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Apple, Profiting From New Tax Law, Plans to Bring Billions in Cash Back to U.S. Source

“One advantage about music, when it hits you, you feel no discomfort.” — Bob Marley. Music is enjoyed by nearly everybody all over the world, it is said to unite individuals divided by language, caste, colour, creed and more. They state music has no language. We have actually prepared an …

After years of being left for dead, SQL today is making a resurgence. How come? And what impact will this have on the information neighborhood? (Update: # 1 on Hacker News! Check out the discussion here.) (Update 2: TimescaleDB is employing! Open positions in Engineering, Marketing/Evangelism, and Office Management. Interested?) …

Android phone maker OnePlus was forced to shut down credit card payments on its website last week after numerous reports from customers of fraudulent charges. Today, the company has announced the preliminary results of its investigation, showing that as many as 40,000 customers may have had their credit card details …

After Imagination Technologies bought MIPS Technologies in 2013, they invested in the architecture and attempted to build a business around it as a potential ARM competitor. These plans largely failed, and Imagination Technologies arranged the sale of MIPS — and itself — to different venture capital firms in the fall …

Earlier this month, we covered an upcoming FCC meeting in which the federal agency planned to vote on redefining broadband coverage standards in the United States. Under the FCC’s proposed rules, wireless carriers with much lower speeds and vastly higher prices would’ve also counted as broadband providers for the purpose …

Yahoo Finance today launched a new app called Tanda that allows small groups of either five or nine people to save money together for short-term goals. The app uses the concept of a “money pool” – that is, everyone participating in one Tanda’s collaborative savings circles will pay a fixed …

Apple has come under fire in recent weeks for its decision to slow down older iPhones with degraded batteries, but it wasn’t just the actions that got Apple in hot water. What really irked consumers is that Apple did it without telling anyone or providing a way to opt out …

Recently it seems like smartphones have been having all the fun when it comes to computational imaging tricks. Portrait mode, bokeh, and synthetic telephoto are all the rage. But high-end camera maker Hasselblad doesn’t want to be left out. Its new H6D-400C MS is a multi-shot version of the H6D …

One of the offshoots of CES this year was a CoinAgenda event. It was attended by over 1,000 folks paying about $1,000 each to hear and learn about Bitcoin and blockchain startups, and judge a variety of ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings). Bitcoin bubble or not, blockchain-based technology is here to …