Trump asks court to pause law that could ban TikTokThe new Apple 15-inch Macbook Air is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on ... [+] June 05, 2023 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) From the darling of Cupertino and the glory of taking the first step into a brave new world to a late-arriving afterthought, Apple’s MacBook Air has seen the highs and lows of the technology rollercoaster since 2020. The latest details on the upcoming M4 MacBook Air show that the consumer laptop isn’t returning to the highs for some time. When Is The Next MacBook Air Launching? Apple has long been expected to announce the next MacBook Air during the first quarter of 2025, and the assumption has been on a March release to tie in with the next wave of Apple Intelligence software and the launch of the fourth generation of the iPhone SE . Also on the launch docket are the iPad 11, AirTag 2 and iPad Air. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has suggested some tweaks to the timing, and it’s the final phrase that will attract the Mac community’s attention: “New entry level iPads (J481 and J482) are coming in the spring. iPhone SE, new iPad Air are on the same general timeline. The M4 MacBook Air will be earlier." How Will Apple Launch The Next MacBook Air? In the last few years, Apple has seen a rise in the number of products launched by press releases. While in-person events take place for the big-ticket items, and smaller online presentations have brought together the community for a shared experience, an increasing number of products are seen as either minor updates or not part of the current storyline Apple is telling. With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background. Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Why You Need A New Email Address In 2025 Urgent New Gmail Security Warning For Billions As Attacks Continue FinCEN Extends Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting Deadline At one point, the MacBook Air sat on the beeling edge. With the move away from the Intel-based x86 technology across the Mac platform, the MacBook Air was chosen as the launch platform for the M1 Apple Silicon chipset. That launch in late 2020 upended the consumer laptop market with the increased performance, lower thermal characteristics, and improved battery life that the ARM-based chipset offered. Arguably, it’s only in 2024 that the Windows platform has leveraged the ARM advantage with this year’s Snapdragon X series. How Will Apple Position The MacBook Air? Apple Silicon continues to advance , but the MacBook Air is no longer given the standard to carry . The Mac launch of the M4 series was handed to the professionally-focused MacBook Pro in October 2024, and not a single MacBook Air was spotted. Even then, the Mac community could easily hold a grudge as Tim Cook’s team had given the all-important and symbolic “first flight” of the M4 to that summer’s iPad Pro. The MacBook Air will pick up the M4 technology nearly nine months after it first arrived in Apple’s tablet. That will be a welcome boost in the specifications, especially for consumers using their Mac for content creation, but Apple’s approach to the MacBook Air suggests a strategy of taking it away from the cutting edge and creating an artificial distance between its capabilities and that of the tablet alternative and the lust of a more powerful macOS laptop. The MacBook Air is no longer a player on Apple’s stage. Now read the latest MacBook Air, iPhone and iPad headlines in Forbes’ weekly Apple news digest...
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LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 4, 2024-- Gabb , the leading provider of safe tech for kids, celebrated their 2nd “Kid CEO for the Day” by handing the reins of the company to 9-year-old Nova Evenson, an aspiring leader from Naples, Florida, who has used Gabb technology to build connections with others. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241204205495/en/ Nova Evenson, of Naples, FL, serving as Gabb's Kid CEO for the Day. Source: Gabb During her time as CEO, Nova led the monthly companywide meeting where the department leads shared with Nova Gabb’s 2024 reports for her approval. She also led meetings with Gabb executives, product brainstorming sessions, and discussions on safe tech for kids. Because she loves step tracking with her Gabb Watch, she challenged the team to increase their daily steps through “walking meetings.” Nova pitched a campaign to collect everyone’s favorite text messages from their families and friends. This idea was inspired by a treasured text message from her grandfather, who recently passed away. The day also included a service project fulfilling gift wishes and providing free safe tech for the nonprofit Utah Parent Center’s holiday program for kids with disabilities facing financial challenges. “It was so wonderful,” said Nova about her day as CEO. “I wasn’t expecting anything like that. The people made it so great.” Nova and her mom, Angel, and dad, Eric, shared with the company how the Gabb Watch 3 she got for Christmas last year has helped her stay connected after her family moved and how it gave them peace of mind after a particularly challenging bullying situation. “Seeing an entire organization rally around my daughter and all children and place what’s best for them at the forefront means everything to me as a mom,” said Angel Evenson. “We get one shot at this parenting thing, and knowing we have organizations and people helping us do the best we can is comforting. I’ve never felt more surrounded by like-minded people than I did yesterday.” Gabb also celebrated Nova with a special playlist on Gabb Music+ titled Boss Beats . The special edition playlist not only featured a walk-on song but also a collection of inspiring, uplifting and empowering songs from across the family-friendly Gabb Music streaming catalog. “Our Gabb CEO for the Day reminds us all that the heart of our company is safe connections,” said Gabb CEO Nate Randle. “Nova’s Gabb Watch connects her with her family and provides support during tough challenges, but she is the hero of her story. She has exemplified bravery and great leadership. She has left a lasting impact on our Gabb team.” About Gabb Gabb® is safe tech for kids. Founded in 2018, Gabb is a rapidly growing tech company focused on keeping families Safely ConnectedTM by providing safephones, safewatches, apps, and software for kids and teens. Gabb’s flexible, safe technology meets kids and teens where they are, allowing them to focus on their personal development and growth without the risks associated with social media and other harmful digital influences. Discover more at gabb.com . Gabb Kid CEO Photo https://gabb.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Gabb-CEO-for-Day.png Broll https://youtu.be/0felIfimw2U View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241204205495/en/ CONTACT: Brandon Jeppson brandon.jeppson@gabb.com KEYWORD: UTAH FLORIDA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: WEARABLES/MOBILE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY PARENTING OTHER TECHNOLOGY CHILDREN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FAMILY INTERNET HARDWARE CONSUMER CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY MOBILE/WIRELESS ONLINE PRIVACY COMMUNICATIONS APPS/APPLICATIONS SOURCE: Gabb Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/04/2024 06:25 PM/DISC: 12/04/2024 06:25 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241204205495/enOTTAWA — After being blanked 4-0 by host Canada the night before, Finland bounced back with a gritty 3-1 win over Germany during Friday's second day of competition at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Ottawa. Emil Pieniniemi, Arttu Alasiurua and Jesse Kiiskinen scored for Finland, which outshot the winless German crew 43-32. Clemens Sager scored for Germany, which lost 10-4 to the defending champion United States on Boxing Day. Finland led 1-0 after the first period and 2-1 heading into the third. Germany's goaltender Linus Vieillard stopped 40 of 42 shots directed at him, while Petteri Rimpinen stopped 31 of 32 shots for Finland. Both teams play their next games Sunday when Finland plays the U.S. and Germany faces Canada. Earlier on Friday, Slovakia bounced back from a 5-2 opening-day loss to Sweden to edge Switzerland 2-1. Jan Chovan's goal with 3:18 left in the third period snapped a 1-1 deadlock and lifted Slovakia to the victory. Daniel Jencko also scored for Slovakia. Eric Schneller scored for winless Switzerland, which lost 5-1 on Thursday to Czechia. Both teams had 29 shots on goal. Both teams play again Sunday when Slovakia faces Czechia and Switzerland plays Sweden. In later games Friday, Sweden will square off with Kazakhstan, while Canada will face Latvia. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 27, 2024. The Canadian Press
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With a recession deepening and the 1982 midterm elections approaching, Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker was summoned to the Oval Office, where Ronald Reagan was sitting with his chief of staff, James Baker. When Baker said Reagan wanted to give Volcker an “order” about interest rates, the 6-foot-7 central banker immediately stalked silently from the room. He did not take orders. Donald Trump is determined to break institutions to the presidential saddle, so people wonder: Could he fire the head of the Fed? (Probably not. Besides, Chair Jerome H. Powell’s term expires in May 2026.) More interesting questions are: What is the Fed for? And is its “independence” a license for mission creep? John H. Cochrane and Amit Seru of the Hoover Institution think the hyperactive Fed has become too ambitious in its interventions in the economy and social policy. Their proposal is the title of their essay “Ending Bailouts, At Last” in the Journal of Law, Economics and Policy. The problematic behavior is a century old and bipartisan: When large financial institutions are in danger of failing, government bails them out by bailing out their creditors. The 1907 financial crisis led in 1913 to the Federal Reserve Act establishing the Fed, which did not prevent the 1933 bank collapse. This led to deposit insurance and many regulations, which did not prevent Continental Illinois Bank’s 1984 failure, the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and many other bumps on the road to 2008. “Never again, we say, again and again,” wrote Cochrane and Seru. Bailouts multiply, larger each time, spreading to highly leveraged industrial companies, as in the auto bailout of 2009. “Too leveraged to fail,” they wrote, “might be the summary of our new regime.” Too leveraged is a consequence of interest rates too low for too long, combined with confidence that the bailout culture is forever and unlimited. During the pandemic, the market for Treasury bonds became fragile, so the Fed lent bond dealers money to buy the bonds, “then turned around and bought the Treasurys from the dealers a few days later.” Cochrane and Seru wrote that the Fed almost has an implicit policy of buying “whatever quantity” necessary to prop up corporate bond prices. They noted that the Biden administration’s “paycheck protection” program made “forgivable loans” — Washington-speak for gifts — “to small businesses with 500 or fewer employees to cover their business costs, including mortgage interests, rent, utilities and up to eight weeks’ payroll costs.” It is one thing for the accountable political institutions to do this, quite another for the Fed to lend “on lenient terms to the real economy, not just the financial sector.” Throughout the economy, Cochrane and Seru wrote, leverage has been rewarded: “If you saved and bought a house with cash, if you saved and went to a cheaper college rather than take out a big student loan, or if you repaid that loan promptly, you did not get money.” In today’s permanent central-bank-run credit system, “Borrow. Borrow especially if you are big or part of a big and politically influential class of borrowers. As with student loans, borrow from the government.” You might not have to pay it back. When Silicon Valley Bank accepted many large, uninsured deposits, then got in trouble, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. — the government — guaranteed all deposits. So now, wrote Cochrane and Seru, “effectively markets expect all deposits of any size to be guaranteed going forward, at least during any newsworthy event.” The Congressional Budget Office projects budget deficits of 5% to 8% of gross domestic product forever. And this, Cochrane and Seru correctly believe, is too unrealistic. CBO assumes no crises, recessions, wars, pandemaics or — most laughably — spending increases. But even this optimistic debt path “simply cannot happen.” “We have,” Cochrane and Seru wrote, “once-in-a-century crises every 10 years these days.” “Crisis” has come to mean “the possibility that someone, somewhere might lose money.” And “contagion” now denotes a vague fear that “any ripple anywhere might bring down the financial system.” Societies get what they incentivize. Moral hazards — incentives for perverse, risky behaviors — are now sown throughout American life. Cumulatively, they might break the government before Trump’s eccentric Cabinet nominees can. Will writes for The Washington Post. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Lopsided loss sinks the reeling Saints further into evaluation modeWhat's New Elon Musk has urged his followers not to donate to Wikipedia, which he branded "Wokepedia," until "they restore balance to their editing authority." The tech billionaire made the claim on X, which he owns , in response to another user who shared a graph from the online encyclopedia's 2023-4 annual report that showed 29 percent of its budget had been spent on "equity" and "safety & inclusion." Newsweek contacted Wikipedia and Elon Musk , via the Tesla and SpaceX press offices, by email on Tuesday. Why It Matters According to data from digital marketing platform Semrush, in November 2024 Wikipedia was the fourth-most-visited website in the world, with monthly traffic of around 6.7 billion visits. Wikipedia's popularity, combined with the fact it provides information about notable political figures and events, make it highly influential. The platform can be edited by anybody, meaning the pages of controversial individuals are often fought over by multiple users with different views about the content. What to Know On X in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Musk shared a post by influential conservative leaning account "Libs of TikTok ," adding : "Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority." Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority https://t.co/sHjnFTtN5y In its initial post, the Libs of TikTok account, which is run by activist Chaya Raichik and has over 3.9 million followers, said: "Wikipedia's annual budget report from 2023—2024 reveals that they spent over $50 million of their total $177 million budget on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Stop donating to Wokepedia." They accompanied this with a graph screenshotted from Wikipedia's 2023-4 budget report, which breaks down its total $177 million spending between $86.1 million on infrastructure, $31.2 million on equity, $20.5 million on safety and inclusion and $39.2 million on effectiveness. Wikipedia has long faced accusations of bias from both sides of the political spectrum. A July 2018 article in The Guardian accused Wikipedia of having a "male-dominated, pro-western worldview," pointing to research that just 16 percent of its editors were women. In January 2024, David Rozado, an associate professor in computational science at New Zealand's Otago Polytechnic, published a study that found: "Wikipedia was more likely to portray right-leaning figures negatively than their left-leaning counterparts." For his research Rozardo reviewed Wikipedia's "mentions of hundreds of politicians, journalists, and more" while examining "the average sentiment...associated with 1,628 politically charged terms" on the platform. In a 2023 interview with The Telegraph, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales denied the website was "woke," commenting: "We do have a very long tradition of, you know, having respect for freedom of expression." What People Are Saying Responding to the Libs of TikTok post about Wikipedia spending on X, Alex Günsberg, a doctoral researcher in Finland, wrote: "I used to believe that Wikipedia was biased due to leftist activists editing articles in a coordinated fashion, and I often joked about it being Wokepedia. However, with the recent budget figures, it's clear that the notion of Wokepedia is not just a joke—it's a reality." However, in a post on X rival Bluesky, one self-identified behavioral psychologist wrote : "The claim that Wikipedia has become 'Wokepedia' fails to stand up to scrutiny—it's all anecdotes, but too few to be significant on the vast scale of Wikipedia." What Happens Next Musk was an active supporter of Donald Trump 's 2024 election campaign and has been appointed to co-head the newly created Department of Government Efficiency by the president-elect. It's unclear what impact Musk's latest comments will have on Wikipedia's fundraising. The website is run as a nonprofit by the San Francisco-based Wikimedia Foundation.