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The village will be getting a new GIS mapping system after a decision made at Tuesday’s West Salem Village Board meeting.

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You may have heard that Apple CEO Tim Cook has refused a court order for help hacking an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

The device, which is an iPhone 5c, may contain information useful to the FBI's investigation. But the agency can't hack it without Apple's help. And Cook says that if his company created such a backdoor, it could threaten the security of millions of devices.

Covering this story, Forbes reporter Thomas Fox-Brewster... Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Larry Downing

Doctors and C-Suite executives are known for pulling in a pretty penny.

The mean annual pay for anesthesiologists is $246,320, and chief executives earn an average of $180,700 a year.

But what do America's top earners have on the president of the United States?

Not much.

The president is paid $400,000 a year, on a monthly basis. Plus, he receives an extra expense allowance of $50,000 a year.

That number has evolved over time.

The first president... Читать дальше...

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Flickr/Kārlis Dambrāns

You may have heard that Apple CEO Tim Cook has refused a court order for help hacking an iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters.

The device, which is an iPhone 5c, may contain information useful to the FBI's investigation. But the agency can't hack it without Apple's help. And Cook says that if his company created such a backdoor, it could threaten the security of millions of devices.

Covering this story, Forbes reporter Thomas Fox-Brewster... Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Larry Downing

Doctors and C-Suite executives are known for pulling in a pretty penny.

The mean annual pay for anesthesiologists is $246,320, and chief executives earn an average of $180,700 a year.

But what do America's top earners have on the president of the United States?

Not much.

The president is paid $400,000 a year, on a monthly basis. Plus, he receives an extra expense allowance of $50,000 a year.

That number has evolved over time.

The first president... Читать дальше...

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.