Techlife News
CHINESE HACKERS REPORTEDLY TARGET INDIA'S POWER GRID
India’s power sector has been targeted by hackers in a long-term operation thought to have been carried out by a state-sponsored Chinese group, a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company detailed in a new report.
3 min |
April 09, 2022
Techlife News
TESLA SELLS 310,000 VEHICLES IN 1Q, DESPITE LOGISTICS ISSUES
Tesla delivered 310,000 vehicles in the first quarter, up roughly 68% from the same period in 2021, the company said.
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April 09, 2022
Techlife News
META: RUSSIAN INVASION DRIVING MORE DISINFORMATION ONLINE
Hackers aligned with Russia broke into the social media accounts of dozens of Ukrainian military officers and were working to upload videos of defeated and surrendering Ukrainian soldiers when the plot was disrupted, according to a report Thursday from Meta that details a troubling increase in social media disinformation this year.
2 min |
April 09, 2022
Techlife News
ELON MUSK JOINS TWITTER BOARD AFTER AMASSING MASSIVE STAKE
Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors a day after revealing that he’d become the social media platform’s largest shareholder with a 9% stake.
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April 09, 2022
Techlife News
AIRLINES REDUCE CANCELLATIONS, BUT US FLIGHT PROBLEMS LINGER
Air travel in the United States improved after a rocky weekend that left thousands of flyers stranded by thunderstorms in Florida, technology problems at the busiest domestic airline and labor problems at another carrier.
2 min |
April 09, 2022
AppleMagazine
ANGRY BIRDS
Iconic franchise returning to the mainstream
6 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
TWITTER SAYS IT'S TESTING AN ‘EDIT' BUTTON
Twitter tweeted that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.
3 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
AMAZON'S FIRST US UNION OVERCOMES HURDLES, FACES NEW ONES
When a scrappy group of former and current warehouse workers on Staten Island, New York went head-to-head with Amazon in a union election, many compared it to a David and Goliath battle.
5 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK JOINS TWITTER BOARD AFTER AMASSING MASSIVE STAKE
Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors a day after revealing that he’d become the social media platform’s largest shareholder with a 9% stake.
2 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
FACE SCANNER CLEARVIEW AI AIMS TO BRANCH OUT BEYOND POLICE
A controversial face recognition company that’s built a massive photographic dossier of the world’s people for use by police, national governments and — most recently — the Ukrainian military is now planning to offer its technology to banks and other private businesses.
4 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
GM, HONDA PLAN TO CO-DEVELOP AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
General Motors and Honda are planning to co-develop some affordable electric vehicles that will use GM’s next-generation Ultium battery technology.
2 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
AMAZON BROADBAND PROJECT READY TO BLAST OFF
Amazon has deals with three rocket companies to help launch communications satellites that the online retail giant says will help provide fast, affordable broadband to millions of underserved people around the world.
1 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
5 SUVS TO HELP YOU SAVE AT THE PUMP
As of this writing, the national average fuel price is $4.24 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association. Up 20% from a month ago, gas prices aren’t likely to taper or deflate unless crude oil supply improves or consumer demand softens. Until that happens, costly fill-ups are hitting Americans who are already grappling with inflation.
3 min |
April 08, 2022
Techlife News
Warren Buffett Buying Spree Goes on, HP Soars on 11.5% Stake
Shares of HP Inc. jumped nearly 15% Thursday after Warren Buffett’s company snapped up more than 11% of the printer and computer maker over the past week in another uncharacteristic tech investment from the billionaire.
2 min |
April 09, 2022
AppleMagazine
UK Plans Rules for Some Cryptocurrencies Amid Global Effort
Britain has unveiled plans to regulate some cryptocurrencies as part of a broader plan to become a global hub for digital payments, coming as authorities in the U.S. and Europe are racing to draw up rules for crypto.
2 min |
April 08, 2022
AppleMagazine
Suddenly, Twitter's Biggest Stakeholder Is Tesla's Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acquired a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder while joining other critics in questioning the social media platform’s dedication to free speech and the First Amendment.
5 min |
April 08, 2022
Techlife News
A KEY INFLATION GAUGE SETS 40-YEAR HIGH AS GAS AND FOOD SOAR
An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities squeezing Americans’ finances.
3 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
MEDIA MEASURING COMPANY NIELSEN TO BE ACQUIRED IN $16B DEAL
Nielsen is being acquired for $16 billion, including debt, about a week after the media measurement company rejected a smaller offer earlier this month.
2 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
PARTY'S OVER: DUBAI'S MONTHSLONG EXPO 2020 COMES TO A CLOSE
The world’s fair in Dubai, a tech-saturated site teeming with talking robots and solar canopies, sought to be the future.
4 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
US INVESTIGATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPANY'S CRASH REPORT
A small maker of autonomous vehicle systems could be in hot water with U.S. highway safety regulators over how much time elapsed before it reported the crash of one of its test vehicles last fall.
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April 02, 2022
Techlife News
VIETNAMESE CARMAKER TO BUILD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN N CAROLINA
A Vietnamese automaker announced plans to build a plant in North Carolina to manufacture electric vehicles, promising to bring 7,500 jobs and ending the state’s streak of near-misses for landing carmakers.
3 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
US, EU SIGN DATA TRANSFER DEAL TO EASE PRIVACY CONCERNS
The European Union and United States made a breakthrough in their yearslong battle over the privacy of data that flows across the Atlantic with a preliminary agreement that paves the way for Europeans’ personal information to be stored in the U.S.
3 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
WAR TRANSFORMS UKRAINIAN BROTHERS' GAMING YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Starting out with funny videos and chat over Mario Kart racing games, two Ukrainian brothers have added a somber tone to their YouTube channel popular with young Japanese with updates from their country that bring the harsh realities of war closer to Japan.
3 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
AS RUSSIA SEES TECH BRAIN DRAIN, OTHER NATIONS HOPE TO GAIN
Russia’s tech workers are looking for safer and more productive professional pastures.
5 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
IN YOUR DEBT: FORGET THE FED, PAY OFF YOUR CREDIT CARD DEBT
The cost of everything keeps creeping up.
3 min |
April 02, 2022
Techlife News
FACEBOOK RESORTS TO OLD SMEAR TACTICS AGAINST TIKTOK
Eleven years ago, Facebook was caught redhanded after it hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets.
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April 02, 2022
Techlife News
CHIP SHORTAGE FORCES GM TO PAUSE PRODUCTION AT INDIANA PLANT
General Motors is shutting down its pickup truck factory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for two weeks next month because the company has run short of computer chips.
2 min |
April 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
OSCAR WINS FOR ‘CODA' BRING TEARS, ELATION TO DEAF COMMUNITY
When “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture in Los Angeles, movie stars from Samuel L. Jackson to Nicole Kidman waved their hands instead of clapping — recognition of a culture and community that proudly calls itself Deaf.
4 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
MEDIA MEASURING COMPANY NIELSEN TO BE ACQUIRED IN $16B DEAL
Nielsen is being acquired for $16 billion, including debt, about a week after the media measurement company rejected a smaller offer earlier this month.
2 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
INSIDER Q&A: EX-GOOGLE AI SKEPTIC TIMNIT GEBRU STARTS ANEW
When she co-led Google’s Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru was a prominent insider voice questioning the tech industry’s approach to artificial intelligence.
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