6. Interesting Reads
“Summer is nearing, and workplaces everywhere are awaiting the arrival of this year’s interns to help out on extra projects and shoulder the seasonal load. But among certain companies, they’re likely doing more than getting coffee and making copies. Or at least, they’re being paid that way. According to a new report by the jobs site Glassdoor, the 25 best-paying companies for internships each pay their median summer worker more than $4,500 a month. That amount, if it was paid over the course of a full year, would be north of $54,000, exceeding the median annual pay for a U.S. worker, according to Glassdoor’s own local pay reports ($51,350), and the annual figure calculated from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest weekly earnings data for full-time wage and salary workers ($44,460).”
“T-Mobile wants to take the lead in 5G — even if it’s not the kind of 5G you’re expecting to get. The nation’s third-largest carrier on Tuesday unveiled plans to build out its next-generation wireless network using the radio airwaves it just purchased in a government auction. The focus for its 5G network isn’t necessarily speed, but instead broader coverage across the country. It’s a surprising move given those airwaves operate on a lower band, which is great for covering long distances but won’t give you tremendous speeds. The move goes against the conventional thinking about 5G, which has spurred excitement because of its ability to give you a seemingly supersonic connection to the network. Instead, T-Mobile is stressing a better signal everywhere and the ability to manage multiple devices beyond the phone.”
(CNET)
“Four years ago Microsoft was scared of Chromebooks. Instead of simplifying Windows and launching similar devices, Microsoft went on the offensive, dismissing them with its aggressive anti-Google Scroogled campaign. That tactic didn’t really work, and Chromebooks have thrived in the US education market with some 20 million students using Google’s laptops in schools. Now, just as Chromebooks appear to be impacting PC market growth, Microsoft is hosting an event in New York City to try and counter Google’s laptops.”
“LG gave its flagship phone a major makeover this year with a new all-glass design and a nearly bezelless display. But beauty comes at a price. The G6 has more surface real-estate than its aluminum predecessor, which means there’s more to break in a fall. And as it turns out, not all surfaces are made equal on the G6. The curved glass panel on the back is made from the strongest Gorilla Glass 5, but the screen’s glass uses Gorilla Glass 3. We put the LG G6 through a series of drop tests (similar to the ones we did on the Galaxy S8) to see how this 4-year-old glass would hold up.”
(CNET)
“Score yet another point for low-dose aspirin: Regularly taking “baby” aspirin appears to protect women from the most common type of breast cancer, new research suggests. Use of low-dose aspirin at least three times a week was linked to a 20 percent risk reduction for cancers known as hormone-receptor positive, HER2 negative — the most common breast cancer subtype, said study senior author Leslie Bernstein.”
(UPI.com)
“Years ago, it was rumored that Apple was working on an own-brand wireless speaker that would compete with the likes of Sonos. This emerging breed of high-quality wireless speaker was growing in popularity in households across the United States and the rest of the world, and industry watchers saw it as a good opportunity to open up a new revenue stream (small though it may be, in comparison to the iPhone). Apple’s wireless speaker never materialized, but the company ended up acquiring Beats in 2014, so it now has several Bluetooth speakers in its arsenal. Fast-forward to 2017, and there are now new rumors that Apple is once again working on its own wireless speaker. This time around, however, Apple is said to be hopping on a different trend. Rather than setting its sights on Sonos, Apple is reportedly prepping an Amazon Echo rival that will give users access to Siri in addition to letting them stream music to a high-quality speaker. But considering the rest of Apple’s product line, does the company really need a smart speaker?”
(BGR.com)
“Your phone could be the coolest gadget around if you download one of these futuristic apps for iPhone and Android. The best part about smartphones is the apps. To be fair, it’s kind of the whole point in order to actually enjoy the device, otherwise, you just have a shiny brick. Apps come and go like seasons except for the basics, like Facebook, Twitter, Weather, and all of the others that you’d probably go into shock if you tried to ever delete them. We all remember the Temple Run craze and the obsession with Neko Atsume. Even a lot of photo apps have come and gone as we’ve gotten better about editing quality pictures for Instagram. Gone are the days of the hipster sepia tone; we’re now into high-quality shots with our iPhone 7s with higher saturation.”
“We should all definitely know what are the biggest causes of suicide in America. According to the suicide statistics, taken from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, suicide is actually on the 10th place regarding the leading cause of death in the US. This foundation also provides the number of people who commit suicide annually, and the age-adjusted suicide rate is 13, 26 per 100,000 individuals. This would make 121 suicides per day, which is a horrible statistics. They also provided the data about the fact that men commit suicide 3, 5 times more than women, and that they are usually middle-aged white men, that is, 7 of 10 of them.”
“Naturally, the most multicultural countries in the world are those countries with the highest percentage of foreign-born population. The latest refugee crisis caused by the Syrian Civil War has seen more than 4.8 million people fled their country, seeking shelter from the war. The refugees have overwhelmed Turkey and Europe, causing one of the greatest humanitarian crisis in the last few decades. At the same time, a large number of Afghani and Iraqi migrants are also on the move, trying to secure asylums in EU countries. The public reaction so far has been mostly negative, citing various concerns ranging from terrorist infiltrating countries masked as refugees to the ability of host countries to accommodate such large numbers of emigrants.”
