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AppleMagazine
INFINITE BANKING HAS TIKTOK BUZZING, BUT IS IT FOR YOU?
Scroll through TikTok’s finance feed and you’ll come across viral videos on “infinite banking.” The concept is making a splash on social media, fueled by celebrities like rapper Waka Flocka Flame.
3 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
US OFFICIALS SEEK TO CRACK DOWN ON HARMFUL AI PRODUCTS
The U.S. government will “not hesitate to crack down” on harmful business practices involving artificial intelligence, the head of the Federal Trade Commission warned in a message partly directed at the developers of widely-used AI tools such as ChatGPT.
2 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
NO ONE IS DRIVING THIS TAXI. WHAT POSSIBLY COULD GO WRONG?
I won’t forget the first time I took a ride in a car without anyone sitting in the driver’s seat.
4 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE'S PERSISTENT AD SLUMP WEIGHS ON ALPHABET'S 1Q RESULTS
Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine.
2 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT REPORTS BOOST IN PROFITS, REVENUE, AS IT PUSHES AI
Microsoft reported a 9% increase in profit for the January-March quarter, as growth in cloud computing sales helped bolster its plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence.
1 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
FAMOUS TWITTER USERS DISAVOW MUSK OVER VERIFICATION RETURN
Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don’t know why their blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it.
3 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
Q&A: OPENAI CTO MIRA MURATI ON SHEPHERDING CHATGPT
OpenAI was building a reputation in the artificial intelligence field but wasn’t a household name when Mira Murati joined the nonprofit research lab in 2018.
5 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
CITIES REVIVING DOWNTOWNS BY CONVERTING OFFICES TO HOUSING
On the 31st floor of what was once a towering office building in downtown Manhattan, construction workers lay down steel bracing for what will soon anchor a host of residential amenities: a catering station, lounge, fire pit and gas grills.
6 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS APPLE'S CONTROL OF IPHONE APP STORE
An appeals court upheld Apple’s exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone apps, rejecting the latest attempt to force one of the world’s most powerful companies to dismantle the digital walls protecting its most lucrative product.
3 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
Prompt:You
THE SEED OF AI’S PROMPT TO ASSIST ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE
6 min |
April 28, 2023
AppleMagazine
US TAX BREAKS LURE EUROPEAN CLEAN TECH COMPANIES AS EU LAGS
Norwegian startup Freyr will first build batteries to power electric vehicles and store clean energy in a remote town near the Arctic Circle. Up next? An Atlanta suburb.
3 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
MONEY: HOW TO EASE YOUR KIDS INTO ESTATE PLANNING
When parents talk with their kids at the dinner table, estate planning probably doesn’t come up. But considering we aren’t immortal, it should. It’s worth having age-appropriate conversations to introduce children to the idea of estate planning.
3 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
SEE THE EVS ELIGIBLE FOR TAX CREDITS- AND WHY MOST AREN'T
Ten electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles will be eligible for a $7,500 U.S. tax credit, while another seven could get $3,750 under new federal rules.
3 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
EU NEARS DEAL ON $47B LAW TO BOOST COMPUTER CHIP PRODUCTION
The European Union was closing in Tuesday on approval for a plan to ramp up semiconductor production as it seeks to wean itself off reliance on Asia for the tiny computer chips that control everything from cars to washing machines.
1 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
WHY ARE TEEN GIRLS IN CRISIS? IT'S NOT JUST SOCIAL MEDIA
Anxiety over academics. Post-lockdown malaise. Social media angst.
4 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
NAME-THAT-TUNE GAME HEARDLE DROPPED BY SPOTIFY AFTER A YEAR
Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after the music-streaming giant acquired it.
1 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX SET TO EXPAND PASSWORD SHARING CRACKDOWN TO THE U.S.IN Q2 2023
Netflix announced in its Q1 2023 earnings report that it will be expanding its “paid sharing” plan, which targets password sharing, to more countries in the second quarter, including the United States.
1 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
VOLKSWAGEN UNVEILS ELECTRIC LUXURY SEDAN AT CHINA AUTO SHOW
Volkswagen unveiled an electric luxury sedan that promises a 700-kilometer (435-mile) battery range as global and Chinese automakers displayed their latest SUVs, sedans and muscle cars at the world’s biggest auto show this week.
4 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
ARE YOU A FACEBOOK USER? YOU COULD GET SOME SETTLEMENT CASH
Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay.
1 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
ONLINE GAMING CHATS HAVE LONG BEEN SPY RISK FOR US MILITARY
Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it: young troops immersed in the world of online games, using government-funded gaming machines or their own consoles.
3 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT AGREES TO BUY $50M FOXCONN PARCEL IN WISCONSIN
Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for Foxconn after the world’s largest electronics manufacturer failed to fulfill grandiose promises to build a massive facility that would employ thousands of workers.
2 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK SAYS HE'LL CREATE 'TRUTHGPT' TO COUNTER AI 'BIAS'
Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk is again sounding warning bells on the dangers of artificial intelligence to humanity — and claiming that a popular chatbot has a liberal bias that he plans to counter with his own AI creation.
3 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
Seamless THE FUTURE OF THE MAC IN AN AI-LED WORLD
In a world where artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming an integral part of our lives, Macs are emerging as AI production stations for workflow, creative production, and personal entertainment, serving as a bridge between humans and computers for the next generation.
5 min |
April 21, 2023
AppleMagazine
'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' is Okey-Dokey
April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain
3 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
HOME-BASED WORKERS BECAME YOUNGER, MORE DIVERSE IN PANDEMIC
People working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau
2 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
CAN THERAPY HELP MAKE YOU RICHER?
Therapy can help improve your mental health, your stress levels and maybe even your relationship with your mom
3 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
MONEY: HOW TO PROTECT PARENTS FROM FINANCIAL SCAMS
When a scam artist called Cameron Huddleston’s mom to tell her to wire money in order to claim a prize, Huddleston had to intercept the calls
3 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
CISCO STILL FACES CASTE BIAS SUIT: ENGINEERS' CASE DISMISSED
The California Civil Rights Department has voluntarily dismissed its case alleging caste discrimination against two Cisco engineers, while still keeping alive its litigation against the Silicon Valley tech giant
3 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEKS INPUT ON AI SAFETY MEASURES
President Joe Biden’s administration wants stronger measures to test the safety of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT before they are publicly released, though it hasn’t decided if the government will have a role in doing the vetting
1 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
2023 VOLVO XC40 RECHARGE VS.AUDI Q4 E-TRON
With its original e-tron, Audi was one of the first luxury European automakers to offer an electric vehicle. Last year, it expanded its lineup with the more affordable Q4 e-tron
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