AppleMagazine
LUCID AIR: THE FIRST TRUE TESLA COMPETITOR
Tesla might be the first company that springs to mind when you’re in the market for a new electric vehicle, but California-based startup Lucid should not be underestimated.
6 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
MORE THAN SHOES: NIKE NAVIGATES COMPLICATED TWISTS IN TRACK
Ever since a track coach named Bill Bowerman tinkered with the idea of pouring rubber into his waffle iron to concoct a better shoe sole for running, Nike and the sport of track and field have become inseparably intertwined.
6 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
SPIELBERG'S AMBLIN TO MAKE SEVERAL FILMS A YEAR FOR NETFLIX
Steven Spielberg, a filmmaker synonymous with big-screen enchantment, has set a new deal with Netflix in which his production company, Amblin Partners, will make multiple feature films per year for the streaming giant.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
US HITS ENCOURAGING MILESTONES ON VIRUS DEATHS AND SHOTS
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms hit another encouraging milestone this week: 150 million Americans fully vaccinated.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
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 |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK LAUNCHES PODCASTS, LIVE AUDIO SERVICE
Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the U.S. this week to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
HOUSE PANEL PUSHES LEGISLATION TARGETING BIG TECH'S POWER
A House panel pushed ahead Wednesday with ambitious legislation that could curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
DIRTY LAUNDRY IN SPACE? NASA, TIDE TACKLE CLEANING CHALLENGE
How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
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 |
AppleMagazine #504
PC Gamer US Edition
LAST STOP
London calling, with sex cults and bickering teenagers
3 min |
August 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
FIGHT NIGHT
The MORTAL KOMBAT film wants to be taken seriously, but all you’ll really care about is Scorpion vs Sub-Zero.
5 min |
August 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
EXPEDITIONS: ROME
Swords, sandals, and a serious RPG under the toga
6 min |
August 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
PATHFINDER: WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS
A fantasy RPG split between two worlds
6 min |
August 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
RIDE OR DIE
DARKEST DUNGEON II CHARTS A NEW PATH THROUGH TERROR IN A ROGUELIKE ROAD TRIP TO SAVE HUMANITY. JUST MIND THE ‘NEXT EXIT: MADNESS’ SIGNS.
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
PAT METHENY
FROM HIS PLACE
10+ min |
July 2021
Stereophile
Vincent Audio SV-737
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
July 2021
Stereophile
REVINYLIZATION
Blood, Sweat & Tears began as Al Kooper’s dream of a rock band with horns. By the time he realized the concept—on the band’s 1968 debut, Child Is Father to the Man—it had become much more: an engaging hybrid of New York soul, Greenwich Village folk, and innovative jazz arrangements. With producer John Simon at the helm, Child was a virtual definition of the possibilities inherent in the heady musical experimentation of the late 1960s. Kooper’s writing and arranging for that record (including the monumental “I’ll Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know,” later a hit for Donny Hathaway) is one of the high points of his storied career. The record was justifiably praised as the conceptual breakthrough it was, and work had already begun on a follow-up when the band decided it needed a lead singer with more polish. Kooper left the group along with a couple of other key members.
3 min |
July 2021
Stereophile
Michi by Rotel M8
MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
July 2021
Stereophile
Magico A5
It’s rare for a Stereophile reviewer to review two loud-speakers in a row from the same manufacturer, but then these are unusual times. Because of the pandemic, Magico’s M2s got stuck here for a year (I know: poor me). By the time they were packed up and shipped out, it was time for a long-scheduled review of the less-expensive, more-massive Magico A5 ($24,800/pair).
10+ min |
July 2021
Stereophile
Line Magnetic LM-845IA
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
July 2021
Stereophile
FOLLOW-UP
The greater my own longevity, the more I admire that very quality—longevity, that is. An “upgrade path” is similarly appealing—if, regrettably, rarely available to humans, who are stuck with the equipment we were born with, give or take a prosthesis or two.
8 min |
July 2021
Stereophile
Esoteric Grandioso C1X
LINE PREAMPLIFIER
10+ min |
July 2021
Techlife News
AIRBUS-BOEING DEAL EASES US EU TENSIONS BUT CONFLICTS REMAIN
The deal the United States and the European Union reached this week to end their long-running rift over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus will suspend billions in punitive tariffs. It will ease trans-Atlantic tensions. And it will let the two sides focus on a common economic threat: China.
5 min |
Techlife News #503
Techlife News
AMAZON ALLOTS $300 MILLION FOR HOUSING NEAR MASS TRANSIT
Amazon is providing $300 million in low-interest loans to support housing located near mass transit in the Washington, D.C., area and the Seattle and Nashville, Tennessee, regions.
1 min |
Techlife News #503
Techlife News
CAN YOU MIX AND MATCH COVID-19 VACCINES?
Can you mix and match two-dose COVID-19 vaccines?
1 min |
Techlife News #503
Techlife News
INTERNET OUTAGES BRIEFLY DISRUPT ACCESS TO WEBSITES, APPS
A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe Thursday and Friday.
2 min |
Techlife News #503
Techlife News
CASSILL TO BE PAID IN CRYPTOCURRENCY IN DEAL WITH VOYAGER
Landon Cassill will be the first NASCAR driver paid entirely in cryptocurrency in a sponsorship deal with Voyager that begins at Nashville Superspeedway this weekend.
2 min |
Techlife News #503
Techlife News
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHINA'S NEW SPACE STATION
Adding a crew to China’s new orbiting space station is another major advance for the burgeoning space power.
3 min |
Techlife News #503
Techlife News
HONG KONG WATCHING CHINESE NUCLEAR PLANT AFTER LEAK REPORTED
China’s government said Tuesday no abnormal radiation was detected outside a nuclear power plant near Hong Kong following a news report of a leak, while Hong Kong’s leader said her administration was closely watching the facility.
4 min |
Techlife News #503
Techlife News
SELF-DRIVING CAR PIONEER WAYMO GETS $2.5B TO FUEL AMBITIONS
Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn’t allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its plans to expand its robotic taxi service.
1 min |