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Month: October 2019

Apple’s iOS 13.2 introduces more inclusive emoji, privacy features and camera tools

After previewing new emoji this summer, Apple released nearly 60 new characters on Monday, many with a focus on inclusion and diversity. The iOS 13.2 software update features interracial couples, gender-neutral characters and disability-themed emoji options, including a seeing eye dog, characters in wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs. Other new emoji include a waffle, butter, a

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Convicted rapist mistakenly released from prison

Georgia authorities are trying to find a convicted rapist who was mistakenly released from a state prison, officials said. Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, was convicted of rape and aggravated child molestation in Gwinnett County. He has been serving a life sentence since April 2015, according to records. Munoz-Mendez was released at Rogers State Prison in

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Virgin Galactic soars in its stock exchange debut

Virgin Galactic began trading on the New York Stock exchange Monday — another sign that entrepreneur-built space companies are maturing. The startup is trading under the ticker “SPCE,” replacing the IPOA moniker that Galactic’s merger partner, Social Capital Hedosophia, has traded under since 2017. Bold blue banners decorated the NYSE building in downtown Manhattan on

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S&P 500 hits all-time high

The S&P 500 set a new closing record on Monday, after falling just short of it late last week. Hopes for progress on the US-China trade front is propelling stock markets higher across the world. The Office of the US Trade Representative said late last week that the world’s two largest economies had made headway

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Big changes are coming to AT&T after shareholder battle

AT&T’s truce with Elliott Management — avoiding a protracted fight with one of the world’s most successful activist shareholders — sent the company’s stock to a 52-week high on Monday. The plan, as described by Elliott Management, includes “significantly enhanced operational efficiency with meaningful margin expansion, a “full review of the portfolio,” and “no more

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Nearly 75% of African Americans support reparations for slavery. Only 15% of white Americans do, a poll says

Slavery is a horrific, irremovable stain on US history. But Americans disagree on how to handle its legacy. While nearly 75% of black respondents in an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll said they believe the US government should pay reparations to the descendants of enslaved black people, just 15% of white participants supported

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