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AppleMagazine
ONE TECH TIP: CHANGE THESE SETTINGS ON X TO LIMIT CALLS AND HIDE YOUR IP ADDRESS
Elon Musk's social media platform X has made audio and video calling capabilities available to all users, not just those with paid accounts. But a privacy issue has emerged from the rollout.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
DODGE MUSCLE CARS LIVE ON WITH NEW VERSIONS OF THE CHARGER POWERED BY ELECTRICITY OR GASOLINE
America's muscle car culture is adapting to the new world of electric vehicles, but the gasoline-powered high-performance road beasts will be around for at least a few more years.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
STATES TARGET AI'S HIDDEN HAND IN AMERICANS' LIVES
While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life - screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
TARGET LAUNCHES NEW PAID MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM IN A BID TO DRIVE SALES AT A TIME OF CAUTIOUS SPENDING
Target, looking for ways to reverse a sales malaise, is getting into Amazon territory: the paid membership game.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
NVIDIA THE BREAKTHROUGHS BEHIND THE LATEST AI HARDWARE
In the Age of Al, one company has risen to prominence as a pivotal force in the artificial intelligence race: Nvidia. The American firm has reaped immense benefits from the AI boom, with its share price skyrocketing by almost 450% since January 2023. But what's next?
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
MADONNA IS AMONG THE EARLY ADOPTERS OF AI'S NEXT WAVE
Whenever Madonna sings the 1980s hit \"La Isla Bonita\" on her concert tour, moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds play on the giant arena screens behind her.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
HUMANOID ROBOT-MAKER FIGURE PARTNERS WITH OPENAI AND GETS BACKING FROM JEFF BEZOS AND TECH GIANTS
ChatGPT-maker OpenAl is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK SUES OPENAI AND CEO SAM ALTMAN, CLAIMING BETRAYAL OF ITS GOAL TO BENEFIT HUMANITY
Elon Musk is suing OpenAl and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
INTRODUCING THE M3 MACBOOK AIR: A LEAP FORWARD WITH 3-NANOMETER PROCESSOR
In a significant update to its laptop lineup, Apple introduced the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models equipped with the advanced M3 chipsets in October 2023, signaling a major step forward in computing power. Following this, Apple has now expanded the M3 technology to its MacBook Air series, announcing the release of the updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models.
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AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
GERMANY PLANS TO ENABLE UNDERGROUND STORAGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE AT OFFSHORE SITES
Germany plans to enable underground carbon storage at offshore sites, pushing ahead with a much-discussed technology in an acknowledgement that time is running out to combat climate change, the country's vice chancellor said this week.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
TAIWAN GIANT CHIPMAKER TSMC OPENS FIRST PLANT IN JAPAN AS PART OF KEY GLOBAL EXPANSION
Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. opened last weekend in an official ceremony its first semiconductor plant in Japan as part of its ongoing global expansion.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT A LEAP DAY? MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK
Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why?
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
LOWER AUTO PRICES ARE FINALLY GIVING AMERICANS A BREAK AFTER YEARS OF INFLATIONARY INCREASES
Price increases for cars and trucks in the United States, which helped fuel inflation for nearly three years, are slowing and in some cases falling, helping cool overall inflation and giving frustrated Americans more hope of finding an affordable vehicle.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
EMERSON COLLECTIVE, LAURENE POWELL JOBS' ORG, LOOKS TO LOCAL LEADERS TO BRIDGE DIVIDES
Francine Spang-Willis wishes the landscape of the Crazy Mountains near Livingston, Montana, could speak for itself. But absent that, the oral historian will launch a new project talking to people with a connection to the land.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
SONY TO CUT ABOUT 900 JOBS IN ITS PLAYSTATION UNIT AS LAYOFFS IN TECHNOLOGY, GAMING SECTOR CONTINUE
Sony will cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation division, or about 8% of its global workforce, becoming the latest company in the technology and gaming sector to announce layoffs.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
BIDEN ACTS TO BETTER PROTECT AMERICANS' PERSONAL DATA SUCH AS HEALTH RECORDS AND FINANCES
President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at better protecting Americans’ personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geo-location from foreign adversaries like China and Russia.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
CHATBOTS' INACCURATE, MISLEADING RESPONSES ABOUT US ELECTIONS THREATEN TO KEEP VOTERS FROM POLLS
With presidential primaries underway across the U.S., popular chatbots are generating false and misleading information that threatens to disenfranchise voters, according to a report published this week based on the findings of artificial intelligence experts and a bipartisan group of election officials.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE SAYS ITS AI IMAGE-GENERATOR WOULD SOMETIMES 'OVERCOMPENSATE' FOR DIVERSITY
Google apologized for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would “overcompensate” in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didn’t make sense.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
PROPOSED NEW VIRGINIA 'TECH TAX' SPARKS BACKLASH FROM BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Trade associations representing hundreds of companies that do business in Virginia have come out swinging against a proposal to expand the state sales tax to cover digital goods, something Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed and Democrats endorsed in their budget legislation.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
ZUCKERBERG MEETS LG, SAMSUNG CHIEFS IN SEOUL AS META RAMPS UP AI AMBITIONS
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed cooperation on extended reality devices with LG Electronics executives on Wednesday as part of his visit to South Korea that highlights Meta’s ambitions in artificial intelligence.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
PROJECT TITAN HALTED: APPLE ENDS ELECTRIC CAR DEVELOPMENT EFFORT
In a move that has surprised industry watchers and stakeholders alike, Apple Inc. has officially pulled the plug on its electric vehicle initiative, known as Project Titan, after more than a decade of speculation, investment, and development. This decision marks a significant retreat from what was once considered a groundbreaking venture into the automotive sector by the tech giant.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
KIDS ARE USING PHONES IN CLASS, EVEN WHEN IT'S AGAINST THE RULES. SHOULD SCHOOLS BAN THEM ALL DAY?
In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
Sports APPLE'S HIGH-SCORE GAME IN THE ENTERTAINMENT ARENA
Apple has entered the game with the launch of a custom Sports app. Available for free on iOS, Apple Sports is a new dynamic hub designed to cater to the needs of sports fans, offering real-time scores, comprehensive stats, and a plethora of long-awaited features.
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March 01, 2024
AppleMagazine
AMERICANS' RELIANCE ON CREDIT CARDS IS THE KEY TO CAPITAL ONE'S BID FOR DISCOVER
Americans have become increasingly reliant on their credit cards since the pandemic. So much so that Capital One is willing to bet more than $30 billion that they won’t break the habit.
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February 23, 2024
AppleMagazine
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS RAISING BAG FEES AND CHANGING HOW CUSTOMERS EARN FREQUENT-FLYER POINTS
American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and it is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to earn frequent-flyer points.
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February 23, 2024
AppleMagazine
FUBOTV FILES LAWSUIT OVER ESPN, FOX, HULU AND WARNER BROS.DISCOVERY SPORTS-STREAMING NEWS Day VENTURE
Streaming service FuboTV has filed an antitrust lawsuit against ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Hulu, which are planning to launch a sports-streaming venture in the fall.
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February 23, 2024
AppleMagazine
SOME VIDEO GAME ACTORS ARE LETTING AI CLONE THEIR VOICES. THEY JUST DON'T WANT IT TO REPLACE THEM
If you are battling a video game goblin who speaks with a Cockney accent, or asking a gruff Scottish blacksmith to forge a virtual sword, you might be hearing the voice of actor Andy Magee.
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February 23, 2024
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT IS MAKING 4 EXCLUSIVE XBOX VIDEO GAMES AVAILABLE TO RIVAL CONSOLES
Several exclusive Xbox games will be soon making their way to rival consoles, the video gaming brand and its parent company, Microsoft, announced.
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February 23, 2024
AppleMagazine
WALMART TO ACQUIRE SMART TV MAKER VIZIO FOR $2.3 BILLION IN BID TO BOOST ITS ADVERTISING BUSINESS
Walmart is buying the smart TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion as it attempts to expand its rapidly growing advertising business to compete with Amazon.
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February 23, 2024
AppleMagazine
TECH COMPANIES SIGN ACCORD TO COMBAT AI-GENERATED ELECTION TRICKERY
Major technology companies signed a pact to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world.
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