Techlife News
eBay Workers Who Sent Spiders to Couple to Plead Guilty
Four former eBay Inc. employees have agreed to plead guilty to their roles in a campaign of intimidation that included sending live spiders and cockroaches to the home of a Massachusetts couple who ran an online newsletter critical of the auction site, federal prosecutors said.
2 min |
September 26, 2020
AppleMagazine
iPAD: REFINING THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR TABLET
iPad has long been one of Apple’s most successful product categories, and following upgrades to the iPad Pro and iPad mini earlier in the year, Apple used its September Event to unveil the next-generation iPad and iPad Air, taking its tablet portfolio to even greater heights.
7 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
REPORT: LAPD USED FACIAL RECOGNITION NEARLY 30,000 TIMES
The Los Angeles Police Department has used facial-recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009 even while denying at times that it used the controversial technology at all, the Los Angeles Times reported this week.
2 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
REVIEW: ‘AGENTS OF CHAOS,' FROM RUSSIA, BUT NOT WITH LOVE
Let’s take a trip back in American history, but not too way back. To a time not that unfamiliar — the last presidential election. Do you remember all the stuff swirling around in 2016?
4 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
TESLA CEO ELON MUSK'S NEXT BIG BET RIDES ON BETTER BATTERIES
Tesla is working on new battery technology that CEO Elon Musk says will enable the company within the next three years to make sleeker, more affordable cars that can travel dramatically longer distances on a single charge.
3 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
WHY ELECTRIC VEHICLE RANGES VARY FROM EPA ESTIMATE
You’ve probably heard the phrase “your mileage may vary” with regard to how your real-world fuel economy compares to the EPA estimate. The adage refers to gasoline-powered vehicles, but the same applies to electric vehicles.
3 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
NEW SUV IS NEXT STEP IN VW'S POST-SCANDAL ELECTRIC OFFENSIVE
Volkswagen is unveiling a battery-powered sport-utility vehicle that is headed for global markets including the United States and China, as the company takes a major step forward in its campaign to make electric cars a mass-market choice.
3 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN HAS FUN WITH ‘ENOLA HOLMES'
There is a long, questionable and occasionally successful tradition of spinning off iconic literary and film characters through relatives distant and not from James Bond Jr. to John Shaft II and III. In other words, it’s not out of bounds that someone would come along and invent a little sister for Sherlock Holmes and eventually make a movie out of it.
3 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
As Trump Holds Back, Tech Firms Step In On Election Security
Adam Schiff was in the audience at the 2018 Aspen Security Forum when a Microsoft executive mentioned an attempted hacking of three politicians up for reelection. It was the first that Schiff, then the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, had ever heard of it.
5 min |
September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
Cybersecurity Experts: Requesting Ballots By Email Is Safe
A group of leading cybersecurity experts told an Ohio court that absentee ballot applications can be safely transmitted using email, countering the secretary of state’s assertions that the practice would open up voting in the presidential battleground to outside interference.
2 min |
September 25,2020
Mac Life
GoodLinks
This universal read–later app feels right at home
2 min |
October 2020
Mac Life
THE ULTIMATE APPLE MEDIA GUIDE
Make the most of the Music app in Catalina — and master TV, Podcasts and Books too
10+ min |
October 2020
Mac Life
Painter 2021
AI and a wealth of creative tools will help you make digital art that’s as good as the real thing
3 min |
October 2020
Mac Life
Spike — Email, Chat, Notes
A great way to communicate and collaborate
2 min |
October 2020
Mac Life
Speedify 10
Supercharge every internet connection you use
2 min |
October 2020
Mac Life
Customize Control Center
You might be surprised by just how much you can access from here…
3 min |
October 2020
Mac Life
eufyCam 2 Pro
A nice, if minor, upgrade to the original eufyCam 2
2 min |
October 2020
Mac Life
Clario
At last, a security package for those who want protection without all the jargon
2 min |
October 2020
Mac Life
6 apps to take creative photos
We can all take a nice picture, but did you know your iPhone can do this?
3 min |
October 2020
Techlife News
WHEN CAN I SHRED THIS CHECK? ANSWERS TO ONLINE BANKING FAQ
As the COVID-19 pandemic leads banking customers to lean into online technology to manage their money, those trying online banking for the first time may find themselves with questions about how to handle things previously done in person or with paper documents.
3 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
WHAT ARE THE RULES ON MASKS IN SCHOOLS?
What are the rules on masks in schools?
1 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
US GOVT: UPCOMING WECHAT ‘BAN' WON'T TARGET ITS USERS
A looming U.S. ban on the Chinese app WeChat won’t target people who use the app to communicate, according to a government court filing Wednesday.
1 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
SONY'S NEW $500 PLAYSTATION 5 WILL LAUNCH NOV. 12
Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 video game console will cost $500 and launch Nov. 12, the company said Wednesday, setting up a holiday battle with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X over whose new console will turn up under more trees this year.
1 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
Q&A: T-MOBILE PUSHES INTERNET FOR VIRTUAL SCHOOL
T-Mobile is pushing to offer internet service to schools that are doing online learning with a program aimed at low-income students who don’t have access. In the U.S., millions of students don’t have high-speed internet or computers at home — a difficult enough situation when it was just about trying to get homework done, but a much bigger problem when many school districts have moved part or all of the school day online during the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
NVIDIA TO BUY UK'S ARM, SPARKING FEARS OF CHIP DOMINANCE
U.S. graphics chip maker Nvidia said it plans to buy U.K.-based Arm Holdings in a deal worth up to $40 billion, in a move that would create a global powerhouse in the industry.
3 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
EUROPE TESTS GATEWAY FOR TRACING APPS TO WORK ACROSS BORDERS
Six European Union countries and the bloc’s executive Commission have begun testing a virtual “gateway” to ensure national coronavirus tracing apps can work across borders.
1 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
GOOGLE RECEIVES $25M TAX BREAK FROM NEVADA TO BUILD FACILITY
Google will receive more than $25 million in tax breaks after pledging an additional $600 million for a new data center in southern Nevada, state officials said.
1 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
AUSTRALIA TO AMEND LAW MAKING FACEBOOK, GOOGLE PAY FOR NEWS
The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay for journalism said Thursday his draft legislation will be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally unchanged.
2 min |
Techlife News #464
Techlife News
AI ROBOTS SERVE RESTAURANT CUSTOMERS IN SOUTH KOREA
A burger shop in the South Korean capital is a bit different from typical fast food restaurants: Its key staff are robots.
2 min |
Techlife News #464
AppleMagazine
VENUS: ASTRONOMERS SEE POSSIBLE HINTS OF LIFE IN CLOUDS
Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet.
4 min |