Stereophile
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
The Beauty of Sound
10+ min |
June 2020
Stereophile
LISTENING
Guns N’ Neuroses: The Life of a Used-Gear Specialist
8 min |
June 2020
Stereophile
ANALOG CORNER
The Reed Muse 1C Turntable and 5T Tonearm
10+ min |
June 2020
Techlife News
FILM FESTIVALS TEAM UP TO OFFER FREE GLOBAL FEST ON YOUTUBE
Film festivals worldwide are teaming up to launch “We Are One: A Global Film Festival,” which will play out over 10 days and be available for free on YouTube.
1 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
HOTELS, AIRBNB BEEF UP CLEANING STANDARDS TO CALM TRAVELERS
Hotels and home-sharing companies are beefing up their cleaning efforts in order to soothe jittery travelers.
2 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
FACEBOOK REVENUE GROWTH SLOWS, BUT ‘SIGNS OF STABILITY' RISE
Facebook reported its slowest quarterly growth as a public company, pressured by the coronavirus pandemic and a resulting global slowdown in digital advertising.
2 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
EUROPEAN DOCTORS WARN RARE KIDS' SYNDROME MAY HAVE VIRUS TIE
Doctors in Britain, Italy, and Spain have been warned to look out for a rare inflammatory condition in children that is possibly linked to the new coronavirus.
3 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
CALIFORNIA SCALES UP 1ST-IN-US ELECTRIC TRUCK SALE PROPOSAL
California regulators strengthened a proposed first-in-the-nation rule that would force automakers to sell more electric delivery vans and work trucks in a state with the country’s worst air quality.
2 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
MAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT SAFE A NEXT HURDLE IN EASING LOCKDOWNS
In cities around the world, public transportation systems are key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies. Yet methods of getting around, ranging from trains and buses to ferries and bicycles, will have to be re-imagined for the coronavirus era.
3 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
COMCAST PROFIT SLIDES AS PANDEMIC HITS MOVIES, THEME PARKS
Comcast’s net income slid in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut down its theme parks and its movies were kept out of shuttered theaters.
2 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
AMERICAN AIRLINES POSTS $2.2 BILLION LOSS DURING PANDEMIC
American Airlines reported a staggering loss of $2.24 billion for the first quarter, when the coronavirus pandemic triggered a sharp drop in air travel.
2 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
30 MILLION HAVE SOUGHT US UNEMPLOYMENT AID SINCE VIRUS HIT
More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s.
4 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
‘U Ok?' Virus-Era Friendships Can Be Both Crucial & Fraught
A single mother hunkering down at home with a teenage daughter, Sharon Litwin sees her friends, like most people these days, only virtually. Even so, they’ve been a crucial lifeline.
5 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FIRST GLIDE FLIGHT IN NEW MEXICO
Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity landed in the New Mexico desert last Friday, marking its first glide flight from Spaceport America as the company moves toward commercial operations.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
NINTENDO MARKS PROFIT JUMP AS PEOPLE STAY HOME AMID PANDEMIC
Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. scored a 33% jump in annual profit, as people stuck at home turn to playing games.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
CHINA EXPORTS REBOUND IN APRIL BUT MORE WEAKNESS AHEAD
China’s exports rebounded in April to rise 3.5% over a year earlier, but forecasters warned that strength is unlikely to last as the coronavirus pandemic depresses global consumer demand.
1 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
GLOBAL LUXURY GOODS SALES TO SLIDE UP TO 35% - STUDY
The global luxury goods sector is heading for a stunning collapse of up to 35% this year due to coronavirus lockdowns, according to a new study by the Bain consultancy published Thursday.
1 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
STAR WARS: TAIKA WAITITI TO DIRECT NEW FILM
Taika Waititi, the New Zealand filmmaker of “Jojo Rabbit” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” will direct a new “Star Wars” film.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
TESLA HITS TARGET TO QUALIFY CEO ELON MUSK FOR BIG PAYDAY
Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have hit all the milestones he needed to receive a stock award now worth about $730 million, a payday that will further pad the eccentric billionaire’s vast fortune.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
EU FORECASTS ‘RECESSION OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS' THIS YEAR
The European Union predicted “a recession of historic proportions this year” due to the impact of the coronavirus as it released its first official estimates of the damage the pandemic is inflicting on the bloc’s economy.
3 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
Airbnb Laying Off 1,900 Employees Due To Travel Decline
Airbnb says it is laying off 25% of its workforce as it confronts a steep decline in global travel due to the new coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
Zoom Buys Security Firm Keybase
Zoom Video Communications is buying security firm Keybase in an effort to shore up security for its video meetings.
1 min |
May 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN VIRUS TRACING APPS HIGHLIGHT BATTLE FOR PRIVACY
Goodbye lockdown, hello smartphone.
4 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE SECOND VIRUS WAVE: HOW BAD WILL IT BE AS LOCKDOWNS EASE?
From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn’t whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when — and how badly.
5 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
INTEL BUYS MOOVIT APP FOR $900M TO BOOST BET ON ROBOTIC CARS
Intel is buying transportation-planning service Moovit for $900 million as the world’s largest computer chip maker moves further down the road in its effort to build self-driving cars.
2 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
COVID-19 Vaccine Hunt Heats Up Globally, Still No Guarantee
Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope — maybe unrealistic — that an end to the pandemic may arrive sooner than anticipated.
7 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
TikTok: 2 Billion Users & Counting For The World-Dominating App
With consumers cooped up at home amidst the coronavirus crisis, more and more of us are turning to our phones to fill our time and stay in contact with loved ones.
7 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
What's Shopping in a Pandemic Like? Drive to your Local Mall
Many Americans are getting their first taste of what pandemic shopping looks like at their local mall.
5 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
Billions Projected To Suffer Nearly Unlivable Heat In 2070
In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people, mostly the poor who can’t afford air conditioning, will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot to handle, a new study said.
2 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
Apple Announces Virtual WWDC20 Will Kick Off On June 22
Apple has confirmed that its first-ever virtual Worldwide Developers Conference will kick offon June 22, where the firm will show off new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS and give beta access to developers who create compatible products and software.
1 min |