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Apple's Chinese manufacturing partner Luxshare halted production of the Vision Pro headset at the start of 2025, according to market research firm IDC, after the device shipped 390,000 units during its 2024 launch year. The $3,499 headset has also seen its digital advertising budget cut by more than 95% year to date in the US and UK, according to market intelligence group Sensor Tower.
IDC expects Apple to ship just 45,000 new units in the fourth quarter of 2025. Apple launched an upgraded M5 version in October featuring a more powerful chip, extended battery life, and a redesigned headband. The company sells the device directly in 13 countries and did not expand availability in 2025.
IDC expects Apple to ship just 45,000 new units in the fourth quarter of 2025. Apple launched an upgraded M5 version in October featuring a more powerful chip, extended battery life, and a redesigned headband. The company sells the device directly in 13 countries and did not expand availability in 2025.
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Every human body contains a small population of cells that are not genetically its own -- cells that crossed the placenta during pregnancy and that persist for decades after birth. These "microchimeric" cells, named after the lion-goat-serpent hybrid of Greek mythology, have been found in every organ studied so far, though they are exceedingly rare: one such cell exists for every 10,000 to 1 million of a person's own cells.
The cells were first noticed in the late 1800s when pathologist Georg Schmorl described placenta-like "giant cells" in the lungs of people who had died from eclampsia. In 1969, researchers detected Y-chromosome-containing white blood cells in people who would later give birth to boys. For more than two decades, scientists presumed these cells were temporary. That changed in 1993 when geneticist Diana Bianchi found Y-chromosome cells in women who had given birth to sons up to 27 years earlier.
The cells appear to have regenerative properties, transforming into blood vessels or skin cells to promote wound healing. They also challenge a central assumption of immunology -- that the immune system classifies cells as either "self" or "non-self" and rejects foreign material. Microchimeric cells should trigger rejection but do not. Higher-than-typical concentrations have been found in people with autoimmune conditions including diabetes, lupus, and scleroderma.
The cells were first noticed in the late 1800s when pathologist Georg Schmorl described placenta-like "giant cells" in the lungs of people who had died from eclampsia. In 1969, researchers detected Y-chromosome-containing white blood cells in people who would later give birth to boys. For more than two decades, scientists presumed these cells were temporary. That changed in 1993 when geneticist Diana Bianchi found Y-chromosome cells in women who had given birth to sons up to 27 years earlier.
The cells appear to have regenerative properties, transforming into blood vessels or skin cells to promote wound healing. They also challenge a central assumption of immunology -- that the immune system classifies cells as either "self" or "non-self" and rejects foreign material. Microchimeric cells should trigger rejection but do not. Higher-than-typical concentrations have been found in people with autoimmune conditions including diabetes, lupus, and scleroderma.
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handwritten on slide, “Jeanne on steps of Capitol Building" date stamped on slide December 1973
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A stunning sunrise in the Victorian High Country paints the sky in pink hues.
MELBOURNE (ANP) - Tennisster Venus Williams krijgt een wildcard voor de Australian Open. Dat maakte de organisatie van het tennistoernooi bekend.
De 45-jarige Williams is de oudste vrouw ooit die aan de Australian Open meedoet. Het tennistoernooi begint op 18 januari.
Eerder kreeg ze een wildcard voor de Auckland Classic. Dat toernooi geldt als voorbereidingstoernooi op de Australian Open.
NEW YORK (ANP) - De donderdag beëdigde burgemeester van New York, Zohran Mamdani, heeft beloofd "stoutmoedig" te besturen. Hij zei bij zijn inaugurele toespraak te willen aantonen dat linkse politiek kan slagen. "We zullen iets doen wat New Yorkers beter kunnen dan iedereen: we zullen een voorbeeld voor de wereld zijn."
In zijn toespraak beklemtoonde hij verder dat hij iets wil doen aan de kosten voor levensonderhoud en dat hij de mensen wil helpen "die zijn verraden door de gevestigde orde".
Zijn politieke tegenstander, president Donald Trump, noemde hij maar één keer, toen hij het had over de diversiteit van de stad en Trumpstemmers die op hem stemden.
Trump omschreef Mamdani onder andere als een "100 procent communistische gek". Na Mamdani's verkiezing spraken Trump en hij elkaar in het Witte Huis. Die ontmoeting noemde Trump "zeer productief". Volgens de president zal Mamdani "sommige conservatieven verbazen".
Ook de Democraten Bernie Sanders en Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spraken bij de beëdiging van Mamdani. Sanders dankte Mamdani "om ons van kust tot kust hoop en visie te geven dat we een regering tot stand kunnen brengen die voor ons allemaal werkt en niet alleen voor de rijken en de weinigen".
