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LOUISIANA CREATES RULES FOR SELF-DRIVING DELIVERY DEVICES
Louisiana has created a framework for self-driving delivery robots to drop off packages on the state’s streets, under a bill backed by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards.
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AppleMagazine
UK WATCHDOG EXAMINES APPLE-GOOGLE MOBILE SYSTEM CONTROL
U.K. competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers, over concern that the control of “mobile ecosystems” by the two tech giants is harming consumers.
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AppleMagazine
UTILITY'S GREEN ENERGY PLAN FUELS DEBATE IN KANSAS, MISSOURI
Kansas’ largest electric company expects to make its first big investments in solar energy over the next three years and promises zero net carbon emissions in 2045.
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AppleMagazine
NATO NATIONS READY TO JOINTLY RESPOND TO ATTACKS IN SPACE
NATO leaders expanded the use of their all for one, one for all, mutual defense clause to include a collective response to attacks in space.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
WINNING AUCTION BID TO FLY IN SPACE WITH JEFF BEZOS: $28M
An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $28 million bid last weekend.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
REPORT SAYS TECHNOLOGY KEPT 2020 CENSUS BELOW EXPECTED COST
The 2020 census is expected to cost $14.2 billion, well below a previous estimate of $15.6 billion, reflecting a slowdown in the price tag for the nation’s head count thanks to technological innovations, according to a new watchdog report released this week.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
Monterey macOS - UNLOCKING THE TRUE POWER OF THE M1 PROCESSOR
When it came to software enhancements and breakthrough features, this year’s WWDC was a little more understated than previous iterations, but after a year of coronavirus restrictions, it’s understandable that Apple would focus on refining its existing offering than try to reinvent the wheel.
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AppleMagazine
BATTERY RECYCLING FIRM TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN NEVADA
A battery recycling company founded by a former executive at Tesla Inc. broke ground on 100 acres (40 hectares) of land at an industrial park near Reno as part of its expansion plan.
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AppleMagazine
COMPUTER TROUBLE HITS HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, SCIENCE HALTED
The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
BEHIND IN QUANTUM COMPUTER RACE, GERMANY GETS BOOST FROM IBM
IBM unveiled one of Europe’s most powerful quantum computers in Germany, boosting the country’s efforts to stay in the race for what’s considered a key technology of the future.
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AppleMagazine
AMAZON NOW SAYS REMOTE WORK OK 2 DAYS A WEEK
Corporate and tech employees at Amazon won’t have to work in offices full time after coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
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AppleMagazine #503
Stereophile
BOOK REVIEW
CHAIRMAN AT THE BOARD: RECORDING THE SOUNDTRACK OF A GENERATION, by Bill Schnee. Backbeat Books, 2021. 219pp. $24.49, hardcover; $21.49, Kindle e-book.
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July 2021
Techlife News
CHINA SAYS US REVOKING OF CHINA APPS BAN A ‘POSITIVE STEP'
China’s Ministry of Commerce said that a U.S. move to revoke the Trump administration’s executive orders intended to ban apps like TikTok and WeChat was a “positive step,” amid strained relations between the two countries.
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Techlife News
EYING DEAL, GM SOFTENS ON TOUGH STANDARDS FOR CAR POLLUTION
The nation’s largest automaker said Wednesday it can support greenhouse gas emissions limits that other car manufacturers negotiated with California — if they are achieved mostly by promoting sales of fully electric vehicles.
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Techlife News
FERRARI TAPS EUROPEAN CHIP-MAKER EXECUTIVE AS NEW CEO
Luxury sports carmaker Ferrari has tapped Benedetto Vigna, an Italian executive at Europe’s largest semiconductor chipmaker, as its new CEO, the company announced this week.
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Techlife News
OWN AN ECHO? AMAZON MAY BE HELPING ITSELF TO YOUR BANDWIDTH
Do you own an Amazon smart device? If so, odds are good that the company is already sharing your internet connection with your neighbors unless you’ve specifically told it not to.
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Techlife News
STARTUP LORDSTOWN MOTORS WARNS IT MAY NOT STAY IN BUSINESS
Startup commercial electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors says it may not be in business a year from now as it tries to secure funding to start full production of an electric pickup truck.
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Techlife News
GERMANY STARTS ROLLING OUT A DIGITAL EU VACCINATION PASS
Germany on Thursday started rolling out a digital vaccination pass that can be used across Europe as the continent gets ready for the key summer travel season.
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Techlife News
SCIENTISTS HAIL GOLDEN AGE TO TRACE BIRD MIGRATION WITH TECH
A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack.
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Techlife News
GLOBAL WAR ON RANSOMWARE? HURDLES HINDER THE US RESPONSE
Foreign keyboard criminals with scant fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered fuel shortages, and, most recently, threatened global food supply chains.
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Techlife News
SENATE PASSES BILL TO BOOST US TECH INDUSTRY, COUNTER RIVALS
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China.
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AppleMagazine
GUCCI DIGITALLY OUTFITS GEN-Z IN METAVERSE FORAY WITH ROBLOX
Anyone whose virtual alter ego is wandering around the Roblox online game platform these days might run into other avatars sporting Gucci handbags, sunglasses or hats.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
JUST HOW VULNERABLE IS THE INTERNET?
An outage at a little-known firm that speeds up access to websites knocked a lot of top internet destinations offline this week, disrupting business and leisure for untold millions globally. The problem was quickly resolved. The company, Fastly, blamed a configuration error in its technology.
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AppleMagazine
US DROPS TRUMP ORDER TARGETING TIKTOK, PLANS ITS OWN REVIEW
The White House dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China, officials said this week.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
iOS 15: CONNECT, FOCUS, EXPLORE, AND DO MORE
After making some significant leaps forward with iOS and iPadOS in 2020, it was only right that this year’s updates would be more understated, but it didn’t stop Apple from announcing some exciting new additions to its popular operating systems.
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AppleMagazine
JEFF BEZOS WILL BLAST INTO SPACE ON ROCKET'S 1ST CREW FLIGHT
Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN REGULATORS LAUNCH FRESH PROBES OF FACEBOOK, GOOGLE
European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
GLOBAL STING BEGAN BY CREATING MESSAGE SERVICE FOR CROOKS
When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own service.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID
ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
GLOBAL GLITCH: SWATHS OF INTERNET GO DOWN AFTER CLOUD OUTAGE
Dozens of websites went down briefly around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain’s government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.
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