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• Apple Maps expands its Street View competitor to Boston, DC, Philadelphia
  This follows a US-wide expansion of more detailed maps.
• The next Xbox will quadruple XB1’s CPU, octuple its GPU performance
  AMD RDNA2 GPU, “Smart Delivery” versioning, and multi-game “quick resume.”
• Petnet goes offline for a week, can’t answer customers at all
  Failing to work is one problem; failing to communicate with customers is another.
• New Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone looks handsome, costs a ridiculous $1,300
  It has a funny name, a square design, and a very high price.
• One of NASA’s greatest mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, has died
  "Anything that could be counted, I did."