AppleMagazine
POWELL: DIGITAL CURRENCIES WILL REQUIRE NEW REGULATIONS
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said new forms of digital money such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins present risks to the U.S. financial system and will require new rules to protect consumers.
2 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
iMac vs Studio
Two powerful desktop options to upgrade your station
5 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2022 OSCARS
Final preparations are underway for the 94th Academy Awards and a long awaited return to Hollywood’s glamourous normalcy after a muted ceremony and ratings low last year.
3 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN ATOM-SMASHERS PONDER RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S INVASION
The Geneva-area research center that houses the world’s largest atom smasher is grappling with ways to punish Russia’s government while protecting Russian researchers who work to help solve the deepest mysteries of the universe.
3 min |
March 25, 2022
Techlife News
JULIAN ASSANGE DENIED PERMISSION TO APPEAL BY UK'S TOP COURT
Britain’s top court this week refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face spying charges.
2 min |
Techlife News #542
Techlife News
US TEXTRON TO ACQUIRE SLOVENIAN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PIONEER
U.S. industrial conglomerate Textron Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Pipistrel, the Slovenian ultralight aircraft maker and pioneer in electrically powered aviation, both companies announced Thursday.
2 min |
Techlife News #542
Techlife News
INTEL UNVEILS $88B CHIPMAKING EXPANSION PLAN FOR EUROPE
U.S. chipmaker Intel unveiled plans this week to invest up to 80 billion euros ($88 billion) across Europe as part of an ambitious expansion aimed at evening out imbalances in the global semiconductor industry that have led to big chip shortages.
2 min |
Techlife News #542
Techlife News
CNN+ STREAMS START MARCH 29; MSNBC TO STREAM PROGRAMMING
The CNN+ paid streaming service will debut March 29 with programming headlined by network stars like Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper, along with poached personalities Audie Cornish, Kasie Hunt and Chris Wallace.
2 min |
Techlife News #542
Techlife News
BIG BATCH OF SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS APPROVED IN VIRGINIA
Dominion Energy has received regulatory approval in Virginia for a series of solar projects expected to generate enough power to light up 250,000 homes.
1 min |
Techlife News #542
Techlife News
CHIPMAKER INTEL DETAILS $150 MILLION EDUCATION INVESTMENT
Chipmaker Intel outlined $150 million in educational funding aimed at growing the workforce for the semiconductor industry, as part of its $20 billion investment in a production hub in Ohio.
2 min |
Techlife News #542
Techlife News
BARCELONA STADIUM BECOMES SPOTIFY CAMP NOU UNDER SPONSORSHIP
Barcelona is teaming up with Spotify — and changing its stadium name — to ease some of the financial struggles that hindered the Spanish club recently.
2 min |
Techlife News #542
Techlife News
AMAZON TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT STOPS
Amazon said it will spend more than $120 million to build affordable-housing units close to transit stations near Seattle and Washington, D.C, the latest example of a tech company trying to address the affordable housing crisis critics say the industry has exacerbated.
1 min |
Techlife News #542
Linux Magazine
Use Inkscape Extensions to Create 3D Objects From Paper - Paper Tiger
Papercraft is coming back into fashion. Linux users can turn to Inkscape and plugins such as Boxes.py, Paperfold, and Tabgen to create templates from 3D objects for printing.
5 min |
#258/May 2022: Clean IT
Linux Magazine
Create Cartoons and Anime With Opentoonz Toon Time
OpenToonz is a professional animation tool for comic and manga artists.
10+ min |
#258/May 2022: Clean IT
Linux Magazine
Building Apps With NocoDB - No Code, No Problem
NocoDB lets you build useful applications without writing a single line of code.
8 min |
#258/May 2022: Clean IT
Linux Magazine
The MusE 4 MIDI Sequencer Music Maker
MusE, a digital audio workstation, offers a free software solution for MIDI projects on Linux.
10+ min |
#258/May 2022: Clean IT
AppleMagazine
TIRED OF WAITING FOR DRIVERLESS VEHICLES? HEAD TO A FARM
For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
iPad Air
The power of the M1 processor & 5G connection
6 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
HOUSE DEMS SEEK PROBE OF USPS PLAN FOR NEW MAIL TRUCK FLEET
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
INTEL UNVEILS $88B CHIPMAKING EXPANSION PLAN FOR EUROPE
U.S. chipmaker Intel unveiled plans this week to invest up to 80 billion euros ($88 billion) across Europe as part of an ambitious expansion aimed at evening out imbalances in the global semiconductor industry that have led to big chip shortages.
2 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
IN AMERICA, A FEW DAYS IN MARCH 2020 ECHO TWO YEARS LATER
The conversations went like this: It will be just a few days. It can be kept at bay. There will be some inconvenience, sure, but the world will merely be paused — just a short break, out of an abundance of caution, and certainly not any kind of major grinding to a halt. Certainly not for two years.
4 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
IN ‘THE ADAM PROJECT,' A BLOCKBUSTER THERAPY SESSION
Pathos and action are found in equal parts in “ The Adam Project,” the latest attempt by Netflix to create the kind of throwback blockbuster that you might have paid to see in movie theaters.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
HACKED US COMPANIES TO FACE NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
War in Ukraine Disrupts Key Supply Chains and Lives
It can be hard to measure the ways that Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and raw materials needed to complete a variety of products – from cars to computer chips.
4 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
US Astronaut to Ride Russian Spacecraft Home During Tensions
US astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries.
5 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
War Censorship Exposes Putin's Leaky Internet Controls
Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s so-called Great Firewall.
6 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
Studio Beyond Pro: The new M1 Ultra Mac powerhouse
Apple tore up the rulebook at its March Peek Performance event, introducing a range of new products including the Mac Studio and a stunning new Studio Display.
5 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX, TIKTOK BLOCK SERVICES IN RUSSIA TO AVOID CRACKDOWN
Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
2 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT CLOSES ON $16 BILLION ACQUISITION OF NUANCE
Microsoft has closed on its approximately $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance.
1 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
CYBER FIRM: AT LEAST 6 US STATE GOVERNMENTS HACKED BY CHINA
Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year, according to a report released this week by a private cybersecurity firm.
2 min |