AppleMagazine
UK COURT ALLOWS US TO APPEAL DENIAL OF ASSANGE'S EXTRADITION
Britain’s High Court has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to the United States to face espionage charges.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
COMPANIES NAVIGATE TENSIONS OVER OFFICE REOPENING PLANS
Last year, companies around the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to shut down their offices and set up their employees for remote work as the COVID-19 virus suddenly bore down on the world.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
SOUTHWEST, AMERICAN DELAYS HINT AT HARD SUMMER FOR TRAVELERS
This summer is already shaping up to be a difficult one for air travelers.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
PENTAGON CANCELS DISPUTED JEDI CLOUD CONTRACT WITH MICROSOFT
The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
INSIDE THE GLASS REPORTER TO CONTINUE AS NBC EXITS NHL
NBC’s coverage of the NHL ends after the Stanley Cup finals, but its impact on how the game is broadcast will carry on due to its different innovations in 15 years.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
DETERRING TAX AVOIDANCE BY GLOBAL COMPANIES
Negotiators from 130 countries have agreed on a major overhaul of how the world’s biggest companies are taxed in an effort to deter international avoidance schemes that have cost governments billions in revenue.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
CHINESE RIDE SERVICE DIDI TOLD TO TAKE APP OFF ONLINE STORES
Ride-hailing service Didi Global Inc., which made its U.S. stock market debut last week, was ordered by Chinese regulators to remove its app from online stores while the company overhauls its handling of customer data.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
ALL UNIVERSAL FILMS COMING TO PEACOCK STARTING IN 2022
The streaming service Peacock is ramping up its offerings with a new deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #506
Stereophile
Accuphase DG-68
DIGITAL VOICING EQUALIZER
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
A WallyTool setup update
ANALOG CORNER
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
500 ISSUES AND COUNTING
STEREOPHILE REACHES A PUBLISHING MILESTONE.
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
Kind of great
REVINYLIZATION
4 min |
August 2021
Stereophile
Dynaudio Confidence 30
LOUDSPEAKER
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
Stealth and nuance
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
SVS 3000 Micro
SUBWOOFER
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
BRYCE DESSNER
At a time of solitude, the guitarist and composer focused on connecting.
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
Thorens TD 124 DD
RECORD PLAYER
10+ min |
August 2021
Stereophile
Verity Audio Montsalvat DAC/PRE
D/A PROCESSOR
10+ min |
August 2021
Techlife News
VIRGIN GALACTIC GETS FAA'S OK TO LAUNCH CUSTOMERS TO SPACE
Virgin Galactic finally has the federal government’s approval to start launching customers into space from New Mexico.
2 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
NSA DISCLOSES HACKING METHODS IT SAYS ARE USED BY RUSSIA
U.S. and British agencies disclosed on Thursday details of methods they say have been used by Russian intelligence to break into the cloud services of hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.
3 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
NAVY DITCHES FUTURISTIC RAILGUN, EYES HYPERSONIC MISSILES
The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity.
2 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
HOW IS TECHNOLOGY AIDING MIAMI RESCUERS' SEARCH?
Search teams have been using drones, sonar, highly sensitive microphones and a range of other new and established technologies to help search for people in the oceanside condominium building near Miami that collapsed into a smoldering pile of rubble.
4 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
DIGITAL TRAVEL PASS KICKS OFF EU-WIDE AS VACATIONS GAIN PACE
As the European summer vacation season hit its stride Thursday with a new EU-wide travel pass in place, the bloc’s medical office and a top airline chief issued reassuring messages on traveling, despite the threat of the surging delta coronavirus variant.
2 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
BRANSON'S VIRGIN ORBIT LAUNCHES 7 SATELLITES FROM 747 PLANE
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit delivered satellites from three countries into space Wednesday, its second successful rocket launch from a plane.
2 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
CALIFORNIA TESTS OFF-THE-GRID SOLUTIONS TO POWER OUTAGES
When a wildfire tore through Briceburg nearly two years ago, the tiny community on the edge of Yosemite National Park lost the only power line connecting it to the electrical grid.
5 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
ROBINHOOD PAYS $70 MILLION TO SETTLE RANGE OF ALLEGATIONS
Robinhood Financial will pay nearly $70 million to settle a wide range of allegations, including that it gave customers misleading information and improperly allowed some users to make riskier trades after they lied about their trading experience.
3 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
MAINE LAW RESTRICTS FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY STATEWIDE
A bill touted as the country’s strictest statewide regulation on the use of facial recognition technology has become law in Maine.
1 min |
Techlife News #505
Techlife News
NO ET, NO ANSWERS: INTEL REPORT IS INCONCLUSIVE ABOUT UFOS
A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.
3 min |
Techlife News #505
AppleMagazine
HONDA CHANGING COURSE, WILL BUILD ITS OWN ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Although General Motors will build Honda’s first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
BOEING'S NEXT AIRPLANE LIKELY TO BE DELAYED BY FAA CONCERNS
Federal regulators have indicated they likely won’t certify Boeing’s next airliner until 2023 because of questions about changes the aircraft manufacturer is making in software and hardware on a new version of the two-aisle 777 jet.
1 min |