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Google's future is up in the air as its landmark antitrust case wraps up this week.
  • Google's landmark antitrust trial concludes this week in DC.
  • The outcome will have massive implications for other tech giants facing scrutiny from regulators.
  • Google could be completely cleared — or could be forced to break up.

Google is about to learn its fate.

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Another whistleblower who raised safety concerns about production practices related to Boeing has died. Joshua Dean, who previously worked as a quality auditor at the plane manufacturer’s supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, died Tuesday as the result of a “sudden, fast-spreading infection,” the Seattle Times reports.

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.
  • The Fed likely won't cut interest rates until after a recession arrives, according to GlobalData TS Lombard.
  • The research firm said Fed Chair Powell is likely to fall into the trap of being

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The Ecobee Smart Thermostat will lose its smarts on July 31st. | Image: Ecobee

Ecobee is discontinuing support for the very first smart thermostat. As of July 31st, 2024, the Ecobee Smart Thermostat and the Ecobee Energy Management System (EMS) thermostats will no longer be able to be controlled remotely or use any smart integrations. Basically, anything that requires an



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Today’s NHS faces severe time constraints, with the risk of short consultations and concerns about the risk of misdiagnosis or delayed care. These challenges are compounded by limited resources and overstretched staff that results in protracted patient wait times and generic treatment strategies. Staff can operate with a surface level view of patient data, relying on basic medical histories and



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Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing.
  • House lawmakers criticized the National Guard over enlistment bonuses owed to more than 13,000 soldiers.
  • Nearly 4,000 soldiers have since left the service without bonuses, which can total up to $20,000.
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  • Apollo and Sony made a $26 billion all-cash offer to buy Paramount, WSJ reportd.
  • The Apollo bid is led by the 37-year-old partner behind a $760 million deal for Legendary Entertainment.
  • Rival bidder, film studio Skydance, has been trying to win over Paramount for months.

Sony and Apollo Global Management are reportedly bidding big for Paramount.

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A person is detained by police as pro-Palestinian students protest the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024.
A person is detained by police as pro-Palestinian students protest the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Pro-Palestinian protests on American campuses are escalating.
  • Some universities have resorted to militarized police responses to clear encampments.
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The Apple Watch’s atrial fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which records and alerts the wearer’s relevant heart events, has been qualified to join the FDA’s Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program — a first for a “digital health technology.” That means the Apple Watch is now usable in clinical studies that need estimated data on



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iPhone showing alarms from Clock app

"Why is my iPhone alarm so quiet?" is a question that seems to be gaining traction on Google.

At the end — or, in this case, the beginning — of the day, we really only need our phones to do one thing. For many iPhone users, that didn't happen this week.

First reported by Today on NBC, folks around social media noticed this week that their iPhone alarms were were too quiet or not playing at all. I