Yearly Archives: 2021

Leaked images of the Google Pixel 6A show a more compact device with no headphone jack

Rendered images of the Google Pixel 6A have been leaked by reliable leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer (@OnLeaks), and give us a glimpse at what the midrange device may look like, first reported by 91Mobiles. The leaked images show the Google Pixel 6A without a headphone jack. | Image: Steve Hemmerstoffer / 91Mobiles The rendered Pixel 6A, which belongs to the budget-friendly Pixel… Source link

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Thanksgiving turkey, food should be plentiful, but may cost ‘quite a bit’ if you haven’t gotten yet

Thanksgiving 2021 is already here and consumers are flocking to the stores to get last minute items. Yet given surging prices and the supply crisis that’s resulted in shipping bottlenecks, will there be anything left? According to experts, the answer is — there should be. “Consumers are are not really panic buying, but they’re buying in anticipation of not having it,” Pedro M. Reyes, associate professor of business at Baylor University, told Yahoo Finance. In many U.S. grocery stores,… Source link

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‘Explosion’ in secondhand clothes helps fill gap created by supply chain, holiday demand

As the supply chain crisis threatens to disrupt the holiday shopping season, more people are turning to an unlikely source — used clothing — to fill the gap. November is known traditionally as one of the best months to find deals. This year, however, many hot products are in short supply, or are more expensive than usual because of supply chain bottlenecks. And while discount sales started sooner this year, the secondhand clothing market is increasingly popular. “We’ve seen an explosion… Source link

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No new stimulus checks coming, but are you one of 17 million Americans leaving free money on the table?

No new stimulus checks coming, but are you one of 17 million Americans leaving free money on the table? Most of the time, people leap at the chance for free money. After all, it’s been months since the third stimulus check from Congress, and yet a petition for a fourth payment is still closing in on 3 million signatures. So then, why are 10% of working Americans missing out on thousands in free cash that’s been available for a very long time? Even if you know about these programs and you don’t… Source link

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Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse could fracture the world as we know it — letting people ‘reality block’ things they disagree with and making polarization even worse

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shows off his vision for the metaverse during Facebook’s Oculus Connect conference on October 28, 2021.Facebook/Handout via REUTERS The so-called metaverse could give us our own virtual echo chambers and tailored realities. Advertisers and third parties could inject someone’s virtual world with ads and overlays unique to them. Experts told Insider the result could be a fractured reality where we all exist in different worlds. In the metaverse of the future, two… Source link

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This Free App Stops Facebook And Google Secretly Tracking Your Phone

A new warning for Android users, as the staggering number of “creepy” trackers hidden in popular apps is suddenly exposed. Apple has already killed this spyware for iPhone users, and a free new app has just been launched to do the same on Android. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency has turned the digital advertising industry upside down this year, wiping billions of dollars from the revenue lines of Facebook and others. The brilliant innovation forces apps to ask iPhone users for… Source link

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Why you should care about Taiwan

Chang Kai Shek (CKS) Memorial Hall in Taipei, capital of Taiwan. What is it about Taiwan anyway? Why does China care so much about this little island — and why should we in the U.S. give a flying hoot? Further, why is Taiwan such a big deal right now? (And a focal point of the virtual summit held this week between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.) The disputed status of Taiwan has been an issue for almost three quarters of a century. Now for some reason Taiwan has moved from a tolerable friction… Source link

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