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Google cofounder Larry Page bought a private island for $32 million—it’s at least the 5th island he owns across the globe’s tropics

Google cofounder Larry Page bought a private island for $32 million—it’s at least the 5th island he owns across the globe’s tropics

Google cofounder Larry Page has purchased another private island, this time in Puerto Rico. In 2018, Page, whose net worth is estimated to be approximately $127 billion, bought the island of Cayo Norte for $32 million, Business Insider recently reported. Cayo Norte is located between Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Page purchased the island in two separate transactions via a limited liability company called U.S. Virgin Island Properties, which Business Insider… Source link

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All iPhone 15 models will reportedly feature Dynamic Island display cutouts

All iPhone 15 models will reportedly feature Dynamic Island display cutouts

The entire iPhone 15 lineup will reportedly include the . In a tweet spotted by , display analyst Ross Young he expects Apple to make the screen cutout standard on all 2023 iPhones. Additionally, the company will reportedly keep its ProMotion 120Hz display technology exclusive to Pro variants due to a supply chain that “can’t support” the feature on more affordable models. , Young said Apple is likelier to trickle down the technology to less expensive iPhones in 2024. Making the… Source link

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Enphase Energy Expands Battery Storage in Rhode Island

Enphase Energy Expands Battery Storage in Rhode Island

Enphase Energy, Inc. FREMONT, Calif., July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH), a global energy technology company and the world’s leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, announced today that installers of Enphase® products in Rhode Island have seen growing deployments of Enphase Energy Systems powered by IQ® Microinverters and IQ™ Batteries as increasingly common hurricanes and extreme weather leave homeowners highly vulnerable to… Source link

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Swimmers and boaters warned to stay away from aggressive North Padre Island dolphin

Swimmers and boaters warned to stay away from aggressive North Padre Island dolphin

Stay away from the too-friendly dolphin. Officials have identified an animal that has gotten a bit pushy in the water off of North Padre Island, said a press release from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. North Padre Island is about 20 miles east of Corpus Christi. “Biologists report the animal is showing more aggressive behavior, separating children from their parents in the water, and isolating swimming pets from their owners,”  said the latest release issued on… Source link

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Google is running its own miniature Tokyo Olympics in Champion Island Games

The 2020 Olympic Games are currently still on in Tokyo, Japan — against all odds — and in celebration of Japanese culture and sports in general, Google is debuting a new interactive Doodle on Thursday with art from Japanese animation house Studio 4°C. The new Doodle, called Doodle Champion Island Games, is actually a series of Olympic event-themed 16-bit mini-games that you can play, contributing to the scores of four teams Google will track on a global leaderboard. Playing as Lucky… Source link

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Megan Thee Stallion to Provide Full-Ride Scholarship for Student to Attend Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at Long Island University

The Grammy Award-Winning Musician to Speak at School’s Industry Expert Speaker Series BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Grammy Award-winning musician and entrepreneur Megan Thee Stallion announced plans to provide a full-tuition, four-year scholarship for a student looking to pursue their education at the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports and Entertainment at Long Island University. Prospective students looking to enroll in the program – starting in the Fall 2021 semester… Source link

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Baffling discovery on island after eerie creature washes up

Residents of Greece’s island of Crete have been baffled by a mysterious creature that recently washed ashore during a storm. The creature was spotted near a river in Gournes, a famous tourist area in Crete, after days of bad weather that hit the entire coastal front of the municipality of Hersonissos. The oddity can be seen in online images lying on the sand seemingly unable to move, and surrounded by debris and other random objects swept away from the water. The event has raised a lot of… Source link

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