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AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA EXTENDS TAX ON PHONES TO FUND HIGH-SPEED INTERNET
Californians could have higher cellphone bills after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws aimed at giving the state more money to build high-speed internet connections in unserved areas.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #520
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK UNVEILS NEW CONTROLS FOR KIDS USING ITS PLATFORMS
Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens to take a break using its photo-sharing app Instagram, and “nudging” teens if they are repeatedly looking at the same content that’s not conducive to their well-being.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #520
AppleMagazine
WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES TECH ‘BILL OF RIGHTS' TO LIMIT AI HARMS
Top science advisers to President Joe Biden are calling for a new “bill of rights” to guard against powerful new artificial intelligence technology.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #520
AppleMagazine
GM REACHES DEAL WITH LG TO PAY FOR BOLT BATTERY RECALL COSTS
LG Electronics has reached a deal with General Motors to pay $1.9 billion to $2 billion to reimburse the automaker for the cost of recalling Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles due to the risk of battery fires.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #520
AppleMagazine
YOUR MONEY: SAVE FOR HOLIDAYS NOW, SKIP REGRET LATER
Factoring holiday expenses into your budget all year long is effective for avoiding debt, but it’s not always feasible with a limited budget or unforeseen expenses.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #520
AppleMagazine
Ford to Add 10,800 Jobs Making Electric Vehicles, Batteries
Ford and a partner company say they plan to build three major electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 — a dramatic investment in the future of EV technology that will create an estimated 10,800 jobs and shift the automaker’s future manufacturing footprint toward the South.
6 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
NEW PLANT IN GERMANY AIMS TO CUT FLYING'S CARBON FOOTPRINT
German officials unveiled what they said is the world’s first commercial plant for making synthetic kerosene, touted as a climate-friendly fuel of the future.
3 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
WILLIAM SHATNER WILL FLY TO SPACE ABOARD BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET
Captain Kirk is rocketing into space next week — boldly going where no other sci-fi stars have gone.
3 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
UAE TO LAUNCH PROBE TARGETING ASTEROID BETWEEN MARS, JUPITER
The United Arab Emirates announced plans to send a probe to land on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe, the latest project in the oil-rich federation’s ambitious space program.
2 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
TESLA REPORTS STRONGERTHAN-EXPECTED Q3 SALES
Tesla says it delivered 241,300 electric vehicles in the third quarter even as it wrestled with a global shortage of computer chips that has hit the entire auto industry
1 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
HOW TO INVEST IN CRYPTOCURRENCY WITHOUT BUYING ANY
Cryptocurrencies are inherently cryptic — it’s right there in the name. And if you follow Warren Buffett’s advice to never invest in businesses you can’t understand, it may be hard to justify investing in a currency made of math instead of gold.
3 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
OUTAGE HIGHLIGHTS HOW VITAL FACEBOOK HAS BECOME WORLDWIDE
The six-hour outage at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was a headache for many casual users but far more serious for the millions of people worldwide who rely on the social media sites to run their businesses or communicate with relatives, fellow parents, teachers or neighbors.
5 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
Steve Jobs
10 years without the genius behind apple
7 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
DAIMLER'S TRUCKS, LUXURY CARS TO GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS
Daimler's truck and luxury car businesses are going their separate ways
2 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
IN CALIFORNIA, SOME BUY MACHINES THAT MAKE WATER OUT OF AIR
The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices.
2 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
CHINA TIGHTENS POLITICAL CONTROL OF INTERNET GIANTS
The crackdown reflects Xi Jinping’s emphasis on reviving the party’s “original mission” of leading economic and social development.
4 min |
Ocotber 08, 2021
AppleMagazine
Disney World Opened 50 Years Ago; These Workers Never Left
Applying to be one of the first workers at Walt Disney World, high school graduate George Kalogridis made a split-second decision that set the course for his life: he picked a room where prospective hotel workers were being hired.
4 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
China Says All Crypto Transactions Illegal; Bitcoin Tumbles
China’s central bank declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money.
2 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
JAKE GYLLENHAAL CARRIES CLAUSTROPHOBIC ‘THE GUILTY'
An emergency dispatch center doesn’t exactly sound like the most visually exciting place to set an entire film. But the technical limitation of being imprisoned in a soulless office while high stakes action takes place off-screen can be an inspired storytelling gimmick in the right hands, as it is in “ The Guilty,” directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by Nic Pizzolatto and starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
3 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
US MILITARY EYES PROTOTYPE MOBILE NUCLEAR REACTOR IN IDAHO
The U.S. Department of Defense is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.
3 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
MERCEDES-BENZ JOINS EUROPEAN EV BATTERY JOINT VENTURE
Luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Stellantis and TotalEnergies in a European electric vehicle battery joint venture, Automotive Cells Co.
1 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
EARTH- MONITORING LANDSAT 9 SATELLITE LAUNCHES IN CALIFORNIA
The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Monday to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change.
2 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
iPad mini- Packing its punch in the palm of your hand
Although all eyes were on the Apple Watch Series 7 and iPhone 13 range at this year’s California Streaming event, the unexpected announcement of a refreshed iPad mini also got people talking. Bringing Apple’s smallest tablet in line with the iPad Pro and Air has helped to give consumers more choice, whilst a refreshed entry-level iPad remains a sensible buy.
7 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
‘Foundation' Based on Asimov's Work Thinks Big, Galaxy Big
Most TV dramas try to tell stories over a few years with maybe half a dozen central characters.
4 min |
September 24, 2021
AppleMagazine
Amazon Brings Palmswiping Tech to Red Rocks Concert Venue
Your palm could soon be your ticket into a concert.
1 min |
September 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
Autonomous Robots Prepped For Cave Search And Rescue Mission
After practicing in a former limestone mine and an abandoned hospital outside of Pittsburgh, a fleet of robots from Carnegie Mellon University is headed to Kentucky for the final test of the ability to autonomously navigate an uncertain, underground course.
5 min |
September 24, 2021
AppleMagazine
Apple Fixes Security Hole Reportedly Used To Hack An iPhone
Apple released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple devices without any user action.
4 min |
September 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
US GOVT TO PROBE ZOOM'S $14.7B FIVE9 DEAL FOR NATSEC RISKS
A U.S. government committee that reviews foreign investment in telecom is probing video conferencing company Zoom’s $14.7 billion deal for cloud call center company Five9.
2 min |
September 24, 2021
AppleMagazine
Series 7: Largest ever display, a refined & durable timepiece
Despite numerous reports that Apple would overhaul the design of this year’s Apple Watch, the announcement of a Series 7 smartwatch was a more muted affair.
5 min |
September 24, 2021
AppleMagazine
UK ENERGY CRISIS: GOVT IN CO2 DEAL TO AVERT FOOD SHORTAGES
The British government agreed to support an American-owned firm that produces much of the U.K.’s carbon dioxide, a deal designed to avert shortages of meat, poultry and packaged foods amid a crisis triggered by soaring energy costs.
3 min |