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device

[dih-vahys] / dɪˈvaɪs /




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VPNs create a secure, encrypted tunnel between your laptop or mobile device and the wider internet.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes looks at Apple’s AI updates as long-term drivers of device upgrades and services growth.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Katz wrote in an email that the extra expense of around $2,000 per device were “cost prohibitive and detrimental to public safety.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

This means the device is working, says Prof Rachel Lampert, sports cardiologist and an electrophysiologist at Yale School of Medicine.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Third, there must be ways of establishing priority—Tartaglia’s coded poem is a device to demonstrate that he already has the solution even though he is keeping it secret.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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