Ultimately, Mr. Jobs’s prophecy was wrong. People wanted to rent access to a centralized streaming library, not pay a small fee to own every song. As streaming services grew, sales of music downloads plummeted. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, downloads now make up a smaller percentage of recording sales than physical albums […]
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Toronto star Kawhi Leonard filed a federal lawsuit against Nike on Monday, saying the footwear and apparel giant is blocking him from using a logo that he believes he owns. The suit was filed on a travel day for the NBA Finals; Leonard and the Raptors flew to Oakland, California on Monday to begin preparing
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But Mr. Kushner’s aggressive involvement has also been described as something of a defensive move: By positioning himself as the point person on raising money for the campaign, he prevents antagonists and potential rivals from taking over a job that comes with great power and proximity to the president. Mr. Trump, for his part, has
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHeart breakthrough could save thousands of lives A “pumping” patch containing millions of living, beating stem cells could help repair the damage caused by a heart attack, according to researchers. Sewn on to the heart, the 3cm (1in) by 2cm patch, grown in a lab from a
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption That sickening moment at the airport when you realise your bag has gone missing… The airline industry claims it’s getting better at not losing our luggage, partly though improved tracking technology. But tens of millions of bags still go astray every year. So is it doing enough? It’s the
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When Joseph Gnagbo and fellow activists recorded a rap video which criticised the leaders of a military coup in the Ivory Coast, they had no fears about performing it in public. But when rebel forces took over the city of Abidjan where he lived, Joseph had to go into hiding. More than 3,000 people were
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President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to reiterate his complaints about CNN and suggest a boycott of its parent company, AT&T. Soon after his arrival in London for a pomp-filled state visit, Trump tweeted that CNN is the primary source of U.S. news in the United Kingdom. “After watching it for a short
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Police in Sao Paulo, Brazil, say a woman has accused Brazilian soccer megastar Neymar of drunkenly raping her at a hotel in Paris last month. Neymar denies the allegations and claims the whole thing is a setup designed to extort him. Here’s a basic primer to catch you up to speed. Who is Neymar? Neymar
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President Trump on Monday floated the notion of a consumer boycott of AT&T, the telecommunications firm turned media colossus, an apparent attempt to punish the company for the news coverage produced by one of its subsidiaries, CNN. “I believe that if people stoped using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big
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U.S. manufacturers grew at a slower pace in May, as production levels fell slightly. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, says that its manufacturing index slipped to 52.1 last month, down from 52.8 in April. Any above 50 signals an expansion in manufacturing. The sector has been reporting growth for 33
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