Technology
AppleMagazine
DID YOUR KIDS BUY GEAR IN FORTNITE WITHOUT ASKING YOU? THE FTC SAYS YOU COULD GET A REFUND
Parents whose kids bought virtual gear without their knowledge on the popular Fortnite video game could soon be able to get a refund.
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September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
A CHARMING HALEY LU RICHARDSON ANCHORS SAPPY BUT SWEET ROMCOM 'LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT'
The last time we saw Haley Lu Richardson — at least, the “White Lotus” version of Haley Lu Richardson — her Portia was in an airport, leaving the murderous mayhem of Sicily (and one dead boss) behind and exchanging contacts on her phone with nice young Albie.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA LAW RESTRICTING COMPANIES' USE OF INFORMATION FROM KIDS ONLINE IS HALTED BY FEDERAL JUDGE
A federal judge has halted implementation of a California law intended to restrict companies' use of information gathered from young internet users in order to protect the privacy of minors.
1 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE SUED FOR NEGLIGENCE AFTER MAN DROVE OFF COLLAPSED BRIDGE WHILE FOLLOWING MAP DIRECTIONS
The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.
1 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
THE MOST ASKED QUESTIONS FROM FIRST-TIME EV BUYERS
As sales of electric vehicles continue to grow, so do the number of questions curious shoppers have when considering making the switch to a fully electrified car, truck or SUV. Undoubtedly, the experience of driving and owning an electric vehicle is different from the traditional one for a gas-powered vehicle. To help first-time EV shoppers, the automotive experts address the most common concerns car shoppers have about going electric.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
WHAT IF PUBLIC TRANSIT WAS LIKE UBER? A SMALL CITY ENDED ITS BUS SERVICE TO FIND OUT
When a small city abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere in town, only one of its bus drivers — a big-city transplant — went along for the ride.
4 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
FOR FILMMAKERS 'OPPENHEIMER'S' $900M-PLUS HAUL IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR HOLLYWOOD AND THEATERS
Hopes were always high for Christopher Nolan's \"Oppenheimer. The studio knew the film was great, and commercial. But no one in the industry expected that a long, talky, R-rated drama released at the height of the summer movie season would earn over $900 million at the box office.
5 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
INSTACART'S IPO SURGES AS THE GROCERY DELIVERY COMPANY GOES FROM THE SUPERMARKET TO THE STOCK MARKET
Instacart delivered in its stock market debut.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
AMAZON UNVEILS A "SMARTER AND MORE CONVERSATIONAL" ALEXA AMID AI RACE AMONG TECH COMPANIES
Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features to better compete with other tech companies who’ve rolled out flashy chatbots.
2 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
HUNDREDS OF FLYING TAXIS TO BE MADE IN OHIO, HOME OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND ASTRONAUT LEGENDS
The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically, under an agreement announced this week between the state and Joby Aviation Inc.
3 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
UAW STRIKE EXPOSES TENSIONS BETWEEN BIDEN'S GOALS OF TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUPPORTING UNIONS
Two of President Joe Biden‘s top goals — fighting climate change and expanding the middle class by supporting unions — are colliding in the key battleground state of Michigan as the United Auto Workers go on strike against the country’s biggest car companies.
4 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE BRINGS ITS AI CHATBOT BARD INTO ITS INNER CIRCLE OPENING DOOR TO GMAIL, MAPS, YOUTUBE
Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family — including Gmail, Maps and YouTube — as it seeks ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft.
2 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
iPhone 15
SUPERCHARGING THE ENTRANCE MODEL WITH PRO FEATURES
4 min |
September 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
AS US EAST COAST RAMPS UP OFFSHORE WIND POWER PROJECTS, MUCH REMAINS UNKNOWN
As the U.S. races to build offshore wind power projects, transforming coastlines from Maine to South Carolina, much remains unknown about how the facilities could affect the environment.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
THE IPHONE 12 EMITS TOO MUCH RADIATION AND APPLE MUST TAKE IT OFF THE MARKET, FRENCH AGENCY SAYS
French regulators ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that are above European Union standards for exposure. The company disputed the findings and said the device complies with regulations.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
FROM SPACESHIPS TO 'BATMAN' PROPS, A HOLLYWOOD MODEL MAKER'S CREATIONS & COLLECTION UP FOR AUCTION
From an early model of the iconic alien mothership from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to a complete Stormtrooper costume from “Star Wars,” bidding opens on thousands of pieces Hollywood model maker Greg Jein collected over his lifetime, including many he created during his nearly half-century career.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
'A MILLION MILES AWAY' CHARMS AND INSPIRES WITH THE TALE OF AN UNLIKELY ASTRONAUT
If ever there was an inspirational story about reaching for the stars, it’s “A Million Miles,” the real-life journey of a how a boy who grew up as a migrant farmworker became a NASA astronaut.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK SHOP LAUNCHES IN THE US AS THE COMPANY BETS BIG ON E-COMMERCE
After months of testing, TikTok is fully launching its e-commerce product in the U.S. in an effort to translate the app’s cultural relevance among young consumers to sales.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
AMAZON TO REQUIRE SOME AUTHORS TO DISCLOSE THE USE OF AI MATERIAL
After months of complaints from the Authors Guild and other groups, Amazon.com has started requiring writers who want to sell books through its e-book program to tell the company in advance that their work includes artificial intelligence material.
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AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
INFLECTION.AI CEO EXPLAINS HOW TO CATCH A RIDE ON THE 'COMING WAVE' OF TECH
If you have watched a telecast involving basketball superstar LeBron James during the past 20 years, you probably have heard an announcer declare: “You can’t stop him, you can only hope to contain him.” That sentiment sums up how Inflection. ai CEO Mustafa Suleyman feels about artificial intelligence — a technology that he helped advance as a co-founder of DeepMind, which Google acquired in 2014.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
IN A BATTLE OF ELECTRIC SUVS, THE NISSAN ARIYA TAKES ON THE FORD MUSTANG MACH-E
The Nissan Ariya is an all-new electric SUV for the 2023 model year. It’s Nissan’s second EV and serves as a roomier and more powerful complement to the brand’s pioneering Leaf hatchback.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
'ELON MUSK' OFFERS A REVEALING BUT NOT SURPRISING PORTRAIT OF TECH MOGUL
For those who have been paying attention to Elon Musk for at least the past couple years, Walter Isaacson’s biography of the tech billionaire doesn’t feel that surprising.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
WHAT IS USB-C, THE CHARGING SOCKET THAT REPLACED APPLE'S LIGHTNING CABLE?
Bye, Lightning cable. Hello, USB-C.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
iPhone 15 Pro
LEVELING UP THE LINE WITH A NEW CAMERA SET, TITANIUM FRAME & MORE
4 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE'S DOMINANCE OF INTERNET SEARCH FACES MAJOR CHALLENGE IN LEGAL SHOWDOWN WITH U.S.REGULATORS
The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet’s main gateway.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND CHATGPT WAS BUILT IN IOWA - WITH A LOT OF WATER
The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
TECH TITANS ARE GIVING SENATORS ADVICE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN A CLOSED-DOOR FORUM
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been talking for months about accomplishing a potentially impossible task: passing bipartisan legislation within the next year that encourages the rapid development of artificial intelligence and mitigates its biggest risks.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
WONDERLUST EVENT: APPLE'S NEW IPHONES GET FASTER CHIPS BETTER CAMERAS AND NEW CHARGING PORTS
Apple on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of iPhones — a line-up that will boast better cameras, faster processors, a new charging system and a price hike for the fanciest model.
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AppleMagazine #620
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK'S IRISH DATA CENTER UP AND RUNNING AS EUROPEAN PRIVACY PROJECT GETS UNDER WAY
TikTok said this week that operations are underway at the first of its three European data centers, part of the popular Chinese owned app's effort to ease Western fears about privacy risks.
1 min |
September 08, 2023
AppleMagazine
EU TARGETS APPLE, AMAZON, ALPHABET, BYTEDANCE, META, MICROSOFT IN NEXT PHASE OF DIGITAL CRACKDOWN
The European Union this week targeted Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies.
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