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Oprah Winfrey ‘Caste’ interview with Isabel Wilkerson exclusive to Apple TV+

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Wuerthele) In parallel with Apple announcing that “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” is on the Apple Books store, the company has also announced that author Isabel Wilkerson’s interview with Oprah Winfrey about the book is exclusive to Apple TV+.In September 2016, then-President Barack Obama awarded Isabel Wilkerson, the 2015 National Humanities Medal during a ceremony in the East Room of the White HouseApple has announced a series of digital events, surrounding the release “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” on the Apple Books store. “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” draws parallels between the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, to help readers understand how caste plays out across civilizations, and how the “insidious undertow of caste” is experienced every day. Specifically, Wilkerson documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America, writes about the surprising health costs of caste, and discusses how America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions….

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Apple researching curved iPhone body with wrap-around displays

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) A future version of the iPhone could have a display that wraps around the body of the device, or the iPhone body could be rounder in shape, with Apple examining new ways to create a display that can be installed on a curved surface.An early render of a round iPhone based on earlier patent filings. Smartphones and other mobile devices are, generally speaking, boxy in construction. Typically relying on a large flat surface for the display, the rest of the design usually consists of sides that are at 90-degree angles to each other, making them relatively simple to design, manufacture, and to add components within….

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Apple’s iPad dominated Q2 2020 on work from home, remote learning boost

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) The tablet market, led by Apple’s iPad, experienced a “renaissance” in the second quarter of 2020 thanks to new remote education and work-from-home trends, a report said Monday.Credit: AppleWorldwide tablet shipments clocked in at 37.5 million units throughout the second quarter of 2020, a 26% year-over-year increase, …

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What HDR, HDR10, and DisplayHDR are, and what they mean to Apple users

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Many devices, from televisions to smartphones, tout the ability to display HDR content, but the different formats and names can seem confusing. Here’s AppleInsider’s guide to what the different HDR video standards mean to you and your videos.Over the years, HDR has grown to become as much of a feature to look for as 4K for televisions, or high-resolution screens for your Mac or other computing devices. But while the typical user has a vague idea that HDR can offer a better picture, the introduction of terms including HDR10, Dolby Vision, and HLG suggests there’s a lot more to picking hardware than first thought.Fundamentally speaking, there’s not that much for the average person to worry about, as the vast majority of the time, they will still be able to watch the HDR content they want to watch….

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