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Apple earnings Reveal Powerful iPad and Mac Earnings Can Not make up for Its iPhone

Expand / Apple CEO Tim Cook. (charge: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg through Getty Images) Apple declared its fourth-quarter earnings today after the bell, and it had been something of a peculiar quarter since, unlike any prior years (such as a year ago ), that quarter’s figures didn’t incorporate a iPhone launch. The iPhone 12’s many variations […]

OpenAI says its making progress on “The Alignment Problem”

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Pence declares Biden winner of presidential election after Congress defies mob to certify votes

Vice President Mike Pence defied President Donald Trump early Thursday morning as he affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s November victory, putting an end to Trump’s futile efforts to subvert American democracy and overturn the results of the election. In a move that infuriated Trump and left his own political future far less certain, Pence on Wednesday […]