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  Enrique Dans

  

  3 hours ago

  Apple plans to upgrade the App Store’s search engine, and it might not stop there

  The Verge - Wes Davis

  Apple will soon bring its powerful internal search engine to the App Store and other apps, as Mark Gurman reports in this week’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg. Apple debuted upgrades to its Spotlight search feature in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, letting users search there for web results, details from …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  1 day ago

  What the world would look like without fossil fuels

  The Washington Post - Shannon Osaka

  A thought experiment shows the complexities of phasing out oil, gas and coal In any given year, the world produces staggering quantities of fossil fuels. Roughly 36.5 billion barrels of oil. Over 8 billion metric tons of coal. The United States alone extracts and processes over 100 billion cubic feet …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  1 day ago

  The Supreme Court Cases That Could Redefine the Internet

  The Atlantic - Caroline Mimbs Nyce

  What does freedom of speech actually mean on social media? We’re about to find out. In the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, both Facebook and Twitter decided to suspend lame-duck President Donald Trump from their platforms. He had encouraged violence, the sites reasoned; the …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  14 hours ago

  The Game Theory of the Auto Strikes

  WIRED - Aarian Marshall

  As the United Auto Workers strike against Detroit’s Big Three drags on, a classic behavioral theory provides a way to figure out how long they may …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  8 hours ago

  Should I worry about blue light?

  The Guardian - Joel Snape

  Is the glow from phones, tablets, computers and other devices really bad for our health? Wherever you are reading this – on the couch or in bed – there is a good chance that you are doing it on some sort of screen. According to a 2022 review, almost everyone upped their screentime during the Covid …

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  Enrique Dans

  

  Jul 20

  Gas boiler lobby trying to delay UK’s heat pump plans, leak shows

  The Guardian - Fiona Harvey

  Lobbyists for the gas boiler industry are trying to delay the introduction of new government measures to speed up the take-up of heat pumps, a leaked document shows. The move, in a draft document obtained by the DeSmog investigative journalism group and seen by the Guardian, appears to be part of an …