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Folding@Home client allows Mac, Windows, and Unix users to contribute CPU/GPU cycles to medical research

If you’re stuck at home and wishing there was something you and your Mac could do to help with Coronavirus/COVID-19 research, or medical research in general, this might come in handy. The amazingly cool cats at the Folding@Home project, a long-standing distributed computing project organized by Washington University and Stanford has created a client that […]

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Apple Maps Look Around Feature coming to Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

This could come in handy. Apple Maps Look Around support is en route to Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C., allowing iOS 13 users to get a 3D look at these locations. The Look Around feature was introduced with iOS 13, and allows you to view certain locations as if you were actually there in person. […]

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Verizon activates 5G Ultra Wideband network in select areas of Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Washington, D.C.

In its quest to bring 5G to the nation, Verizon on Wednesday activated its 5G Ultra Wideband service to select areas of Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis, and Washington, D.C., bringing the number of U.S. cities with access to the speedy mobile network up to nine.  The wireless carrier announced the expansion, stating that business customers and […]

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Costco announces Apple Pay payment has gone live in all 750 locations across the United States

You can now use Apple Pay at every Costco warehouse in the United States. Per the company, Costco has been equipping its warehouses with contactless payment terminals over the past several months, and as of this week, it has activated contactless payments at all of its 750 locations across the country. Costco is also outfitting […]

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Apple to meet with industry group members in San Francisco on Wednesday to discuss privacy-based concerns

Representatives from several major technology firms will meet in San Francisco on Wednesday to address growing concerns over consumer privacy, driven to the forefront by new European regulations and public uproar over scandals like Cambridge Analytica. The companies include a part of the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington trade group, as well as Apple, […]