AppleMagazine
BREAK THEM UP? 5 WAYS CONGRESS IS TRYING TO REIN IN BIG TECH
Groundbreaking legislation is advancing in Congress that would curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and could force them to untie their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S DIDI TOUTS TECH SPENDING AHEAD OF WALL ST DEBUT
Chinese ride-hailing service Didi says it lost $5.5 billion over the past three years ahead of its U.S. stock market debut Wednesday but it’s highlighting its global reach and investments in developing electric and self-driving cars.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
COSMIC GULP: ASTRONOMERS SEE BLACK HOLE SWALLOW NEUTRON STAR
Talk about a heavy snack. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe — all in a split-second gulp.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
JAPAN'S SOFTBANK SAYS PEPPER ROBOT REMAINS ‘ALIVE' AND WELL
Japanese technology company SoftBank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC-ERA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS TECH FAIR KICKS OFF
A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona this week with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures, changes that reflect the new reality for industry conventions in the pandemic era.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT EXEC: TARGETING OF AMERICANS' RECORDS ‘ROUTINE'
Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
LIAM NEESON'S BACK, FIGHTING ON THIN ICE (LITERALLY)
It’s intriguing to imagine Liam Neeson’s management team, contemplating his next film. Perhaps “Uber Express”? Maybe “Lyfted Up”?
3 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
UK WATCHDOG PROBES AMAZON, GOOGLE FOR FAKE REVIEWS OF GOODS
U.K. regulators said that they’re investigating Google and Amazon over concerns the online giants aren’t doing enough to stop fake reviews of products and services on their platforms.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #505
Mac Life
CRAVE
THE GEAR WE’RE LUSTING AFTER
3 min |
July 2021
PC Magazine
Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen): Just the Right Balance
Reviews/Consumer Electronics
8 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
Mechanicus
A tactics game of metal against metal
2 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
MacKeeper 5.0
Security, privacy, and clean–up rolled into one
2 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
The best USB–C docks for MacBooks
Expand the capabilities of your machine with these docks
3 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
Genius Scan 6.0
Fast scans and excellent OCR
2 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
Text Sniper
An image OCR that’s faster than a bullet
2 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
Narita Boy
Can you wield the Techno–Sword?
2 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
Touch Retouch
One–touch object removal for photos
2 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
5G Network Standard
The clever but controversial communications tech explained
6 min |
July 2021
Mac Life
Apple AirTag
Find lost things — with some caveats
5 min |
July 2021
Techlife News
MICROSOFT DEBUTS WINDOWS 11; FIRST MAJOR UPDATE IN 6 YEARS
Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its Windows software, called Windows 11, that has a new Start Menu and other features.
1 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
EU INVESTIGATES GOOGLE'S CONDUCT IN DIGITAL AD TECH SECTOR
European Union regulators have launched a fresh antitrust investigation of Google, this time over whether the U.S. tech giant is stifling competition in digital advertising technology.
3 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
DUTCH GROUP LAUNCHES DATA HARVESTING CLAIM AGAINST TIKTOK
A Dutch consumer group is launching a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion) claim against TikTok over what it alleges is unlawful harvesting of personal data from users of the popular video sharing platform.
1 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
CHINESE BANKS PROMISE TO STEP UP CRYPTOCURRENCY BAN
China’s biggest banks promised this week to refuse to help customers trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after the central bank said executives were told to step up enforcement of a government ban.
1 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
AMAZON ANNOUNCES PLANS TO BUILD SOLAR FARM IN MISSISSIPPI
Amazon has announced plans to build a solar farm in Mississippi and in at least 10 other states, including Arkansas and Pennsylvania.
1 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
CAN ET SEE US? STUDY FINDS MANY STARS WITH PRIME EARTH VIEW
Feeling like you are being watched? It could be from a lot farther away than you think.
2 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
REMBRANDT'S HUGE ‘NIGHT WATCH' GETS BIGGER THANKS TO AI
One of Rembrandt van Rijn’s biggest paintings just got a bit bigger.
3 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
US BLOCKS SOLAR PANEL MATERIALS FROM CHINA OVER LABOR ABUSES
Chinese-made materials used in solar panels will be barred from the U.S. market as part of a broader effort to halt commerce tied to China’s repressive campaign against Uyghurs and other minorities, the Biden administration said Thursday.
2 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
HOTTEST SELLER AT GAMESTOP IS ITS OWN STOCK, $1B RAISED
GameStop raised more than $1 billion in its latest stock sale, capitalizing on a newly arrived and fervent army of online investors.
2 min |
Techlife News #504
Techlife News
BUZZFEED TO BECOME A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY
Digital media company BuzzFeed is setting its sights on growth. It plans to become a publicly-traded company with an implied value of $1.5 billion through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company.
2 min |
Techlife News #504
AppleMagazine
FLORIDA BEACH TOWN WRITES AMAZON TV SERIES TO LURE TOURISTS
Remember that longing you felt after an episode of “Sex and the City” to shop at the characters’ favorite New York haunts and drink cosmopolitans at the same bars? Or that sense of wanderlust for the seaside cliffs of Ireland after watching “Game of Thrones?”
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