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HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT UBER AND LYFT'S PLANNED EXIT FROM MINNEAPOLIS IN MAY
The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has garnered concern and debate in recent weeks after the City Council voted last month to require that ride-hailing companies pay drivers a higher rate while they are within city limits.
4 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
COURT UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA'S AUTHORITY TO SET NATION-LEADING VEHICLE EMISSION RULES
California can continue to set its own nation-leading vehicle emissions standards, a federal court ruled this week — two years after the Biden administration restored the state’s authority to do so as part of its efforts to reverse Trump-era environmental rollbacks.
2 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
APPLE INITIATES OVER 600 JOB CUTS IN CALIFORNIA
In a significant move within the technology sector, Apple has announced the layoff of over 600 employees across multiple offices in California, marking the company’s first considerable reduction in workforce since the pandemic.
1 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
WARREN BUFFETT HAS LEFT THE TABLE. HOMELESS CHARITY ASKS INVESTORS TO BID ON MEAL WITH SOFTWARE CEO
The Glide Foundation said that it will hold an auction on eBay next month for a private lunch with Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff.
2 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
MARGOT ROBBIE MAKING 'MONOPOLY' MOVIE AND BLUMHOUSE REVIVING 'BLAIR WITCH'
Margot Robbie has her sights on another toy.
3 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES $6.6 BILLION TO ENSURE LEADING-EDGE MICROCHIPS ARE BUILT IN THE US
The Biden administration pledged this week to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time.
2 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
AI'S FUTURE COULD 'OPEN-SOURCE' BE OR CLOSED.TECH GIANTS ARE DIVIDED AS THEY LOBBY REGULATORS
There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can.
5 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
AT MOVIE INDUSTRY CONVENTION, LEADERS SAY BLOCKBUSTERS ALONE AREN'T ENOUGH
Movie theater owners are still feeling the high from “ Barbenheimer.” The counterprogramming of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” brought audiences to cinemas around with the world, ultimately earning nearly $2.5 billion in combined ticket sales.
3 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
Forward APPLE VENTURING INTO NEW REALMS OF PERSONAL & HOME ROBOT TECH
Apple is renowned for its innovation and unparalleled quality of its products.
5 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
'Godzilla x Kong' Has Scales and Scale but Not Much Else
As the old saying goes, there are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who like their movies with a giant evil ape swinging a vertebrae like a lasso while riding a kaiju controlled by a crystal, and those who don’t.
3 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION APPROVES THE NATION'S EIGHTH LARGE OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT
The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station.
2 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
AS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GROWS.SO DOES US USE OF TECHNOLOGY. A LOOK AT HOW IT'S USED AT AIRPORTS
The Belgian family of four was on their fourth trip to the United States.
4 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
COURT APPROVES 3M SETTLEMENT OVER 'FOREVER CHEMICALS' IN PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS
Chemical manufacturer 3M will begin payments starting in the third quarter to many U.S. public drinking water systems as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement over contamination with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and several consumer products, the company said.
2 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN THE US, MEXICO AND CANADA
North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun.
2 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
AT&T SAYS A DATA BREACH LEAKED MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS' INFORMATION ONLINE.WERE YOU AFFECTED?
The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend.
2 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
US FIRST-QUARTER AUTO SALES GREW NEARLY 5% DESPITE HIGH INTEREST RATES.BUT EV GROWTH SLOWS FURTHER
New vehicle sales in the U.S. rose nearly 5% from January through March, as buyers stayed in the market despite high-interest rates.
5 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
AMAZON IS REMOVING JUST WALK OUT TECHNOLOGY FROM ITS FRESH GROCERY STORES IN THE US
Amazon is removing Just Walk Out technology from its Amazon Fresh stores as part of an effort to revamp the grocery chain.
1 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE TO PURGE BILLIONS OF FILES CONTAINING PERSONAL DATA IN SETTLEMENT OF CHROME PRIVACY CASE
Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser.
3 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
Robotics
AI TECHNOLOGY NOW TURNING SCI-FI INTO INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
3 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK'S X HAS A NEW SAFETY LEADER, NINE MONTHS AFTER PREDECESSOR LEFT THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company.
1 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
GMAIL REVOLUTIONIZED EMAIL 20 YEARS AGO. PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOGLE'S APRIL FOOLS' DAY JOKE
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fools’ Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago.
4 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
SCATHING FEDERAL REPORT RIPS MICROSOFT FOR SHODDY SECURITY.INSINCERITY IN RESPONSE TO CHINESE HACK
In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden administration-appointed review board issued a report this week saying “a cascade of errors” by the tech giant let state-backed Chinese cyber operators break into email accounts of senior U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
2 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
HERE'S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMMON SCAMS THIS TAX SEASON
Tax season can come with several headaches, from gathering documents to finding the time to sit down and file. But one pain that you want to avoid is falling for a tax scam.
4 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
April's Total Solar Eclipse Promises to Be the Best Yet for Experiments
April's total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft and telescopes and cosmic chance.
3 min |
March 29, 2024
AppleMagazine
VISA, MASTERCARD SETTLE LONG-RUNNING ANTITRUST SUIT OVER SWIPE FEES WITH MERCHANTS
Visa and Mastercard announced a major settlement with U.S. merchants on Tuesday, potentially ending nearly two decades of litigation over the fees charged every time a credit or debit card is used in a store or restaurant.
3 min |
March 29, 2024
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK BILL FACES UNCERTAIN FATE IN THE SENATE AS LEGISLATION TO REGULATE TECH INDUSTRY HAS STALLED
The young voices in the messages left for North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis were laughing, but the words were ominous.
5 min |
March 29, 2024
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FTC OVER DATA PRACTICES AND COULD FACE A LAWSUIT
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company, according to a person familiar with the matter.
2 min |
March 29, 2024
AppleMagazine
'GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE' CLEARS A LOW BAR
Forty years after “Ghostbusters” and following a string of sequels that never measured up to the 1984 original — beginning all the way back with 1989’s “Ghostbusters II” — it’s fair to wonder, well, who else ought we to call? It may be time to, if not give up the ghost entirely, at least give a flip through the ol’ rolodex.
3 min |
March 29, 2024
AppleMagazine
TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY GAINS IN ITS FIRST DAY OF TRADING ON NASDAQ
Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company rose about 16% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump’s large stake in the company as well as the smaller holdings of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the former president.
3 min |
March 29, 2024
AppleMagazine
NEW BIPARTISAN BILL WOULD REQUIRE ONLINE IDENTIFICATION.LABELING OF AI-GENERATED VIDEOS AND AUDIO 7
Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would require the identification and labeling of online images, videos and audio generated using artificial intelligence, the latest effort to rein in rapidly developing technologies that, if misused, could easily deceive and mislead.
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