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http://www.cp24.com/world/german-airport-customs-to-crush-35-tons-of-seized-fidget-spinners-1.3462061

http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/06/why-did-amazon-buy-whole-foods.html?utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1

https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/05/24/100-million-gift-establishes-duchossois-family-institute-university-chicago

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/its-like-all-connected-man/530532/

You Look Familiar. Now Scientists Know Why
https://www.NYTmes.com/2017/06/01/science/facial-recognition-brain-neurons.html #Privacy implications: determining whether a suspect recognizes a face

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“One day, the authors suggested, it might even be possible to render a face seen by, say, a crime witness just by analyzing his brain activity.

“Cracking the code for faces would definitely be a big deal,” said Brad Duchaine, an expert on face recognition at Dartmouth.

Human and monkey brains have evolved dedicated systems for recognizing faces, presumably because, as social animals, survival depends on identifying members of one’s own social group and distinguishing them from strangers.”
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“…ports it’s packing; comparable Windows laptops typically go for less.

But it is well-made, and with the Mac becoming less and less relevant to Apple’s bottom line, the company’s laptop business seems to be focusing exclusively on the high-end.”
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How important the Mac is to $AAPL’s revenue? Not much: now 11% from 86% in ’00. Why MacBook users are irrelevant!
http://www.BusinessInsider.com/apple-mac-new-yearly-revenue-chart-2017-4

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This chart from Statista helps explain why Apple may be so slow to update Mac hardware in recent years, though. Put simply, it’s just not as big a deal anymore: With the iPhone and iPad helping to change the way we use computers, the Mac now makes up just 11% of Apple’s yearly revenue. It is a phone company, first and foremost.
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$GOOGL ends #gcal RSS & public #photos homepage; thought I could trust it for stability
https://ProductForums.Google.com/forum/#!msg/photos/8QqjlFdYzyc/1_YCwkYWBwAJ
+ https://www.404TechSupport.com/2015/10/06/google-discontinue-feed-google-calendars/ On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Mark Gerstein wrote:

https://www.wired.com/2017/06/review-microsoft-surface-laptop?mbid=social_twitter

http://www.nature.com/news/us-mental-health-agency-s-push-for-basic-research-has-slashed-support-for-clinical-trials-1.22145