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Jason Hiner/ZDNETMost MacOS apps do a very good job of presenting text in such a way that it's readable. However, every once in a while I run into an app that doesn't quite cut it. You can always do a quick multi-gesture zoom on a trackpad, if you're either on a laptop or you have a trackpad. If you're on an iMac without a trackpad, you don't have the luxury of multi-touch gestures. On top of that issue, the Option-Command-Equals shortcut (for zooming in) and Option-Command-Minus (for zooming out) aren't exactly the…

Global smartphone shipments declined 7.8 percent on a yearly basis to 265.3 million units in the second quarter of 2023 (April-June), preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) showed. International Data Corporation (IDC) is a global market intelligence and advisory services provider.With this, it marks the eighth consecutive quarter of contraction as the market struggles with weak demand, inflation, macroeconomic uncertainties, and excess inventory. The rate of decline though is slowing compared to…

Send your questions directly to Jim Cramer and his team of analysts at [email protected] . Reminder, we can't offer personal investing advice. We will only consider more general questions about the investment process or stocks in the portfolio or related industries. Question 1: What are your thoughts on the stability of FORD's dividend? Thank you, Denise The quickest way to determine the sustainability of a company's dividend is to consider it in relation to earnings and/or cash flow. The dividend payout…

Improve Article Save Article Like Article Improve Article Save Article Like Article Sale of goods may be made on a sale or return basis. This sale should not be recorded as an actual sale until the customer gives his approval of acceptance. In case the goods sent to customers have been recorded as an actual sale, an adjusting entry has to be passed to nullify the effect that has taken place i.e. it will be recorded as an inventory lying with the customers at the end of the year. Adjustment:A. If Sale of Goods on…

NEW YORK CITY—Amidst rock music, a rap about consciousness, and the calling in of a 25-year-old drunken bet, camps backing two leading theories of how consciousness arises from the brain waited anxiously in a Greenwich village theater on Friday to hear who had won the first round of an ambitious “adversarial collaboration.” Three neutral judges chosen to help design the experiment and evaluate the results gave a qualified victory to advocates of the idea that…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain American consumers use their understanding of gun rights when judging the morality of civilians' use of guns to protect themselves from crime, and that assessment varies depending on specific scenarios, new research from Oregon State University shows. The study's objective was to explore Americans'…

A study from the University of Oslo has discovered a shared genetic basis for cannabis use and psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, suggesting that a subset of the population might have a higher genetic risk for both. This discovery could have significant clinical implications, such as informing personalized preventive measures, targeted treatments, and more specialized patient stratification.A recent study published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry, led by the <span…

Image Source : PIXABAY Around 2.7 million users are visiting Dark Web on a daily basis for illegal activities: Report While the Dark Web only comprises an estimated 5 per cent of the entire internet, it has an alarming 2.7 million daily users (as of April) and the volume of illegal activities being executed is alarming, a report has warned. Whilst its intended…

Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, has announced that the platform will soon introduce a new feature allowing media publishers to charge users to read individual articles shared on the platform. The feature is set to be launched next month and will enable news outlets to charge users on a per-article basis with just one click. Musk believes that this feature will be a major win-win for both media and the public. Users who are not keen on signing up for monthly subscriptions can pay a higher per-article price to access content…

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook expressed cautious optimism about the flood of new artificial intelligence services, saying that while the technology has huge potential, there also are “a number of issues that need to be sorted.” Speaking on an earnings call Thursday, Cook noted that Apple already uses AI across much of its lineup, including in features like fall detection on its smartwatch. The company will continue to add the technology to more of its products, he said, but on a “very thoughtful basis.”…