themselves or not (Charts that Count, Video, FT.com, January 14). Unless they truly intend to leave it for the long term, converting some much-maligned “fiatâ€� currency into bitcoin or buying into Tesla […]

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