Techlife News
APPLE TO CRACK DOWN ON TRACKING iPHONE USERS IN EARLY SPRING
Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. The delay in its anticipated rollout aims to placate Facebook and other digital services that depend on such data surveillance to help sell ads.
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Techlife News
CHINESE APP TIKTOK CUTS JOBS IN INDIA FOLLOWING BAN
Popular short-video Chinese app TikTok is cutting its workforce in India after hundreds of millions of its users dropped it to comply with a government ban on dozens of Chinese apps amid a military stand off between the two countries.
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Techlife News
APPLE POSTS BIG QUARTER ON FAST SALES START FOR iPHONE 12
Apple’s delayed launch of its latest iPhones unleashed a holiday buying frenzy that propelled sales of the trendsetting company’s most popular product to its fastest start in years.
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SAMSUNG SCION LEE WON'T APPEAL PRISON SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong and prosecutors have decided not to appeal a court ruling that convicted him for bribing South Korea’s former president for business favors, confirming a prison term of two and a half years for the country’s most influential corporate leader, according to lawyers and court officials.
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AppleMagazine
RIGHT AT HOME: SPACE-THEMED DECOR BRINGS THE HEAVENS INDOORS
It was a tough year here on Earth, but 2020 was a bright spot for space exploration. SpaceX sent its futuristic Starship to new heights, three countries launched Mars missions, and robots grabbed debris from the moon and an asteroid.
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AppleMagazine
MOBILE LABS TAKE VACCINE STUDIES TO DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS
Lani Muller doesn’t have to visit a doctor’s office to help test an experimental COVID-19 vaccine — she just climbs into a bloodmobile-like van that parks on a busy street near her New York City neighborhood.
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AppleMagazine
WIDESPREAD INTERNET OUTAGES HIT NORTHEAST U.S.
Internet users across the northeast U.S. experienced widespread outages for several hours Tuesday, interrupting work and school because of an unspecified Verizon network issue.
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AppleMagazine
PRO PHOTO: UNLEASH THE POTENTIAL OF THE IPHONE 12 CAMERA SYSTEM
Apple made a serious leap forward with the iPhone in 2020 introducing a raft of new features like a stunning new design, 5G connectivity, MagSafe charging, and super-spec cameras.
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AppleMagazine
GOOGLE SAYS NORTH KOREA BACKED HACKERS SOUGHT CYBER RESEARCH
Google says it believes hackers backed by the North Korean government have been posing as computer security bloggers and using fake accounts on social media while attempting to steal information from researchers in the field.
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AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT KEEPS CHUGGING AS PANDEMIC CONTINUES
As the pandemic raged through the U.S., Microsoft’s business continued chugging ahead and beat Wall Street expectations for the last three months of 2020, powered by ongoing demand for its workplace software and cloud computing services as people worked from home.
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AppleMagazine
BALLY'S, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT ADD DAILY FANTASY SPORT DEALS
Two major casino companies announced deals with daily fantasy sports providers as they seek to expand their reach and integrate different forms of fan engagement with professional sports into their gambling operations.
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AppleMagazine
NFL's 1st & Future to Award $150,000 on Television Show
The NFL is bringing its awards for novel advancements in athletes’ safety and performance to television.
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PC Gamer US Edition
SCOOBY GANG
LITTLE HOPE is a ghost tour that's better with friends.
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February 2021
Techlife News
MORGAN STANLEY PROFITS RISE 48%, HELPED BY STRONG MARKETS
Morgan Stanley saw its fourth-quarter profits surge 48% from a year earlier, as the Wall Street bank benefited from the market’s upward swing and investors jubilation for tech stocks and IPOs late last year.
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Techlife News
BURIED TREASURE, IMPENDING WAR AND LOSS IN ‘THE DIG'
Just before the outbreak of the World War II, a small-time archeologist was hired by a local woman to excavate her land. The thought was that it possibly contained some Viking remnants. But what was unearthed in the mounds out in the fields was far more significant than they could have imagined: Buried in the grounds of Sutton Hoo was actually a ship that would end up providing a deeper understanding of the sophistication of the early Anglo-Saxon period.
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Techlife News
ELON MUSK: DIG TUNNELS AS SOLUTION FOR MIAMI'S TRAFFIC JAMS
As a solution to Miami’s notoriously congested traffic, Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk is proposing to dig tunnels with The Boring Company, one of his many business ventures. Experts say the idea would be costly and is fraught with engineering obstacles, but it’s not outright crazy.
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Techlife News
NETFLIX'S BIG 4Q LIFTS VIDEO SERVICE ABOVE 200M SUBSCRIBERS
Netflix’s video streaming service has surpassed 200 million subscribers for the first time as its expanding line-up of TV series and movies continues to captivate people stuck at home during the ongoing battle against the pandemic.
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Techlife News
NHL PULLED MICROCHIPS ‘TRACKING' PUCKS 6 DAYS INTO SEASON
The NHL is temporarily ditching microchipped pucks six days into the season after concerns were raised about their performance.
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Techlife News
UNITED AIRLINES POSTS $1.9 BILLION LOSS IN PANDEMIC-LADEN 4Q
United Airlines said that it finished one of the worst years in its history by losing $1.9 billion in the last three months of 2020, and it predicted more of the same in the first quarter of this year.
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Techlife News
CYBERSECURITY FIRM: BOOTING HACKERS A COMPLEX CHORE
Efforts to assess the impact of a more than seven-month-old cyberespionage campaign blamed on Russia — and boot the intruders — remain in their early stages, says the cybersecurity firm that discovered the attack.
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Techlife News
‘LOCKED DOWN' MIRRORS OUR QUARANTINE EXPERIENCES
Doug Liman’s “Locked Down,” one of the first and most ambitious films to be conceived and shot during the pandemic, is, like our own quarantine experiences, erratic, a little absurd and sporadically delightful.
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Techlife News
BEHIND THOSE DANCING ROBOTS, SCIENTISTS HAD TO BUST A MOVE
The man who designed some of the world’s most advanced dynamic robots was on a daunting mission: programming his creations to dance to the beat with a mix of fluid, explosive and expressive motions that are almost human.
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Techlife News
Amazon Offers Assist With Us COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office.
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PC Gamer US Edition
STUCK IN THE MUD
DIRT 5 ventures down a well-travelled track.
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February 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
MIND READING
Brain-computer interfaces could revolutionize the way we live
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February 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
SECOND EXTINCTION
For anyone who thought Muldoon was the hero of Jurassic Park
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February 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
PRESSING X TO COMFORT MY UNBORN CHILD IN AMNESIA: REBIRTH
We’ve come a long way from pressing F to pay respects.
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February 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS
Mods to remaster the Mojave in 2021.
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February 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
FAR OUT
How THE SIMS shaped the career of Far Cry director Alex Hutchinson
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February 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH
It’s time to play triceratops trumps
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