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  • Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs iPhone X vs Pixel 2 XL: Specifications, price compared

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    Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are officially out in India at a starting price of Rs 57,900 and Rs 64,900 for the base 64GB storage variants. Here’s a comparison of Galaxy S9 Plus vs iPhone X vs Google Pixel 2 XL. Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are officially out in India at a […]

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  • NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Could Send Your Name to the Sun

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    Assuming you’re not mentioned anywhere in the Voyager 1 probe’s records in interstellar space, you have an opportunity to send your name into space a different way: on a probe around the sun. This summer, NASA will be launching their Parker Solar Probe to explore the outer atmosphere of the sun in the hopes of gaining a better understanding of our local star. It’s […]

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  • Japanese Culture Club hosts Yonkoma Manga Workshop

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    On March 1, Kofi Bazzell-Smith, a self-taught artist and the president of the Japanese Culture Club at Parkland, led a workshop on Yonkoma Manga. Bazzell-Smith taught students from a PowerPoint and the Japanese Culture Club handed out sushi. The workshop was held in D105 from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.. To begin, the Japanese Culture […]

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  • Business Digest: US Treasury issues warning about Qualcomm sale

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    TAKEOVERS Treasury warns on Qualcomm sale Broadcom’s hostile takeover attempt of Qualcomm could pose a national security risk because of Qualcomm’s leadership in developing critical semiconductor technology, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. Qualcomm’s sale to Singapore-based Broadcom could hurt the chipmaker’s competitiveness by reducing research and development, which would threaten U.S. security, the Treasury […]

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  • Bitcoin Is cryptocurrency a safe investment?

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    College students can feel the burning holes in their pockets throughout their time at a university. Sometimes it can seem like there are no means to accrue spending money, as what is earned quickly goes out the window to pay tuition, bills and living expenses. However, one avenue that has quickly gained popularity over the […]

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  • Son of Wu-Tang Clan Rapper is Launching ‘Dirty Coin’ Cryptocurrency

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    Dirty Money for a Growing Digital Economy? The son of late rap artist Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Bar-Son James aka Young Dirty, is launching his own cryptocurrency called Dirty Coin (tix: ODB). Partnering with the entity of Ol’ Dirty and Link Media Partners, the token will be on the TAO blockchain network and traded on the […]

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  • Russian military plane crash in Syria kills 39

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    MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday killing all 39 people on board, Russian officials said, an incident that sharply raised the death toll from the Kremlin’s intervention in the Syrian war. President Vladimir Putin, who is running for re-election later this month, declared in December that the Russian […]

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  • Asian Markets Mixed Amid Cautious Trades

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    Asian stock markets are mixed on Wednesday amid cautious trades following news that White House chief     economic adviser Gary Cohn, an advocate for free trade, has resigned from the Trump administration. Cohn’s resignation stoked fears that Trump will go ahead with his plan to impose tariffs and risk a trade war. It also overshadowed easing […]

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  • Revolutionizing Healthcare Through Design to Save Lives

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    Good design has the power to transform healthcare, both inside and outside the hospital, according to Royal Philips’ chief design officer Sean Carney. “It’s a huge shift for Philips,” said Carney on Tuesday, speaking to Fortune’s deputy editor Brian O’Keefe at the Brainstorm Design conference in Singapore. “We’ve been in consumer electronics and lighting, but now we’re […]

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  • Amazon Is Cutting Hundreds Consumer Business Jobs In Seattle

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    Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is cutting hundreds of jobs in its consumer business in Seattle, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the company shifts resources into fast-growing areas like its work on voice assistant Alexa. The job cuts, rare for the world’s largest online retailer, are in the low hundreds, the person […]

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