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HOW DID HUMANS GET TO THE BRINK OF CRASHING CLIMATE?
Amidst record-high temperatures, deluges, droughts and wildfires, leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to curb the centuries-long trend of humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
9 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
NISSAN WILL INVEST $1.4 BILLION TO MAKE EV VERSIONS OF ITS BEST-SELLING CARS AT ITS UK FACTORY
Nissan will invest $1.4 billion to update its factory in northeast England to make electric versions of its two best-selling cars, a boost for the British government as it tries to revive the country’s ailing economy.
2 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
NEW INCENTIVES COULD BOOST SATISFACTION WITH IN-PERSON WORK, BUT FEW EMPLOYERS ARE MAKING CHANGES
Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he’s not putting in 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, the 22-year-old is working as an administrative assistant for a local community college from his home in Colorado Springs.
4 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
DISNEY'S MUSICAL FAIRY TALE 'WISH' IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT LACKING MAGIC
Walt Disney Animation’s “Wish” is stunning to look at with textured and rich watercolor-inspired animation and easter egg treasures for audiences nostalgic for the classics.
3 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
COURT DOCUMENT CLAIMS META KNOWINGLY DESIGNED ITS PLATFORMS TO HOOK KIDS, REPORTS SAY
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint described in reports from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
1 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
CONNECTICUT LAWMAKERS SEEK COMPROMISE ON SWITCH TO ALL-ELECTRIC CARS, AFTER AMBITIOUS PLAN SCRAPPED
A compromise plan to eventually end the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles in Connecticut could be worked out as early as next year’s legislative session, state lawmakers said.
2 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
THE BEST AUTOMOTIVE HANDS-FREE DRIVING SYSTEMS
While fully automated vehicles are still a ways off, the stepping stone of hands-free driving technology has become prevalent in the past few years.
3 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
PENTAGON'S AI INITIATIVES ACCELERATE HARD DECISIONS ON LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS
Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces’ missions and helped Ukraine in its war against Russia. It tracks soldiers’ fitness, predicts when Air Force planes need maintenance and helps keep tabs on rivals in space.
6 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
Q&A: PENTAGON AI CHIEF ON NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE GENERATIVE AI CHALLENGES
The Pentagon’s chief digital and artificial intelligence offer, Craig Martell, is alarmed by the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT to deceive and sow disinformation. His talk on the technology at the DefCon hacker convention in August was a huge hit. But he’s anything but sour on reliable AI.
4 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
APPLE TO END CREDIT CARD PARTNERSHIP WITH GOLDMAN SACHS
Apple is pulling the plug on its credit card partnership with Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street Journal reported this week.
1 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
FAKE AI-GENERATED WOMAN ON TECH CONFERENCE AGENDA LEADS MICROSOFT AND AMAZON EXECS TO DROP OUT
Tech executives at Microsoft and Amazon have dropped out of an upcoming software conference after at least one of the women on the agenda turned out to be fake.
1 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
AMAZON LAUNCHES Q, A BUSINESS CHATBOT POWERED BY GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Amazon finally has its answer to ChatGPT.
2 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE WILL START DELETING 'INACTIVE' ACCOUNTS IN DECEMBER.HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week.
2 min |
December 01, 2023
AppleMagazine
ATTENTIVE ENERGY INVESTING $10.6M IN SUPPLY CHAIN, STARTUPS TO HELP NEW JERSEY OFFSHORE WIND
A company proposing an offshore wind farm in New Jersey is investing $10.6 million in projects to help grow the industry’s supply chain and support ocean-based technology startup businesses in the state.
2 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
DISNEYLAND'S $60B EXPANSION MEANS PARKS IN HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI ARE ONLY GETTING BIGGER
Hong Kong Disneyland opened its first Frozen-themed attraction this week, with thousands of eager visitors turning up to experience the new rides, some lining up for hours to get an early start.
1 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
UK LEADER RISHI SUNAK URGES WORLD TO USE AI & SCIENCE TO END MALNUTRITION
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said this week that the U.K. is setting up a new science initiative to help develop flood-tolerant rice, disease-resistant wheat and other crops that are more resilient to climate change.
2 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
NOT JUST KID PLAY: ΤΟΥ COMPANIES AIM MORE PRODUCTS AT OLDER ADULTS
Toymakers are tweaking original classic games or coming out with new ones that embrace an audience that’s been around for a while: people over 65 years old.
3 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
IRS DELAYS REPORTING RULES FOR USERS OF VENMO, CASH APP AND OTHER PAYMENT APPS
Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a tax reprieve this year. The IRS announced Tuesday it will delay implementing new reporting requirements that were to take effect for the coming tax filing season.
2 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
BROADCOM PLANNING TO COMPLETE DEAL FOR $69 BILLION ACQUISITION OF VMWARE AFTER REGULATORS GIVE OK
Computer chip and software maker Broadcom has announced it has cleared all regulatory hurdles and plans to complete its $69 billion acquisition of cloud technology company VMware on Wednesday.
2 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
NEW JERSEY BANNING SALE OF NEW GASOLINE-POWERED VEHICLES BY 2035
New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants, officials announced this week.
2 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
AMAZON LAYS OFF HUNDREDS IN ITS ALEXA DIVISION AS IT PLOWS RESOURCES INTO AI
Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in the unit that handles its popular voice assistant Alexa as it plows more resources into artificial intelligence.
1 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
SAM ALTMAN IS BACK AS OPENAI CEO JUST DAYS AFTER BEING REMOVED, ALONG WITH A NEW BOARD
The ousted leader of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is returning to the company that fired him late last week, culminating a days-long power struggle that shocked the tech industry and brought attention to the conflicts around how to safely build artificial intelligence.
3 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
CEO OF FORTNITE GAME MAKER CASTS GOOGLE AS A 'CROOKED' BULLY IN TESTIMONY DURING ANDROID APP TRIAL
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on Monday portrayed Google as a ruthless bully that resorts to shady tactics to protect a predatory payment system.
3 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
Counterfeits - THE SHOCKING PROBLEM OF THE ROGUE INDUSTRY OF FAKE DEVICES
Apple has long been a symbol of innovation and excellence, but its success has created a widespread issue: the proliferation of counterfeit Apple devices.
4 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
LARGEST CRYPTO EXCHANGE BINANCE FINED $4 BILLION, CEO PLEADS GUILTY TO NOT STOPPING MONEY LAUNDERING
The U.S. government dealt a massive blow to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which agreed to pay a roughly $4 billion settlement Tuesday as its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to a felony related to his failure to prevent money laundering on the platform.
3 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
MUSK'S X SUES LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUP MEDIA MATTERS OVER ITS REPORT ON ADS NEXT TO HATE GROUPS' POSTS
Elon Musk’s social media company X filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America this week, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”
2 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
CORPORATE, GLOBAL LEADERS PEER INTO A FUTURE EXPECTED TO BE RESHAPED BY AI, FOR BETTER OR WORSE
Last week, President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco, their discussions frequently focusing on artificial intelligence, a technology expected to reshape the world, for better or worse.
3 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S 'NAPOLEON,' THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES BUT PLENTY OF EGO
For such a famed historical figure, Napoleon has made only fleeting appearances in movies since Abel Gance’s 1927 silent film.
4 min |
November 24, 2023
AppleMagazine
UN CHIEF CALLS FOR AN "AMBITION SUPERNOVA" AS NATIONS MAKE MINOR PROGRESS ON CLIMATE ACTION
Countries' climate action plans are still far behind what's needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts, but some nations have taken marginal steps toward slashing emissions, a United Nations analysis of national plans found this week.
2 min |
November 17, 2023
AppleMagazine
HOW TO TALK TO OLDER PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE ABOUT SCAMS
This summer, Daniel Goldstein's 86-year-old mom got an email that looked like it was from her bank. She was alarmed because she hadn't spent the money it mentioned, so she called a help number on the email. The person on the other end of the line asked for her bank account information and made her believe she would get her money back. Instead, she lost $600 to a scammer.
4 min |