Techlife News
US JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE BUT REMAIN AT HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS
U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose to their highest level in more than a year, but remain at relatively low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and job market in its battle against inflation
2 min |
April 15, 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
3 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY GOOD TV SHOWS TO WATCH RIGHT NOW?
Picture May 17, 2001. In the final seconds of the season seven finale of “Friends,” Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel reveals she’s pregnant — but who’s the father? This was a classic May sweeps cliffhanger, luring viewers and reaping advertising dollars for NBC
3 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
MUSK SAYS OWNING TWITTER 'PAINFUL' BUT NEEDED TO BE DONE
Billionaire Elon Musk has told the BBC that running Twitter has been “quite painful” but that the social media company is now roughly breaking even after he acquired it late last year
1 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
POLL: 4 IN 10 SAY NEXT VEHICLE MAY BE ELECTRIC
Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents
4 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
iPhone Life Magazine
POOL & BEACH GEAR TO WEATHER THE ELEMENTS
TAKE TO THE WATER WITH ISLAND-TESTED TECH
5 min |
Summer 2023
iPhone Life Magazine
SAVED BY THE APPLE WATCH
STORIES OF WHEN YOUR DEVICES CAME TO THE RESCUE
7 min |
Summer 2023
iPhone Life Magazine
APPLE'S 2023 RELEASES
IS AN M2 MAG, HOMEPOD, OR YELLOW IPHONE 14 RIGHT FOR YOU?
3 min |
Summer 2023
iPhone Life Magazine
Apple Watch Hidden Gems
10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOUR WEARABLE COULD DO
4 min |
Summer 2023
AppleMagazine
Next Gen
EDGE COMPUTING: THE NEXT STEP IN APPLE'S DEVELOPMENT
5 min |
April 14, 2023
iPhone Life Magazine
THE BEST APPS ISSUE
I recently had a favorite app turn on me. It was one I used regularly to check the ingredients of beauty products to make sure I didn’t slather anything too toxic onto either me or my toddler.
6 min |
Summer 2023
AppleMagazine
BUFFETT SAYS PEOPLE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT BERKSHIRE, BANKS
Billionaire Warren Buffett assured investors that Berkshire Hathaway will be fine when he’s no longer around to lead the conglomerate
2 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
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
BOEING SEES AIRPLANE DELIVERIES JUMP ON RETURN OF THE 787
Boeing reported that deliveries of new jetliners jumped in March, helped by the return of the long-range 787 Dreamliner, as the U.S. aircraft maker edged out European rival Airbus in both deliveries and new orders
1 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
IOS 17 TO BRING MAJOR CONTROL CENTER REDESIGN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS
Apple’s Control Center is reportedly set for a significant overhaul with iOS 17, expected to be unveiled at WWDC 2023 in June. This will mark the first major redesign since iOS 11 in 2017
1 min |
April 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
ROBOT POLICE DOG RETURNS TO NYPD DESPITE EARLIER CRITICISM
New York City officials unveiled three new hightech policing devices, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago
2 min |
April 14, 2023
iPhone Life Magazine
ROMANTICIZE YOUR LIFE WITH THE OHOM SELF HEATING MUG & TEAPOT
SIT BACK, SIP & CHARGE
3 min |
Summer 2023
iPhone Life Magazine
TECH THE IPHONE LIFE TEAM IS LOVING
\"If you like to pamper your skin like I do, consider checking out this at-home facial device.
2 min |
Summer 2023
iPhone Life Magazine
DEVELOPING FINE MOTOR SKILLS IN CHILDREN: HOW TECH CAN HELP
Helping children keep up in the development of their fine motor skills is an important and impactful part of early parenting.
4 min |
Summer 2023
audioXpress
Monoblock Power Amplifier with Precision Bias Control
In Part 2, Bruce Gillingham discusses the remainder of the MB1's circuitry, its mechanical design, and its performance measurements
10+ min |
May 2023
audioXpress
A Trip Down Memory Lane
The history of tube application began with radio receivers, the telephone system, and cinema sound systems. Later, tubes began to be used in home stereo systems, and in amplifiers for electric guitars. Today, the primary markets for tubes are high-end stereo and musical instrument amplifiers. In this article Richard Honeycutt remembers his first contact with \"starter\" guitar amps as a teenager, progressing throughout his days as a semi-pro musician
5 min |
May 2023
audioXpress
The Hypex NCORE NCx500 Amplifier Module
NCORE (NC) amplifier modules are the flagship product from Dutch manufacturer Hypex Electronics and its success among the high-end audio brands is well documented. In 2022, Hypex announced the introduction of its improved NCOREX technology, starting with the NCx500 OEM module, which audioXpress received for review
10+ min |
May 2023
audioXpress
The Vanderveen Trans PP80 Valve Amplifier
This new push-pull (PP) valve amplifier, featuring the Trans technique, delivers 80W power, refined resolution, valve-sound envelopment, and low distortion plus good speaker damping. And... the amp is simple to construct
10+ min |
May 2023
audioXpress
A (Z)OTL with 300Bs: Part 1-The Makeover
Rebuilding an amplifier for reasons of better reliability, better aesthetics, or bringing it up to the latest standard can be very rewarding. And if it is a classical, technological grandstand, even more so. Thomas Perazella embarked on such an adventure with a famous David Berning ZOTL amplifier. In Part 1 of this article, Tom presents the amplifier and discusses its unique circuitry. In Part 2, he will proceed to dismantle and rebuild the amp for the new owner and place it in a new chassis
10+ min |
May 2023
Sound & Vision
Affordable Audio Bliss
AS A recording engineer, I've often pondered how soundbars could have become so popular, even though they typically sacrifice the sound quality and true stereo imaging attained by fullrange speakers.
9 min |
April - May 2023
Sound & Vision
Elton John – Farewell Yellow Brick Road
How do you close a 50+ year career in America, one that has brought music and magic to millions of fans and celebrate with them? Well, if you're Elton John, you return to the city where it all started-Los Angeles-and to one of the locations that symbolizes his incredible success: Dodger Stadium, where he famously played in 1975.
10+ min |