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AppleMagazine
US JUDGE DISMISSES NEW MEXICO PRIVACY CLAIMS AGAINST GOOGLE
A U.S. district judge has dismissed New Mexico’s privacy claims against Google over privacy concerns, but New Mexico’s top prosecutor vowed to continue the legal fight to protect child privacy rights.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
UBER GETS 18-MONTH LONDON LICENSE AFTER WINNING COURT APPEAL
Uber can keep operating in London for another year and a half after winning its appeal of a decision by the British capital’s transit regulator not to renew its license.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
Q&A: HOW TO HANDLE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES WITH ONLINE SCHOOL
Across the U.S., the pandemic has forced students to attend virtual schools to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But the more we rely on technology, the bigger the consequences when gadgets or internet service let us down.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
Fitness +
Apple has made no secret of the fact it wants to expand its services division.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
TRY TOUCHLESS PAYMENT TO AVOID DIRTY MONEY
If you’re looking for a self-improvement task in this pandemic era, try teaching yourself to use contactless payments with your phone or “tapto-pay” credit and debit cards.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
SECRETIVE, NEVER PROFITABLE PALANTIR MAKES ITS MARKET DEBUT
Seventeen years after it was born with the help of CIA seed money, the data-mining outfit Palantir Technologies is finally going public in the biggest Wall Street tech offering since last year’s debut of Slack and Uber.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
NEW MEASUREMENTS SHOW MOON HAS HAZARDOUS RADIATION LEVELS
Future moon explorers will be bombarded with two to three times more radiation than astronauts aboard the International Space Station, a health hazard that will require thick-walled shelters for protection, scientists reported.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
FEDERAL JUDGE POSTPONES TRUMP BAN ON POPULAR APP TIKTOK
A federal judge postponed a Trump administration order that would have banned the popular video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. smartphone app stores around midnight.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
INFLUENCERS BEHAVING ADLY: MEXICO KICKS THEM OUT OF RUINS
Archaeological authorities in Mexico said they kicked cast members of a popular local “Jersey Shore”-style reality shows out of the Mayan ruins of Uxmal after they behaved “immaturely” and refused to wear masks or follow social distancing rules.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
EU COMMISSION APPEALS AFTER LOSING APPLE $15B TAX CASE
The European Commission said it is appealing a court decision that Apple doesn’t have to repay 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland.
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AppleMagazine #466
AppleMagazine
For Most NYC Students, Back To School But Not The Classroom
Monday’s return to New York City schools wasn’t the one anyone planned for. For most, it wasn’t a return at all.
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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.
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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.
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September 25,2020
AppleMagazine
Facebook: Apple Privacy Changes Will Muck Up Online Ads
Facebook is pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices — and putting app developers in the middle.
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September 04,2020
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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September 25,2020
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.
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September 25,2020
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.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
TIME FLIES:SERIES 6 AND SE TAKE APPLE WATCH TO NEW HEIGHTS
Apple’s annual Fall Event felt a little different this year. For starters, it was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with no cheers or applause to be heard. But the biggie? No new iPhones. The company already confirmed that the iPhone 12 will launch in October, but in the meantime, Tim Cook and Co used the keynote to show off the all-new Apple Watch Series 6, a low-cost Apple Watch SE, and a bunch of family-focused Watch improvements.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
REPORT FINDS GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK NOT AS BAD AS EXPECTED
The global economy is not doing as bad as previously expected, especially in the United States and China, but has still suffered an unprecedented drop due to the coronavirus pandemic, an international watchdog said this week.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
VIACOMCBS TO REBRAND CBS ALL ACCESS AS PARAMOUNT PLUS
ViacomCBS will rebrand its CBS All Access streaming service as Paramount Plus, set to debut early next year with new, original shows.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
‘WALKING DEAD' TO BE LAID TO REST IN 2022, SPIN-OFFS TO RISE
The end is coming for “The Walking Dead,” but not until 2022.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
ORACLE AND TIKTOK STRUCK A DEAL. WHAT IT IS, NONE WILL SAY
The short-video app TikTok has chosen Oracle as its corporate savior to avoid a U.S. ban ordered by President Donald Trump. The U.S. government will review the prospective deal.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE EXEC ON HOT SEAT IN CONGRESS OVER ADVERTISING POWER
GOOGLE EXEC ON HOT SEAT IN CONGRESS OVER ADVERTISING POWER
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
EU HEAVYWEIGHTS SEEK STRICT RULES FOR DIGITAL CURRENCIES
Finance ministers from five of Europe’s biggest economies called for the European Union to produce strict rules for new, private digital currencies such as Facebook-backed Libra and ban those that don’t comply.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
DRONE MAKER HURT BY US-CHINA RIFT, OPENING DOOR TO US RIVALS
Skateboarders, surfers and mountain bikers used to be the target customers for California startup Skydio, a maker of high-end drones that can home in on people and capture their movements on video all by themselves. Now police officers, firefighters and soldiers are interested in the self-flying machines.
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