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Apple CEO Tim Cook: iPhone 16 More Popular Than iPhone 15

Apple CEO Tim Cook: iPhone 16 More Popular Than iPhone 15

Apple today reported its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2025, and iPhone sales saw significant growth. ‌iPhone‌ revenue was at $44.6 billion, up 13 percent from $39.2 billion in the year-ago quarter. Speaking to CNBC, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that ‌iPhone‌ revenue was up because the iPhone 16 turned out to be more popular with consumers than …

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Neurologist issues warning about popular post-exercise practice: ‘It could trigger a stroke’

Neurologist issues warning about popular post-exercise practice: ‘It could trigger a stroke’

A leading neurologist has issued an urgent warning over using a massage gun to relieve neck tension as this could trigger a potentially life-threatening stroke.  Dr Baibing Chen, from the University of Michigan shared the warning with his 163,000 Instagram followers, stating that this is one of three common activities he would never do to protect his brain health.  In …

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iOS 26 Developer Beta is Most Popular Ever

Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iOS 26 Developer Beta is Most Popular Ever

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook today said the iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26 developer betas are the company’s most popular developer betas ever. “It’s wonderful to see great momentum building for our platforms,” said Cook, on a conference call discussing Apple’s quarterly earnings results. “iOS 26, macOS 26, and iPadOS 26 are by far the most popular developer betas …

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Potatoes from tomatoes? Popular starchy vegetable derived from ancient interbreeding, researchers say

Potatoes from tomatoes? Popular starchy vegetable derived from ancient interbreeding, researchers say

Meet the potato’s unexpected ancestor: the tomato.  That’s right, a fruit. Potatoes and tomatoes don’t look alike, smell alike or taste alike, but in a study published Thursday in the journal Cell, scientists said that the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor around 9 million years ago. “We’ve finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from,” corresponding author Sanwen …

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I tried Google’s new agentic IDE, and it blows away the popular VS Code – here’s how

I tried Google’s new agentic IDE, and it blows away the popular VS Code – here’s how

MarinaZg/Getty Images For the longest time, Microsoft’s VS Code has been one of the most popular IDEs (Integrated Developer Environment) on the market. It’s free to use and includes all the features developers need to get the job done. Microsoft might have been shaking in its boots when Google revealed Project IDX, which was eventually rebranded as Firebase Studio. Also: The …

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South Carolina boy dies from brain-eating amoeba at popular Lake Murray

South Carolina boy dies from brain-eating amoeba at popular Lake Murray

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two weeks after Jaysen Carr spent the Fourth of July swimming and riding on a boat on one of South Carolina’s most popular lakes, he was dead from an amoeba that lives in the warm water and entered his brain through his nose. His parents had no clue the brain-eating amoeba, whose scientific name is Naegleria …

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How podcast star David Sacks’ rise to popular Trump ally started with cigars in back rooms and a strategic $10M purchase

How podcast star David Sacks’ rise to popular Trump ally started with cigars in back rooms and a strategic M purchase

As a group of prominent MAGA influencers and podcasters met at Shelly’s Back Room, the smoke-filled cigar bar just a block away from the White House in February, an unassuming white haired man in a tailored suit entered the room.  It was David Sacks, Trump’s newly anointed artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar.  The event, hosted by prominent MAGA figure Mike Cernovich …

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Urgent recall of popular cheeseburgers that can trigger ‘life-threatening allergic reaction’

Urgent recall of popular cheeseburgers that can trigger ‘life-threatening allergic reaction’

The FDA issued an urgent warning about a midwestern burger and sandwich brand after an undeclared allergen was found in food items sold across three states.  Sheehan Brothers Vending, an Ohio-based catering business, recalled six of its staple meals after health officials detected sesame that was not noted on product labels earlier this month.  Cheeseburgers, Spicy Chicken Sandwiches, Italian Mini Subs, …

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TikTok made cottage cheese so popular, producers are struggling to keep up

TikTok made cottage cheese so popular, producers are struggling to keep up

NEW YORK — When clients used to ask John Crawford if he thought cottage cheese could make a comeback, his answer was an emphatic: “No.” “Part of it was texture, part of it was – it was a diet food; it was your grandparents’ food,” said Crawford, SVP of client insights for dairy at the market research firm Circana. “But …

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Popular restaurant unknowingly drugs customers by serving them marijuana pizza, CDC report claims

Popular restaurant unknowingly drugs customers by serving them marijuana pizza, CDC report claims

Health officials have revealed that a Wisconsin restaurant accidentally laced its pizzas with drugs, leading to the intoxication of 85 customers. Famous Yeti’s Pizza in Stoughton, Wisconsin, unintentionally served pizzas contaminated with THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, between October 22 and October 24, 2024.  In a new CDC report, EMS workers reportedly notified the public health department that they …

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