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TESLA SAYS CARS CAN AUTOMATICALLY STOP FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS
After testing on public roads, Tesla is rolling out a new feature of its partially automated driving system designed to spot stop signs and traffic signals.
3 min |
May 01, 2020
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT'S TECHNOLOGY CHIEF PIVOTS TO PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Microsoft’s chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, oversees thousands of engineers and scientists working in artificial intelligence, computer science, and other research.
4 min |
May 01, 2020
AppleMagazine
"I Just Can't Do This." Harried Parents Forgo Home School
Frustration is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of distance learning — and some overwhelmed parents say it will be their last.
5 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Comic-Con Canceled Over Coronavirus, Plans 2021 Return
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con has been canceled due to coronavirus-related restrictions around large gatherings. Organizers say they are planning for the festival to return in July 2021.
1 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
NO MAJOR HANGUPS IN NFL'S MOCK DRAFT HEADING TO REAL THING
The NFL’s practice draft this week to test technology and communications for the real thing beginning Thursday night had no major hangups.
2 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
WARNER BROS. DELAYS MANY RELEASES INCLUDING ‘THE BATMAN'
Warner Bros. is delaying a batch of theatrical releases including “The Batman” and “The Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark.”
1 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS FORECAST MODEL FROM US DEFENSE TEAM DRAWS ATTENTION
A team of national defense scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory that studies contagions with award-winning accuracy has developed its own U.S. forecast for the spread of the coronavirus.
3 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS FORCED SCHOOLS ONLINE, BUT MANY STUDENTS DIDN'T FOLLOW
During the first week that her San Diego public school was shuttered to slow the spread of the coronavirus, not one of Elise Samaniego’s students logged on to her virtual classroom.
4 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
NEW iPHONE SE: POWERFUL PROCESSOR, TINY PRICE TAG
Ever since the launch of the original iPhone SE in 2016, consumers have been begging for another affordable smartphone from Apple.
7 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC AND CHILL: NETFLIX ADDS A COOL 16M SUBSCRIBERS
Netflix picked up nearly 16 million global subscribers during the first three months of the year, helping cement its status as one of the world’s most essential services in times of isolation or crisis.
2 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
CONSUMER REPORTING FIRM EQUIFAX TO PAY $18M AFTER BREACH
Attorney General Maura Healey has announced that one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the country, Equifax, has agreed to pay $18.2 million after a massive data breach in 2017 that compromised the personal information of nearly three million Massachusetts residents.
1 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
BACK TO WORK? COMPANIES FINDING IT EASIER SAID THAN DONE
As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some corporations are taking the first steps toward bringing their employees back to work. Which in many cases is easier said than done.
3 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Celebrities Reveal New Sides During Virus, But Face Backlash
Portia de Rossi has been teaching herself how to cook during the coronavirus lockdown. It’s been an eye-opening experience for the actress — and for her fans.
5 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
Classroom: Using Tech For Kids' Home Education
As parents grapple with school closures and working from home, they’re also facing a bigger challenge: homeschooling their children for the first time in their lives. Indeed, it might not be possible to recreate the classroom in your lounge, but with the right mindset, equipment and software, teaching your kids from the sofa doesn’t have to leave you scratching your head.
6 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
California Schools Will Look Very Different When They Reopen
Staggered school start times. Class sizes cut in half. Social distancing in the hallways and cafeteria.
3 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
Virus Exposes US Inequality. Will It Spur Lasting Remedies?
The sick who still go to work because they have no paid leave.
5 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
Would You Give Up Health or Location Data to Return to Work?
Cameron Karosis usually strives to protect his personal information. But a scary bout of COVID-19 that began last month with headaches and fevers, progressed to breathing problems and led to a hospital visit has now left him eager to disclose as much as possible to help halt the virus’ spread.
5 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS-ERA DECISIONS: WAY TOO MANY, AND EACH WITH HIGH STAKES
Should you wash your hands?
4 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
IN SHUTDOWN, A GLIMPSE OF LIFE WITHOUT MOVIE
Jennifer Page jokes that four months in, this decade is already the worst of her life.
5 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
TELEMEDICINE SURGES IN MICHIGAN AS DOCTORS CLOSE OFFICES
The closure of doctors’ offices across Michigan during the new coronavirus pandemic has spurred a statewide surge in the embrace of telemedicine, a practice that allows doctors to treat patients remotely by phone or computer, officials said.
2 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT APPLYING FOR GIG WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC
A leap in U.S. unemployment has thrown a spotlight on one type of work in high demand during the coronavirus pandemic: Gig work delivering groceries, meals and packages.
4 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
iPHONE SE 2020 : POWERFUL & AFFORDABLE
A13 BIONIC CHIP, 4.7-INCH SCREEN & MORE
2 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
NBC'S PEACOCK LAUNCHING IN JULY WITH 'HANDFUL' OF ORIGINALS
NBCUniversal says its video-streaming service Peacock will launch nationally in July as planned, even though just a handful of its original series will be ready.
1 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
After Virus, How Will Americans' View of The World Change?
As the coronavirus spread across the world and began its reach into the United States, an assortment of Americans from the president on down summoned one notion as they framed the emerging cataclysm.
5 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
Time to 'Revenge Shop': China's Virus Hot Spot Reopens
The city at the center of China’s virus outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months.
5 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
JAPAN'S STATE OF EMERGENCY IS NO LOCKDOWN. WHAT'S IN IT?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hardhit Japanese prefectures to fortify the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
3 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
MARVEL REMAKES RELEASE CALENDAR; ‘MULAN' MOVES TO LATE JULY
The Walt Disney Co. overhauled its release schedule by moving the dates of half a dozen Marvel movies, announcing a new one for the live-action adaption of “Mulan” and pushing one movie, “Artemis Fowl,” to Disney Plus, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
CATCH THIS WEEK'S SUPERMOON, BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST OF YEAR
A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year.
1 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT ENGINEER ADAPTS FAN-TRACKING APP FOR COVID-19 USE
A Microsoft engineer who designed an app to track North Dakota State University football fans on their annual trek to Texas for the national championship has taken that concept and applied it to contact tracing for the coronavirus.
2 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
CDC CONSIDERS LOOSENING GUIDELINES FOR SOME EXPOSED TO VIRUS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changing its guidelines for self-isolation to make it easier for those who have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus to return to work if they are without symptoms.
2 min |