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Tag: Apple
Gene variation makes apple trees ‘weep,’ improving orchards
Plant geneticists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes the “weeping” architecture – branches growing downwards – in apple trees, a finding that could improve orchard fruit production.
Google/Apple’s contact-tracing apps susceptible to digital attacks
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and health authorities have relied on contact-tracing technologies to help manage the spread of the virus.
CSU to Launch Global Hispanic Serving Institution Equity Innovation Hub
Partnership with Apple and state of California will lead to
new and additional educational pathways for students in STEM
Johns Hopkins Expert Can Discuss Apple’s Plan to Monitor iPhones for Child Sexual Abuse
Apple has announced plans to scan iPhones and other Apple devices for images of child sexual abuse and report them to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A Johns Hopkins University expert is available to discuss how the…
Heritage Orchard reclaiming Georgia’s forgotten apples
With the help of a dedicated group of University of Georgia researchers, Extension agents and volunteer enthusiasts, Georgia’s lost apple varieties are making a comeback.
Many will update to iPhone 12 even if they can’t afford it
Smartphones vital to mental health for many during the COVID-19 pandemic The iPhone 12 was presented at Apple’s livestream keynote on Oct. 13 and will release on Oct. 23. People will purchase Apple’s new phone even if they can’t afford…
Is Big Tech too big? Focus should be on consumers, not firm size, Notre Dame expert says
The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday (Oct. 6) said Big Tech companies — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — have abused their monopoly power and called for the most sweeping changes to antitrust laws in 50 years. Democratic leaders on…
UHN features Apple Watch in a new study to advance remote management of heart failure
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (University Health Network) are collaborating with Apple, Inc., to give heart failure patients even more control over their health, and usher in a new era of remote monitoring possibilities.
Crunchy, complex: Cornell releases three new apples
This fall, apple lovers can look forward to three new varieties from the oldest apple breeding program in the U.S. — located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
UCLA launches major mental health study to discover insights about depression
UCLA has launched a major new study, sponsored by and in collaboration with Apple, designed to help revolutionize detection and treatment of depression.
‘Killer acquisitions’ top of mind as big tech faces Congress
On Wednesday, CEOs from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google will testify in front of the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust on their business practices that the committee says may be stifling competition. George Hay, professor of law at Cornell University and…
Billions of people could be invisible in COVID-19 contract tracing efforts utilizing smartphone apps
A West Virginia University consumer law expert says recent announcements by Apple and Google that they’re developing a system to enable widespread contact tracing in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic raises significant questions beyond whether such a plan…
A Bite Out of Apple: What Happens If You Lose Strategic Talent?
When Apple’s longtime design guru Jony Ive announced that he’d be starting his own agency, it meant major change. The situation serves as a case in point for any organization whose success rests on strategic human capital: If strategy is intrinsically tied to talent, how does a firm support that talent or proceed if that talent disengages?
Expert analysis by Thunderbird’s Doug Guthrie: The Age of Cooptation: The Cost of Doing Business in Xi’s China
The Age of Cooptation: The Cost of Doing Business in Xi’s China (Business, China, China Capitalism, International Trade, Supply Chain, Xi Jinping, Covid19, Coronavirus) By Doug Guthrie The cost of doing business in China today is a high one,…
HERE’S WHAT POLICE KNOW ABOUT DIGITAL EVIDENCE
Researchers from Michigan State Unviersity are among the first to measure how well law enforcement officers can identify and use digital evidence.
WHEN MANAGING A BIG COMPANY, LESS IS MORE
Research is the first to outline universal strategies for large companies to grow market share
Tech firms’ path to positive inroads in China ‘foggy at best’
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICEOct. 10, 2019 Tech firms’ path to positive inroads in China ‘foggy at best’ Following pressure from China, Apple decided to pull HKmap.live from the App Store. The app allowed users to track police presence in…