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This month marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs, a tireless tech visionary, an extraordinary innovator, and the cofounder of Apple. When he died on 5 October 2011 at age 56, he left a lasting legacy. Jobs's innovations made a profound impact. He redefined computing, enhancing the user experience, and created products and services loved by millions around the world. He reshaped the music industry with the iPod, the mobile phone industry with the iPhone, and the movie industry with Pixar Animation Studios. He also transformed the publishing industry with iBooks and media subscription services. Jobs also...

  By Sam Pizzigati Demographers looking back — years from now — on America’s annual mortality rates are going to find an asterisk on the years 2020 and 2021. The text behind that asterisk is going to give the reason why so many more Americans died in those particular years than the years right before. The explanation, of course, will be the Covid-19 pandemic. But those demographers of the future, to really understand American mortality in the early decades of the 21st century, are going to need another asterisk. They’re going to need an explanation why Americans of that era,...

Roaming Disneyland park in packs as large as 100 and sporting denim and leather vests similar to those worn by motorcycle gangs, Disney superfans have been forming “Social Clubs” since 2013. Now, what was initially seen as a weird but harmless SoCal trend is being unmasked as a potential threat to the park thanks to a lawsuit filed in the Orange County Superior Court. The suit accuses the White Rabbits Social Club of attempting to intimidate the Main Street Fire Station 55 Social Club and demanding $500 in protection money for a charity fundraiser. If it sounds like these mouseheads...

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Dezeen Showroom: furniture store Suite NY has launched a limited-edition collection of Beetle dining chairs by Copenhagen design studio GamFratesi. The range, named A Quartet of Expressions, introduces four new neutral upholstery options for the Beetle chairs, which GamFratesi first launched in 2013. Suite NY has launched a limited-edition collection of the Beetle dining chairs "Conceived in 2013, the chair instantly became a modern classic, undisputed in its sophisticated, minimalist elegance," said Suite NY. "We are thrilled to announce the launch of A Quartet of Expressions, a brand new collection of Beetle Chairs in a stunning assortment of four limited-edition...