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GLOBAL STING BEGAN BY CREATING MESSAGE SERVICE FOR CROOKS
When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own service.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID
ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
GLOBAL GLITCH: SWATHS OF INTERNET GO DOWN AFTER CLOUD OUTAGE
Dozens of websites went down briefly around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain’s government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS HIT 50% HIGHER THAN PREINDUSTRIAL TIME
The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began.
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AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
China to Send 3 Male Astronauts to Its Space Station in June
A three-man crew of astronauts will blast off in June for a three-month mission on China’s new space station, according to a space official who was the country’s first astronaut in orbit.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
HARVARD RESEARCHERS RECOMMEND CENSUS NOT USE PRIVACY TOOL
A group of Harvard researchers has come out against the U.S. Census Bureau’s use of a controversial method to protect privacy with the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn’t produce data good enough for redistricting.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
CHINESE CARGO SPACECRAFT DOCKS WITH ORBITAL STATION
An automated spacecraft docked with China’s new space station last Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
YOU'RE INVITED: A NEW LANDSCAPE WITH A CUTTING-EDGE APP
For almost ten years, AppleMagazine has kept you abreast of the latest in the technology world. Today marks a new chapter. Introducing the AppleMagazine app for iOS, transforming the landscape, and offering exciting new ways to stay updated on the latest consumer-tech news. Elegantly designed and highly interactive, it’s now available on the Apple App Store.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
MISSING THE MOMENT: VIRTUAL REALITY'S BREAKOUT STILL ELUSIVE
Virtual reality — computer-generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the cusp of wide acceptance for years without ever really taking off.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
SAFETY RATINGS YANKED AFTER TESLA PULLS RADAR FROM 2 MODELS
Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
HUAWEI ROLLS OUT ITS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM TO SMARTPHONES
Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
CAN VIRTUAL REALITY HELP SENIORS? STUDY HOPES TO FIND OUT
Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station, a kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional wellbeing of older people.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
AUTOMOTIVE CHIP MAKER SAYS IT'S NEARLY RECOVERED FROM BLAZE
A fire-damaged Japanese factory that supplies many of the auto industry’s computer chips is producing about 88% of what it was making before the March blaze, its owner says.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
REVOLUTION: THE POST-COVID DIGITAL WORLD IS COMING
COVID-19 era been a story of dramatic digital transformation for all of us, or just some of us? And what’s next?
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
WHO'S AN ASTRONAUT AS PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT PICKS UP SPEED?
As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
GERMAN REGULATOR PROBES GOOGLE'S MARKET POSITION, DATA USE
German regulators have launched an investigation into Google’s position in the market, and how the search engine and advertising giant handles user data.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
GM NOW SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT UNION AT NEW BATTERY FACTORIES
General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle battery factories that it’s building in Ohio and Tennessee with a joint-venture partner.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
UK MASS SURVEILLANCE UNLAWFUL UNDER EUROPEAN RULES
Europe’s top human rights court ruled this week that British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial victory for civil rights groups that had challenged the practices exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM WILL NOW LET YOU HIDE ‘LIKE' COUNTS
If you post a photo to social media and you don’t know how many people liked it, did you really post it?
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
AMAZON TO BUY MGM, STUDIO BEHIND JAMES BOND AND ‘SHARK TANK'
Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuffto watch.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
DC FILES ANTITRUST CASE VS AMAZON OVER TREATMENT OF VENDORS
The suit seeks to end Amazon’s use of the allegedly illegal price agreements as well as unspecified damages and penalties.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
FORD CEO SAYS US NEEDS TO REGULATE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS
The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
A NEW REASON TO SWIPE RIGHT? DATING APPS ADDING VAX BADGES
The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
A Facebook Food Group Comes Together To Make A Cookbook
The pandemic gave them lemons. So they made lemon rosemary chicken.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
THE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE MAKES A COMEBACK THIS SUMMER
After more than a year of benching its biggest spectacles, Hollywood is ready to dazzle again.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
OPRAH AND CNN: AT&T IS MERGING MEDIA BUSINESS WITH DISCOVERY
The merger of Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia operations, marrying the likes of HBO and CNN with HGTV and Oprah Winfrey, is another illustration of the head-spinning speed in which streaming has transformed the media world.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
VIRUS TESTING STRATEGIES, OPINIONS VARY WIDELY IN US SCHOOLS
Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore, New York and Chicago. In other parts of the U.S., school districts are reluctant to check even students showing signs of illness for COVID-19.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
PASSING ON YOUR PASSWORD? STREAMING SERVICES ARE PAST IT
Many of us were taught to share as kids. Now streaming services ranging from Netflix to Amazon to Disney+ want us to stop.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
DO I STILL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK? WHAT ABOUT KIDS?
The government’s new guidance on masks for vaccinated people has left some Americans confused and sent businesses and states scrambling to adjust their rules.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
SUMMER MOVIE CALENDAR
A rundown of notable films coming out this summer:
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