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MICROSOFT EXEC: TARGETING OF AMERICANS' RECORDS ‘ROUTINE'
Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
LIAM NEESON'S BACK, FIGHTING ON THIN ICE (LITERALLY)
It’s intriguing to imagine Liam Neeson’s management team, contemplating his next film. Perhaps “Uber Express”? Maybe “Lyfted Up”?
3 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
UK WATCHDOG PROBES AMAZON, GOOGLE FOR FAKE REVIEWS OF GOODS
U.K. regulators said that they’re investigating Google and Amazon over concerns the online giants aren’t doing enough to stop fake reviews of products and services on their platforms.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
FLORIDA BEACH TOWN WRITES AMAZON TV SERIES TO LURE TOURISTS
Remember that longing you felt after an episode of “Sex and the City” to shop at the characters’ favorite New York haunts and drink cosmopolitans at the same bars? Or that sense of wanderlust for the seaside cliffs of Ireland after watching “Game of Thrones?”
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
LUCID AIR: THE FIRST TRUE TESLA COMPETITOR
Tesla might be the first company that springs to mind when you’re in the market for a new electric vehicle, but California-based startup Lucid should not be underestimated.
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
MORE THAN SHOES: NIKE NAVIGATES COMPLICATED TWISTS IN TRACK
Ever since a track coach named Bill Bowerman tinkered with the idea of pouring rubber into his waffle iron to concoct a better shoe sole for running, Nike and the sport of track and field have become inseparably intertwined.
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
SPIELBERG'S AMBLIN TO MAKE SEVERAL FILMS A YEAR FOR NETFLIX
Steven Spielberg, a filmmaker synonymous with big-screen enchantment, has set a new deal with Netflix in which his production company, Amblin Partners, will make multiple feature films per year for the streaming giant.
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
US HITS ENCOURAGING MILESTONES ON VIRUS DEATHS AND SHOTS
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms hit another encouraging milestone this week: 150 million Americans fully vaccinated.
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
HOTTEST SELLER AT GAMESTOP IS ITS OWN STOCK, $1B RAISED
GameStop raised more than $1 billion in its latest stock sale, capitalizing on a newly arrived and fervent army of online investors.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK LAUNCHES PODCASTS, LIVE AUDIO SERVICE
Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the U.S. this week to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals.
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
HOUSE PANEL PUSHES LEGISLATION TARGETING BIG TECH'S POWER
A House panel pushed ahead Wednesday with ambitious legislation that could curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
DIRTY LAUNDRY IN SPACE? NASA, TIDE TACKLE CLEANING CHALLENGE
How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t.
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AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
CAN ET SEE US? STUDY FINDS MANY STARS WITH PRIME EARTH VIEW
Feeling like you are being watched? It could be from a lot farther away than you think.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #504
AppleMagazine
UK WATCHDOG EXAMINES APPLE-GOOGLE MOBILE SYSTEM CONTROL
U.K. competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers, over concern that the control of “mobile ecosystems” by the two tech giants is harming consumers.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
UTILITY'S GREEN ENERGY PLAN FUELS DEBATE IN KANSAS, MISSOURI
Kansas’ largest electric company expects to make its first big investments in solar energy over the next three years and promises zero net carbon emissions in 2045.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
NATO NATIONS READY TO JOINTLY RESPOND TO ATTACKS IN SPACE
NATO leaders expanded the use of their all for one, one for all, mutual defense clause to include a collective response to attacks in space.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
WINNING AUCTION BID TO FLY IN SPACE WITH JEFF BEZOS: $28M
An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $28 million bid last weekend.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
REPORT SAYS TECHNOLOGY KEPT 2020 CENSUS BELOW EXPECTED COST
The 2020 census is expected to cost $14.2 billion, well below a previous estimate of $15.6 billion, reflecting a slowdown in the price tag for the nation’s head count thanks to technological innovations, according to a new watchdog report released this week.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
Monterey macOS - UNLOCKING THE TRUE POWER OF THE M1 PROCESSOR
When it came to software enhancements and breakthrough features, this year’s WWDC was a little more understated than previous iterations, but after a year of coronavirus restrictions, it’s understandable that Apple would focus on refining its existing offering than try to reinvent the wheel.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
BATTERY RECYCLING FIRM TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN NEVADA
A battery recycling company founded by a former executive at Tesla Inc. broke ground on 100 acres (40 hectares) of land at an industrial park near Reno as part of its expansion plan.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
COMPUTER TROUBLE HITS HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, SCIENCE HALTED
The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
BEHIND IN QUANTUM COMPUTER RACE, GERMANY GETS BOOST FROM IBM
IBM unveiled one of Europe’s most powerful quantum computers in Germany, boosting the country’s efforts to stay in the race for what’s considered a key technology of the future.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
AMAZON NOW SAYS REMOTE WORK OK 2 DAYS A WEEK
Corporate and tech employees at Amazon won’t have to work in offices full time after coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
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AppleMagazine #503
AppleMagazine
EU Gives Tiktok A Month To Respond To Consumer Complaints
The European Commission said it has given the Chinese-owned video app TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
GUCCI DIGITALLY OUTFITS GEN-Z IN METAVERSE FORAY WITH ROBLOX
Anyone whose virtual alter ego is wandering around the Roblox online game platform these days might run into other avatars sporting Gucci handbags, sunglasses or hats.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
JUST HOW VULNERABLE IS THE INTERNET?
An outage at a little-known firm that speeds up access to websites knocked a lot of top internet destinations offline this week, disrupting business and leisure for untold millions globally. The problem was quickly resolved. The company, Fastly, blamed a configuration error in its technology.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
US DROPS TRUMP ORDER TARGETING TIKTOK, PLANS ITS OWN REVIEW
The White House dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China, officials said this week.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
iOS 15: CONNECT, FOCUS, EXPLORE, AND DO MORE
After making some significant leaps forward with iOS and iPadOS in 2020, it was only right that this year’s updates would be more understated, but it didn’t stop Apple from announcing some exciting new additions to its popular operating systems.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
JEFF BEZOS WILL BLAST INTO SPACE ON ROCKET'S 1ST CREW FLIGHT
Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN REGULATORS LAUNCH FRESH PROBES OF FACEBOOK, GOOGLE
European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services.
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