Stereophile
DCS BARTOK DAC/HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER
THIS ISSUE: Herb Reichert on the dCS Bartók; Ken Micallef reprises his Schiit Sol review, trying it out with some better ancillaries.
10+ min |
June 2021
Techlife News
PENTAGON RECONSIDERING HUGE JEDI CLOUD COMPUTING CONTRACT
The Pentagon is reconsidering how to make a massive shift to cloud computing, officials said Monday, suggesting it could scrap the so-called JEDI contract potentially worth $10 billion that was awarded to Microsoft Corp. but is mired in legal challenges.
2 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
GERMAN WATCHDOG BANS FACEBOOK FROM PROCESSING WHATSAPP DATA
A German privacy watchdog banned Facebook on Tuesday from gathering data on users of its WhatsApp chat app, citing an update to its privacy policy that it said breaches stringent European data protection rules.
1 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
TESLA TO STOP ACCEPTING BITCOIN FOR CAR PAYMENTS
Electric car maker Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin as a payment, CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday, citing environmental concerns.
1 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
CHINA SAYS XIAOMI REMOVAL FROM U.S. BLACKLIST “BENEFICIAL”
China’s commerce ministry on Thursday welcomed the removal of Xiaomi Corp. from a U.S. government blacklist, a day after the U.S. reversed a ban on U.S. investments in the smartphone maker that was imposed under former President Donald Trump.
1 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
KENTUCKY PLANT BENEFITING FROM LATEST APPLE INVESTMENT
Apple deepened its ties to a Kentucky plant on Monday by awarding another $45 million to support Corning Inc.’s work to supply glass for the tech giant’s iPhones and other devices.
1 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
FACEBOOKBACKED DIGITAL CURRENCY PROJECT DIEM SHIFTS TO US
A once-ambitious Facebook-backed digital currency project — formerly known as Libra, now called Diem — is shifting operations from Switzerland to the U.S. and said it plans to launch a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar later this year.
1 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
JAPANESE TYCOON PLANNING SPACE STATION VISIT, THEN MOON TRIP
The Japanese fashion tycoon who’s booked a SpaceX ride to the moon is going to try out the International Space Station first.
2 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
AMAZON WINS EU COURT FIGHT OVER $300 MILLION TAX RULING
In the latest setback to European Union efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance, a court on Wednesday annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between Amazon and Luxembourg’s government amounted to illegal state support.
2 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
BIDEN SIGNS ORDER TO BEEF UP FEDERAL CYBER DEFENSES
President Joe Biden signed an executive order meant to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses in response to a series of headline-grabbing hacking incidents that highlight how vulnerable the country’s public and private sectors are to high-tech spies and criminals operating from half a world away.
2 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
ALIBABA RECORDS FIRST QUARTERLY OPERATING LOSS SINCE IPO
Alibaba had its first quarterly operating loss since it went public in 2014 after Beijing slapped a record $2.8 billion fine on the nation’s largest e-commerce company for abusing its market position.
1 min |
Techlife News #498
Techlife News
WALMART INVESTS IN GM'S CRUISE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SUBSIDIARY
Walmart and some institutional investors have joined the latest investment in Cruise, bumping the capital influx into the General Motors autonomous vehicle subsidiary from over $2 billion to $2.75 billion.
1 min |
Techlife News #494
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC GIVES BOOST AS MORE STATES MOVE TO DIGITAL IDS
The card that millions of people use to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver’s licenses.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
THE NEW APPLE TV 4K: CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE WITH A12 BIONIC CHIP & NEW SIRI REMOTE
Whilst it was the overhauls to the iMac and iPad that got people talking at this year’s Spring Loaded event held in Cupertino, California, Apple also used the virtual keynote to announce a refresh to its popular Apple TV set-top box. The latest iteration drives huge leaps forward in graphics performance, introduces the A12 Bionic chip to Apple TV, as well as an all-new Siri Remote, designed to take Apple’s cinema-athome experience to even greater heights.
7 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
RANSOMWARE GANGS GET MORE AGGRESSIVE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT
Police Chief Will Cunningham came to work four years ago to find that his six-officer department was the victim of a crime.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
MLB TELLS ATHLETICS TO EXPLORE RELOCATION IF NO NEW BALLPARK
Major League Baseball instructed the Athletics to explore relocation options as the team tries to secure a new waterfront ballpark it hopes will keep the club in Oakland long-term.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
NEBRASKA COULD LET STATE BANKS OFFER CRYPTOCURRENCY SERVICES
Nebraska banks that want to cash in on the cryptocurrency tech craze could start offering services to customers who own Bitcoin and other digital assets under a bill backed by Monday state lawmakers.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK SHOWS HUMILITY AND HUBRIS AS ‘SNL' HOST
Elon Musk showed a combination of humility and hubris as he opened his highly anticipated hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live.”
2 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
AS CHIP SHORTAGE GOES ON, CARS ARE SCARCE AND PRICES ARE UP
For the next few months, Charlie Gilchrist figures his 11 car dealerships in the DallasFort Worth area will sell just about every new vehicle they can get from the factories — and at increased prices.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
SEYFRIED LENDS GROUNDING PRESENCE TO CAMPY THRILLER
Hollywood thrillers in which sophisticated, attractive city folk move to creaky old country homes and experience scary things are a dime a dozen. Less common is when those Hollywood thrillers are based on the theology of 18thcentury Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
AMAZON BLOCKED 10 BILLION LISTINGS IN COUNTERFEIT CRACKDOWN
Amazon, which has been under pressure from shoppers, brands and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site, said Monday that it blocked more than 10 billion suspected phony listings last year before any of their offerings could be sold.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
AGS URGE FACEBOOK TO DROP ‘INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS' PROPOSAL
A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Monday.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #498
Stereophile
Classical Rock / Pop Jazz: Record Reviews
In its sixth year, International Anthem seriously stepped up production. 2020 saw the Chicago label releasing a fast succession of rewarding albums, including a standout disc by Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker and adventurous jazz by Rob Mazurek and the collective Irreversible Entanglements.
3 min |
June 2021
New York magazine
Tech vs. Journalism
Silicon Valley feels picked on by “woke” journalists “who can't code." Reporters feel picked on by petty zillionaires with anger-management problems. Inside the nasty clout battle for how the world’s most influential industry gets covered.
10+ min |
May 10 - 23, 2021
AppleMagazine
BIG TECH STOCKS FLEX MUSCLES AGAIN AFTER A ROUGH WINTER
Big Tech stocks are flexing their enormous strength again, after getting knocked around a bit earlier this year.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #497
AppleMagazine
BEFRIEND YOUR MONEY AND REAP THE BENEFITS
What’s your relationship with money? Maybe your personal finances are like a distant cousin you barely think about — or an unsettling stranger you avoid. Or perhaps money feels like your enemy, frustrating you and rarely doing what you want.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #497
AppleMagazine
NASCAR'S FUTURE IS HERE: NEXT GEN CAR FINALLY ARRIVES
NASCAR’s next-generation race car is finally here after two years of hype and hope that it will revolutionize the stock car series.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #497
AppleMagazine
AIRTAGS: NEXT-GENERATION TRACKING TECHNOLOGY HAS ARRIVED
Two years after they were first rumored, Apple finally lifted the lid on its tracking device AirTag at its Spring Loaded event in April, designed to help consumers keep track of items that matter most.
6 min |
AppleMagazine #497
AppleMagazine
VERIZON SELLS INTERNET TRAILBLAZERS YAHOO AND AOL FOR $5B
AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #497
AppleMagazine
MEREDITH TO SELL TV STATION DIVISION TO GRAY TELEVISION
Magazine publisher and multimedia company Meredith Corp. said this week it will sell its Local Media Group consisting of 17 television stations to Gray Television Inc. for $2.7 billion in cash and will focus on expanding its print and digital magazines business.
1 min |