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Outrageous predictions for 2022 – including a new space race, and adding 25 years to life
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Outrageous predictions for 2022 – including a new space race, and adding 25 years to life

Denmark-based Saxo Bank has published its 10 outrageous financial predictions for 2022. Continuing almost two decades of tradition, experts at the bank have made the predictions as ‘consensus-smashing forecasts’ that would ‘send shockwaves through the markets’ – but only if they come to pass. While the group of analysts and finance fundis’ predictions are historically “speculative, […]

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Tech neck: what are smartphones doing to our bodies? | Life and style
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Tech neck: what are smartphones doing to our bodies? | Life and style

Name: Tech neck. Age: Two years old. Appearance: The next stage of human evolution. This sounds exciting! Are we all going to be cyborgs soon? Not exactly. Then what on earth is tech neck? That’s easy. It’s the hunch you develop from staring at your phone too much. That’s less exciting. And less deniable. It […]

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Take a break from the internet with these tips : Life Kit : NPR
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Take a break from the internet with these tips : Life Kit : NPR

MALAKA GHARIB, HOST: This is NPR’s LIFE KIT. I’m Malaka Gharib, an editor on NPR’s science desk, and today, we’re talking about what life was like before the internet, how it’s changed and what we can do about it. PAMELA PAUL: We’re never bored anymore because we have constant access to information, entertainment and connection. […]

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How My Smartphone Transformed My Life
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How My Smartphone Transformed My Life

Source: Ryan Plomp/Unsplash It’s been 10 years since I made a decision that would forever change my life. This decision has altered the way I communicate with others, the way I spend my free time, and what I research. Though I did not know it at the time, my life would change profoundly when I […]

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Xiaomi Pledges ‘War of Life and Death’ Against Apple to Become World’s Biggest Smartphone Brand
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Xiaomi Pledges ‘War of Life and Death’ Against Apple to Become World’s Biggest Smartphone Brand

Xiaomi intends to step up its challenge to Apple, the company’s founder announced this week (via South China Morning Post). Xiaomi founder and chief executive Lei Jun said on Chinese social media platform Weibo that the company will specifically focus on the high-end segment of the global smartphone market in an effort to directly rival […]

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Easy to repair, subpar battery life
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Easy to repair, subpar battery life

One of the most remarkable things about the Framework laptop isn’t merely the device itself, but the marketplace that comes with it. Visit Framework’s online storefront, and you’ll find a sprawling array of replacement parts for sale, from screens and batteries to fans and speakers, along with upgradable storage and RAM. The Framework laptop is […]

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My life without a smartphone is getting harder and harder | Jen Wasserstein
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My life without a smartphone is getting harder and harder | Jen Wasserstein

I’ve always gotten by fine without owning a smartphone – until now. Covid has made my already obsolete 90s-designed Nokia flip-phone nearly useless. I’m suddenly surrounded by QR codes. There are now Airbnb doors I can’t open, cars I can’t start, menus I can’t read. Paper menus have vanished; ordering food has become an ordeal. […]

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A tweaked display cable might give your next laptop slightly better battery life
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A tweaked display cable might give your next laptop slightly better battery life

Don’t you love standards? I do, for the most part, particularly when they’re fixing things, and the new VESA Embedded DisplayPort 1.5 (or eDP 1.5 for short) looks likely to do that in future fancy-screened laptops. It’s promising more power savings with adaptive-sync screens, OLED panels, and displays that come with their own embedded memory […]

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