Techlife News
Facebook, Youtube: Firm Must Stop Scraping Faces From Sites
Facebook joined YouTube, Twitter and payment service Venmo in demanding that a facial recognition company stop harvesting user images to identify the people in them, which the startup does as part of its work with police.
1 min |
February 8, 2020
AppleMagazine
ONLINE CONSPIRACY THEORIES FLOURISH AFTER IOWA CAUCUS FIASCO
Monday night could not have gone better for online troublemakers who have spent years propagating false or misleading conspiracy theories on the internet that the U.S. election is rigged or vulnerable to tampering.
5 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
TESLA STOCK: MADNESS OR VISIONARY INVESTING?
Eight months after it seemed headed for the corporate junkyard, Tesla is now worth more than General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler combined, even though the Big Three together sell more cars and trucks in two weeks than Tesla does in a whole year.
3 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
TWITTER TO LABEL ALTERED MEDIA, REMOVE IF IT MAY CAUSE HARM
Twitter will begin to label and in some cases remove doctored or manipulated photos, audio, and videos that are designed to mislead people.
2 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
HOW TO BINGE ON OSCAR MOVIES IN CINEMAS FOR CHEAP
At $15 a pop in major cities — and sometimes more — going to the cinema can easily break the bank.
4 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
TRACK BODY SEES RISK IN SHOES TECH BUT CLEARS NIKE DESIGN
World Athletics cleared distance runners to keep wearing a favored Nike design even though it acknowledged shoe technology poses a risk to the sport.
1 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
IN FIGHT TO SURVIVE, US DAIRY FARMERS LOOK FOR ANY TECH EDGE
At Rosendale Dairy, each of the 9,000 cows has a microchip implanted in an ear that workers can scan with smartphones for up-to-the-minute information on how the animal is doing — everything from their nutrition to their health history to their productivity.
4 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
EXPERTS: TRAVEL BANS, BUSINESS CLOSURES COULD HURT ECONOMY
Travel restrictions and business closures aimed at stopping the spread of a new virus that has killed more than 300 people in China could end up causing ripple effects that harm the global economy, experts say.
2 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
Changing Counts Reveal Inexact Science of Calorie Labels
Almonds used to have about 170 calories per serving. Then researchers said it was really more like 130. A little later, they said the nuts may have even less.
3 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
YouTube: No ‘Deepfakes' Or ‘Birther' Videos in 2020 Election
Better late than never, YouTube is making clear there will be no “birtherism” on its platform during this year’s U.S. presidential election.
2 min |
February 07, 2020
AppleMagazine
Evolution: Major Apple Product Launches on The Way
2019 was one of Apple’s most successful years to date, but the company is showing no signs of slowing down.
6 min |
February 07, 2020
Techlife News
How Tech Titans Listen In On Voice Recordings
VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS COMPLICATE THE PRIVACY ISSUE
5 min |
December 28, 2019
New York magazine
Banning Facial Recognition Isn't Impossible Courage!
OF THE MANY UNSETTLING ASPECTS TO Clearview AI, a shadowy facial-recognition-software company providing users access to a database of 3 billion photographs scraped from social media and YouTube, the one that has most unsettled me is the pervasive sense that there is nothing we can do about it.
5 min |
February 3 – 16, 2020
Techlife News
ALEXA, READ ME A STORY: AUDIO CONTENT FOR KIDS ON THE RISE
Melanie Musson in Belgrade, Montana, does a lot of driving with her four girls. Juggling a broad age range, 1 to 9, she’s forever searching for ways to keep them all entertained without relying entirely on video.
5 min |
Techlife News #431
Techlife News
ASTRONAUT CRAVES SALSA AND SURF AFTER RECORD 11 MONTHS ALOFT
After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman can’t wait to dig into some salsa and chips, and swim and surf in the Gulf of Mexico.
3 min |
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Techlife News
APPLE, BROADCOM TOLD TO PAY CALTECH $1.1B IN PATENT LAWSUIT
A federal jury on Wednesday decided that Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion to the California Institute of Technology for infringing on patents.
1 min |
Techlife News #431
Techlife News
RECORD SALES PUSH TESLA TO 2ND STRAIGHT QUARTERLY PROFIT
Record electric vehicle sales in the fourth quarter helped to push Tesla Inc. to its second-straight quarterly profit, giving bullish investors optimism that sustained black ink lies ahead.
2 min |
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Techlife News
UK INTRODUCES NEW FAST-TRACK VISA TO ATTRACT SCIENTISTS
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced a new fast-track visa to attract more of the world’s best scientists to the U.K. in hopes of creating a global science “superpower.”
1 min |
Techlife News #431
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Alexa, Protect My Privacy
Take steps to keep speakers, security cameras and other smart devices safe from hackers who want to steal your data—or worse.
3 min |
March 2020
AppleMagazine
The Big Lesson From The Bezos Hack: Anyone Can Be A Target
You may not think you’re in the same league as JeffBezos when it comes to being a hacking target.
3 min |
January 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
US Consumer Confidence Shows Solid Gain In January
U.S. consumer confidence showed a strong gain in January, bolstered by continued strength in the job market.
1 min |
January 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Wyoming Governor: Carbon Capture Technology Can Help Coal
Climate change is a man-made problem, but the solution doesn’t have to come at the expense of fossil fuels, said Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon.
2 min |
January 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Guy Ritchie's ‘The Gentlemen' Is Stale Pint Of Ale
Guy Ritchie’s honor-among-thieves meta-caper “The Gentlemen,” with Matthew McConaughey, has all the tailored tweed suits and smoky atmosphere of a handsome scotch commercial. “The Gentlemen” might not be an ad, but Ritchie’s film is most assuredly selling something.
2 min |
January 31, 2020
Techlife News
Uber, Lyft Confirm Phoenix Airport Business As Usual For Now
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they won’t change their service at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport until Arizona’s highest court rules on proposed fee increases that prompted threats to stop picking up and dropping off customers at one of the nation’s largest airports.
1 min |
Techlife News #431
AppleMagazine
You: Pro - New Generation Powers Up Your Tech
As iPhone and iPad sales begin to fall, Apple is focusing its attention on professional users, introducing a bunch of new hardware to compete in an increasingly crowded - but lucrative - market. With the launch of Pro Mode for macOS, the company could be onto a winner…
6 min |
January 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Workers Criticize Amazon On Climate Despite Risk To Jobs
Hundreds of employees are openly criticizing Amazon’s record on climate change despite what they say is a company policy that puts their jobs at risk for speaking out.
1 min |
January 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
GM To Invest $2.2B In Detroit To Build Electric Vehicles
General Motors is spending $2.2 billion to refurbish an underused Detroit factory so it can build a series of electric and self-driving vehicles, eventually employing 2,200 people.
2 min |
January 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Apple Holiday Season Tops Projections As Iphone Bounces Back
Apple is still reaping huge profits from the iPhone while mining more moneymaking opportunities from the growing popularity of its smartwatch, digital services, and wireless earbuds.
3 min |
January 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Airbnb Launches Bahamas Sabbatical To Help After Dorian
Airbnb is giving a few people a chance to spend a two-month sabbatical in the Bahamas in an attempt to boost the Caribbean island damaged last year by Hurricane Dorian.
1 min |
January 31, 2020
Sound & Vision
Quantum Dot All-Star
TVs ARE cheaper than ever. Really.
10 min |