Techlife News
EU LEADERS WEIGH MASSIVE VIRUS ECONOMIC RECOVERY MEASURES
The new coronavirus is devastating lives, health care systems, and economies, and European Union leaders must work together, using every lever at their disposal, to rebuild and restore public faith in the EU project, the head of the bloc’s parliament warned.
2 min |
April 25, 2020
Techlife News
AMID PANDEMIC, CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS FACE HUGE CHALLENGES
While celebrities and billionaires have announced huge gifts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, many charities and nonprofits are still struggling. Donations to some churches have plummeted, and many charities have had to cancel crucial fundraising events such as galas, bike races, and walkathons.
4 min |
April 25, 2020
Techlife News
THINK THINGS ARE BAD FOR AIRLINES? IT'S ABOUT TO GET WORSE
The biggest and most profitable U.S. airline just posted its first quarterly loss in more than five years. Now things are going to get really bad.
4 min |
April 25, 2020
Techlife News
TYSON FOODS IDLES LARGEST PORK PLANT AS VIRUS SLAMS INDUSTRY
Tyson Foods suspended operations at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but was blamed for fueling a massive coronavirus outbreak in the region.
4 min |
April 25, 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
Techlife News
Belgian Port to Test Virus Bracelets Amid Tech Tracing Fears
As the spread of the coronavirus eases and people gradually return to work pondering the impact it might have on their jobs, Europe’s second-biggest port is getting ready to test a device aimed at helping thousands of people employed there to respect social distancing.
3 min |
April 25, 2020
Techlife News
Conspiracy Theorists Burn 5G Towers Claiming Link To Virus
The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the evening.
4 min |
April 25, 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
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
Sound & Vision
SUBWOOFER SETUP STEPS
SUBWOOFERS ARE LIKE the magic beans of audio, expanding a playback system’s dynamic range in a way that dramatically enhances the listening experience. There’s an attitude among some audiophiles that subwoofers represent, if not the spawn of the devil (there are numerous or More Subs for such spawns in audio lore), a bad compromise at minimum. But the truth is that adding a modest but well-designed subwoofer to speakers, even compact bookshelf models, can result in better performance than what you’d get from full-range towers that cost considerably more.
6 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Screen Gem
I OFTEN FEEL that the screen is the most overlooked component of a video projection system.
8 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Movin' On Up
WHAT WOULD you pay for a 75-inch Ultra HDTV that’s bright enough to handle virtually all high dynamic range programs without having to perform the tone mapping most 4K/HDR sets require?
9 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Smart Shades, Smart Lights
A dedicated room represents the ultimate space to attain movie watching nirvana. With the ability to minimize visual distractions, maximize acoustics, and optimally position seating and speakers, a dedicated room more easily lends itself to the creation of a no-holds-barred home theater than a space with an open floor plan.
3 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Simply Powerful
Parasound NewClassic 200 Integrated Amplifier
7 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Movies on the Move
THE PORTABLE video projector market is packed with options for anyone seeking a convenient, compact beamer to carry from room to room, indoors to outdoors, or home to vacation home.
8 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Edge of Tomorrow
WHEN TIVO burst on the scene in 1999 it changed the way millions of people watched TV.
10 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Baby Boomer
JL Audio Fathom F11OV2 Powered Subwoofer
8 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
A New Classic
ASK A CAR GUY to identify any classic American car from the 1950s or 60s, and most would be able to pin it down to the exact year of production.
9 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
The Sound of Silver
IN 2020 many of us will get to witness the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan—on TV at least.
10 min |
April - May 2020
Techlife News
TIRED OF ‘FROZEN?' STREAM THESE LESS OBVIOUS KIDS MOVIES
Weeks of quarantine with kids have a way of burning through a movie collection.
4 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
PENTAGON: $10B CLOUD CONTRACT THAT SNUBBED AMAZON WAS LEGAL
The Pentagon’s process for awarding a highly lucrative cloud computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was in line with legal and government purchasing standards, a government watchdog agency said Wednesday.
4 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
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 18, 2020
Techlife News
FACEBOOK TO WARN USERS WHO “LIKED” CORONAVIRUS HOAXES
Have you liked or commented on a Facebook post about the COVID-19 pandemic?
2 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
EVIDENCE OF VIRUS' EFFECT ON US ECONOMY GROWS MORE OMINOUS
Evidence of the coronavirus’ devastating impact on the U.S. economy has been steadily emerging, and the signs have grown ominous.
4 min |