Technology
AppleMagazine
Virus Exposes US Inequality. Will It Spur Lasting Remedies?
The sick who still go to work because they have no paid leave.
5 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
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 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS-ERA DECISIONS: WAY TOO MANY, AND EACH WITH HIGH STAKES
Should you wash your hands?
4 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
IN SHUTDOWN, A GLIMPSE OF LIFE WITHOUT MOVIE
Jennifer Page jokes that four months in, this decade is already the worst of her life.
5 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
TELEMEDICINE SURGES IN MICHIGAN AS DOCTORS CLOSE OFFICES
The closure of doctors’ offices across Michigan during the new coronavirus pandemic has spurred a statewide surge in the embrace of telemedicine, a practice that allows doctors to treat patients remotely by phone or computer, officials said.
2 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT APPLYING FOR GIG WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC
A leap in U.S. unemployment has thrown a spotlight on one type of work in high demand during the coronavirus pandemic: Gig work delivering groceries, meals and packages.
4 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
iPHONE SE 2020 : POWERFUL & AFFORDABLE
A13 BIONIC CHIP, 4.7-INCH SCREEN & MORE
2 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
NBC'S PEACOCK LAUNCHING IN JULY WITH 'HANDFUL' OF ORIGINALS
NBCUniversal says its video-streaming service Peacock will launch nationally in July as planned, even though just a handful of its original series will be ready.
1 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
After Virus, How Will Americans' View of The World Change?
As the coronavirus spread across the world and began its reach into the United States, an assortment of Americans from the president on down summoned one notion as they framed the emerging cataclysm.
5 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
Time to 'Revenge Shop': China's Virus Hot Spot Reopens
The city at the center of China’s virus outbreak was reopening for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months.
5 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
JAPAN'S STATE OF EMERGENCY IS NO LOCKDOWN. WHAT'S IN IT?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other hardhit Japanese prefectures to fortify the fight against the coronavirus outbreak.
3 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
MARVEL REMAKES RELEASE CALENDAR; ‘MULAN' MOVES TO LATE JULY
The Walt Disney Co. overhauled its release schedule by moving the dates of half a dozen Marvel movies, announcing a new one for the live-action adaption of “Mulan” and pushing one movie, “Artemis Fowl,” to Disney Plus, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
CATCH THIS WEEK'S SUPERMOON, BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST OF YEAR
A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year.
1 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT ENGINEER ADAPTS FAN-TRACKING APP FOR COVID-19 USE
A Microsoft engineer who designed an app to track North Dakota State University football fans on their annual trek to Texas for the national championship has taken that concept and applied it to contact tracing for the coronavirus.
2 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
CDC CONSIDERS LOOSENING GUIDELINES FOR SOME EXPOSED TO VIRUS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changing its guidelines for self-isolation to make it easier for those who have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus to return to work if they are without symptoms.
2 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
MODELING CORONAVIRUS: ‘UNCERTAINTY IS THE ONLY CERTAINTY'
A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure this week for a first wave of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. — a projection designed to help officials plan for the worst, including having enough hospital staff, beds and ventilators.
3 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
REINVENT YOURSELF: FINDING NEW WAYS TO MAKE MONEY
Though millions of professionals are relying on technology to adapt to working from home, others do not have that luxury, with their jobs on the line due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
7 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
A LOOK AT OFFERINGS ON NEW MOBILE PLATFORM QUIBI
Quibi may specialize in small, bite-sized videos, but its volume of shows is large.
5 min |
April 10, 2020
AppleMagazine
Water Shutoffs in Sharp Focus Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The advice is simple and universal: Washing your hands with soap and water is one of the most effective ways to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
6 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
Chicago Schools to Distribute Electronic Devices to Students
Chicago Public Schools will distribute 100,000 electronic devices for students to use at home as the district implements a remote learning plan, officials announced Monday.
1 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
Nascar Industry Steps Up to Produce PPE'S in CIVID-19 Crisis
The five 3D printers at NASCAR’s Research & Technology center – two delivered in February and installed less than two weeks ago – are typically focused on composite parts and working on an updated stock car.
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
Remote Working: Virus Encourages Businesses to Think Differently
With the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak forcing governments to close schools, sporting events, communal spaces and more, businesses are taking the situation into their own hands, encouraging their staff to work from home.
7 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
INSTACART WORKERS SEEK STRIKE AS JOBS GET BUSIER, RISKIER
A possible strike by Instacart workers highlights the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the grocery delivery business, where workers are worried about their safety as they try to meet a surge in demand for online groceries.
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
IF YOU DON'T LAUGH, YOU CRY: COPING WITH VIRUS THROUGH HUMOR
Neil Diamond posts a fireside rendition of “Sweet Caroline” with its familiar lyrics tweaked to say, “Hands ... washing hands.”
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
TRUMP ROLLBACK OF MILEAGE STANDARDS GUTS CLIMATE CHANGE PUSH
The Trump administration’s rollback of mileage standards this week marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks, but the government’s own estimates show big costs, too — more Americans dying from air pollution, more climate-damaging tailpipe exhaust and more expense for drivers at the gas pumps.
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
GRANDPARENTING GOES DIGITAL AS VIRUS KEEPS OLDER ADULTS HOME
A few weeks ago, Debbie Cameron saw her grandsons most days, playing the piano, making after-school snacks or singing nursery rhymes with the baby in her Chandler, Arizona, home.
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
FRONT LINE:TECH GIANTS JOIN FIGHT AGAINST OUTBREAK
As large parts of the world go into lockdown to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus, tech companies are rallying their troops to join the battle against COVID-19.
6 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
REMOTE LEARNING POSES HURDLES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
At school, Rose Hayes, 8, works with a team of teachers and therapists trained to help with her genetic condition.
5 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
Can Blood from Coronavirus Survivors Treat the Newly ILL?
Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood donated from patients who’ve recovered.
4 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
TRUMP HOPING TO SEE US ECONOMY REOPENED BY EASTER AMID VIRUS
President Donald Trump said he is hoping the United States will be reopened by Easter as he weighs how to relax nationwide social distancing guidelines to put some workers back on the job during the coronavirus outbreak.
5 min |