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STOCK TRADING APP COMPANY ROBINHOOD FILES PLAN TO GO PUBLIC
Stock trading app company Robinhood said this week that it has submitted a confidential plan to go public later this year.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK WORKING ON INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS UNDER 13
Facebook says it is working on a version of its Instagram app for kids under 13, who are technically not allowed to use the app in its current form due to federal privacy regulations.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
PART OF WRIGHT BROTHERS' 1ST AIRPLANE ON NASA'S MARS CHOPPER
A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
IN ‘HAPPILY,' 10 MILLENNIALS WALK INTO AN AIRBNB....
Their friends are annoyed — and not just because the bathroom is tied up. They’re annoyed because this honeymoon phase has lasted 14 years and shows no sign of abating.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
CYBER ATTACK TIED TO CHINA BOOSTS DEVELOPMENT BANK'S CHIEF
The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
FOR TELEVISION, NFL DEAL IS LIKELY A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The $113 billion deal to telecast NFL games through 2033 is head-swimmingly large — until you consider that the very survival of broadcast networks as we know them may depend upon it.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
CHIPS AWAY: SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE WREAKING HAVOC IN TECH
As Samsung Electronics warns that it’s grappling with the fallout of a “serious imbalance” in semiconductors, the technology world could be about to enter its own ‘lockdown’. From the PlayStation 5 to the new Tesla Model S, virtually every device maker could be forced to temporarily halt production, caught off-guard and causing delays to 2021 product pipelines.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
BILL TO AID US PUBLISHERS VS. GOOGLE, FACEBOOK RISES AGAIN
A congressional effort to bolster U.S. news organizations in negotiations with Big Tech has supporters hoping that third time’s the charm.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
APPLE TV+ GIVES A STRAIGHT-TO SERIES ORDER FOR LADY IN THE LAKE
Apple announced on March 10, 2021, that it had given a straight-to-series order for a new TV show titled Lady in the Lake.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
‘Big Burden' For Schools Trying To Give Kids Internet Access
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Google Gets Into Sleep Surveillance With New Nest Hub Screen
Google’s next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
The Long Game: Covid Changed The Way We Play, Watch, Cheer
It’s the predictable rhythm of sports that draws us in.
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March 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
UBER TO GIVE UK DRIVERS MINIMUM WAGE, PENSION, HOLIDAY PAY
Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
IN ‘YES DAY,' KIDS GET THEIR WAY FOR 24 HOURS
Like an innocuous kid version of “The Purge,” Miguel Arteta’s “Yes Day” imagines an annual 24hour holiday of lawlessness.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Music
Music
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
FORD PARTNERS WITH U-M ON ROBOTICS RESEARCH, NEW BUILDING
Digit marches on two legs across the floor of the University of Michigan’s Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, while Mini-Cheetah — staccato-like — does the same on four and the yellow-legged Cassie steps deliberately side-to-side.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
US ASTRONAUT LAUNCHING NEXT MONTH MAY SPEND YEAR IN SPACE
NASA may soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
GERMAN AUTOMAKER BMW RAMPS UP ELECTRIC VEHICLE OFFERINGS
German automaker BMW said this week it intends to speed the rollout of new electric cars, vowing to bring battery-powered models to 50% of global sales by 2030. The company underlined the point by unveiling a new allelectric model three months ahead of plan.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Movies & TV Shows
Movies & TV Shows
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
DATA: FLORIDA'S TEXTING WHILE-DRIVING LAW RARELY ENFORCED
A Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy was heading east on Interstate 4 in his red Dodge Charger on a brilliantly sunny afternoon in Florida when he saw him: A young driver behind the wheel of a Jeep texting on his phone.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Facial Recognition Company Sued By California Activists
Civil liberties activists are suing a company that provides facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies and private companies around the world, contending that Clearview AI illegally stockpiled data on 3 billion people without their knowledge or permission.
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March 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
China, Russia Agree To Build Lunar Research Station
China and Russia said they will build a lunar research station, possibly on the moon’s surface, marking the start of a new era in space cooperation between the two countries.
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March 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
‘MANK' LEADS OSCAR NOMINATIONS IN A YEAR OF RECORD DIVERSITY
After a pandemic year that shuttered movie theaters and upended the movie business, Academy Awards nominations went to two female filmmakers for the first time, to a historically diverse slate of actors and to David Fincher’s lead-nominee “Mank,” a traditional kind of Oscar contender — an old Hollywood homage — in very untraditional year.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
WHERE TO STREAM THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES
Normally, Academy Award nominations mean an Oscar bump in box office. This year, streaming services and digital rental platforms may get a bounce.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
FOXCONN MULLS MAKING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT WISCONSIN PLANT
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is considering making electric vehicles at its highly anticipated Wisconsin plant that has been scaled back since its announcement in 2017, the company’s chairman said this week.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
US SENDS TEAM TO DETROIT TO INVESTIGATE TESLA-SEMI CRASH
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is sending a team to Detroit to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that drove beneath a semitrailer.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
TESLA'S NEW MODEL S: THE CAR OF THE FUTURE, HERE TODAY
Though today the company might be one of the world’s most exclusive and innovative, it hasn’t always been an easy road for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
LG TO INVEST $4.5 BILLION IN ITS US BATTERY BUSINESS
LG Energy Solution says it will invest more than $4.5 billion in its U.S. battery production business by 2025 as automakers ramp up production of electric vehicles.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
THE RUSSO BROTHERS' CHERRY, STARRING TOM HOLLAND,NOW AVAILABLE ON APPLE TV+
On February 26, 2021, Cherry finally premiered in select theaters, with an Apple TV+ debut scheduled for March 12, 2021.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
DESPITE HACKS, US NOT SEEKING WIDENED DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE
The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official said.
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