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Apple benchmarks and commissions
Today with reviews launching and the first M1 Macs landing in customers’ hands, we got lots of validation of those impressive early results from pretty much every benchmark available but beyond that, some powerful examples of just how much a… Read More ›
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Pre-symptomatic detection of COVID-19 from smartwatch data
The use of wearable devices has ample potential to mitigate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. To date, the pandemic has infected tens of millions of individuals and caused over one million deaths worldwide. There is a substantial need for… Read More ›
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What Is a Particle?
The easy answer quickly shows itself to be unsatisfying. Namely, electrons, photons, quarks and other “fundamental” particles supposedly lack substructure or physical extent. “We basically think of a particle as a pointlike object,” said Mary Gaillard, a particle theorist at… Read More ›
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The BL6
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Blood Oxygen randomness
I took my blood oxygen on the Apple Watch 3 times yesterday morning, one straight after the other and I was surprised to see utter randomness in the results. It made up my mind that the new blood oxygen feature… Read More ›
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death of the net
Recently there’s been some kerfuffle about all apps on Macs phoning home and privacy concerns in general on Apple products. I haven’t been tracking too closely to know if Apple’s explanation and promise about not logging stuff, mostly using it… Read More ›
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A 2020 MacBook Air and a 2020 iPad Air may be all you need for the next 5 years
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CZ SMART
The new CZ Smart smartwatch is designed for every moment. Inspired by the rich design of Citizen’s iconic sport technical timepieces, CZ Smart marries modern technologies with the style and quality you expect from Citizen. The sport edition features a… Read More ›
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People just seem to love to hate
Dolly Parton says the reason the country is so fractured is Americans relish in hating one another. “I think we’ve just become so divided because people just seem to love to hate,” the “9 to 5” singer said in a… Read More ›


