Techlife News
Zoom Caught in China Censorship Crossfire As Meetings Foiled
Video app company Zoom said it regretted that some meetings involving U.S.-based Chinese dissidents were disrupted, as meanwhile a prominent Hong Kong activist said his account was blocked despite the city’s guarantees of free speech.
2 min |
June 13, 2020
Techlife News
Amazon Bans Police Use Of Its Face Recognition For a Year
Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that have faced criticism for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin.
4 min |
June 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
HBO MAX REMOVES ‘GONE WITH THE WIND,' WILL ADD CONTEXT
HBO Max has temporarily removed “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South.
2 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
SPACEX OPENS ERA OF AMATEUR ASTRONAUTS, COSMIC MOVIE SETS
SpaceX’s debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA’s grand plan for commercializing Earth’s backyard.
5 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
GAME ON: APPLE'S PLANS FOR LIVE SPORTS DOMINANCE
As Apple ramps up work on innovative, immersive sports viewing technology and throws a punch at Amazon by pilfering one of its executives to head up a new sports division, it’s clear that the company is game set and match.
6 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
STARBUCKS TAKES $3 BILLION HIT TO REVENUE DURING PANDEMIC
Starbucks expects to lose more than $3 billion in revenue in its fiscal third quarter due to the new coronavirus, but said the disruption to its business should subside through the rest of the year.
2 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
FORD, VW TO COLLABORATE ON VANS, PICKUP, ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Ford and Volkswagen will each offer a small city van, a larger cargo van, a small pickup truck and an electric vehicle as part of their global alliance announced last year.
1 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE 10 BEST MOVIES RELEASED SINCE THEATERS WERE SHUTTERED
Believe it or not, a lot of new films have been released since movie theaters were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic — and a lot of good films.
4 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
FARM-TO-TABLE DINING TAKES ON NEW MEANING AMID PANDEMIC
Eric Pray is used to shipping seafood all over the country. But since the coronavirus took hold, he has shifted his focus closer to home — selling lobsters from a homemade tank in his garage.
3 min |
June 12, 2020
Stereophile
SHELTERING IN PLACE IN NEW ORLEANS
ALTHOUGH THE BARS ARE CLOSED AND THE FESTIVALS POSTPONED, NEW ORLEANS RESIDENTS AND LOVERS OF ITS MUSIC CAN STILL ENJOY THE CITY’S RICH LEGACY OF RECORDED MUSIC.
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
MBL Noble Line N11
LINE PREAMPLIFIER
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Home Cookin'
REVINYLIZATION
4 min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Classé Delta Mono
Monoblock Power Amplifier
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Tannoy Revolution XT 6
LOUDSPEAKER
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Von Schweikert Ultra 55
LOUDSPEAKER
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
The Art of being
MY BACK PAGES
4 min |
July 2020
Stereophile
SchiitHEDD
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Haniwa's HCVC01: A breakthrough product?
ANALOG CORNER
10+ min |
July 2020
Techlife News
‘NEVER HAVE I EVER' BRINGS RARE VOICE, AND A NEWCOMER, TO TV
When Mindy Kaling was growing up in the Boston area, few classmates looked like her, and her television choices ranged from angsty white teenagers to funny white teenagers.
3 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
NSA: RUSSIAN AGENTS HAVE BEEN HACKING MAJOR EMAIL PROGRAM
The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating malware attack the following year has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier.
2 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
LAS VEGAS REOPENS FROM HISTORIC CORONAVIRUS CASINO CLOSURE
The casino coronavirus closure has ended. Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and slot machines flashed and jingled for the first customers who started gambling again early Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada.
3 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
FARM-TO-TABLE DINING TAKES ON NEW MEANING AMID PANDEMIC
Eric Pray is used to shipping seafood all over the country. But since the coronavirus took hold, he has shifted his focus closer to home — selling lobsters from a homemade tank in his garage.
3 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ELECTRIC RACING HOLDS LITTLE SPARK
For proof that Leonardo DiCaprio can’t save every film he touches, look no further than “And We Go Green,” a languid documentary about the electric car racing circuit.
2 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
EPIDEMIC OF WIPES AND MASKS PLAGUE SEWERS, STORM DRAINS
Mayor Jim Kenney kicked off a recent briefing on Philadelphia’s coronavirus response with an unusual request for residents: Be careful what you flush.
4 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
Snapchat To Stop 'Promoting' Trump Amid Uproar Over Tweets
Snapchat will stop “promoting” President Donald Trump on its video messaging service, the latest example of a social media platform adjusting how it treats this U.S. president.
1 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
‘Welcome Back' Several Famed Museums Reopen Across Europe
In the Netherlands, the intimate gaze of the Girl with the Pearl Earring can once again startle and entice visitors. Down in Spain, the rusty maze of steel sheets by Richard Serra is a wonderland anew for art lovers. And at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam can drop jaws like it has done for ages.
2 min |
June 6, 2020
AppleMagazine
SPACEX CAPTURES THE FLAG, BEATING BOEING IN COSMIC CONTEST
The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA’s cosmic capture-the-flag game.
3 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
INTERVIEW: FRENCH MINISTER CONFIDENT IN VIRUS TRACING APP
As France is easing most virus-related restrictions this week, the French government is confident its contact-tracing app will be effective in the process to contain the spread of the pandemic, despite skepticism and worries about privacy.
3 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE AMERICAN STORY, SPLINTERED, AND THOSE VYING TO TELL IT
What does the United States of America mean?
5 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
FUTURE OF STADIUMS, ARENAS PROMISES HIGH TECH, LOW CAPACITY
The smell of barbecue wafts through the parking lots hours before kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium, and when the first salvo of fireworks explode overhead, thousands of Chiefs fans begin to march en masse toward the entrance gates.
6 min |