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Apple ramps up efforts to build own search engine to rival Google, says report

Apple is ramping up efforts to develop its own search engine, according to a Financial Times report published Wednesday, as US antitrust authorities threaten a lucrative deal that sets Google’s search engine as the default option on iPhones and Samsung phones.  The iPhone’s latest operating system version, iOS 14, has started to show its own search results and to link directly …

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Winter is coming. Know what to wear with this $40 wireless weather station

Ignore the naysayers who tell you to look out the window or ask Alexa what the temperature is. There’s something magical about getting a hyperlocal weather report on a display hanging conveniently in your home, like a piece of functional art. I’ve had various weather stations most of my adult life, and wouldn’t trade knowing the humidity on my porch …

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