Month: April 2020
Apple’s services business hits all-time record and helps lessen coronavirus impact
Apple today reported its second quarter earnings, which showed resilient growth for the company despite the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on its supply chain and retail business. Apple posted revenue of $58.3 billion — good for a 1 percent increase over this time last year — and earnings…
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FDA authorizes a ventilator developed by NASA’s JPL for emergency use in COVID-19 treatment
The U.F. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a new ventilator designed by engineers working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for emergency use as outlined in the agency’s COVID-19 guidelines. The ventilator, which has an acronym because this is NASA we’re talking about, is called ‘VITAL’ (Ventilator Intervention Technology…
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Apple’s Q2 earnings show flat year-over-year revenue growth due to pandemic
Apple delivered a rough Q2 earnings report Thursday, besting investor expectations but showing a significant growth slowdown as the coronavirus pandemic deeply impacted the company’s business. Apple’s stock was largely unchanged in after-hours trading. The company shared that in Q2 it earned $58.30 billion in revenue, better than the $54.54…
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AWS hits $10B for the quarter putting it on a $40B run rate
AWS, the cloud arm of Amazon, would be a pretty successful business on its own. Today, the company announced it has passed $10 billion for the quarter, putting the cloud business on an impressive run rate of more than $40 billion. It was a bright spot for the company in…
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NASA picks SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to create landers to take humans to the Moon
NASA has chosen SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics to design and build three lunar landing systems that can take humans to the surface of the Moon. The three companies will work on their designs over the next year, and eventually, NASA will select one lander to take the first woman…
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Razer Opus is a set of noise-cancelling headphones with THX audio
Much like its cute Pikachu earbuds, Razer once again proves that it can make cool headphones without slapping three snakes and RGB onto them. According to Engadget Chinese, the latest product to benefit from this cleaner design cue is the Razer Opus,… Source
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