AppleMagazine
TESLA AND APPLE BOOSTS TURBOCHARGED STOCK WITH PLAN FOR SPLIT
Tesla will split its stock for the first time in its history so more investors can afford to buy a stake in the electric car pioneer following a meteoric rise in its market value.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #459
AppleMagazine
HUAWEI: SMARTPHONE CHIPS RUNNING OUT UNDER US SANCTIONS
Chinese tech giant Huawei is running out of processor chips to make smartphones due to U.S. sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own most advanced chips, a company executive says, in a sign of growing damage to Huawei’s business from American pressure.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #459
AppleMagazine
BACK TO SCHOOL: RETURNING TO THE CLASSROOM SAFELY
Five months on from the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and policymakers and public health officials have decided it’s time to return to the classroom.
6 min |
AppleMagazine #459

AppleMagazine
WHAT DO THE KIDS SAY? K-12 STUDENTS SOUND OFF ON SCHOOL
Parents have weighed in on reopening schools. Teachers have weighed in. Public health experts, too, along with cities, states and President Donald Trump.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #459
AppleMagazine
MTA ASKS APPLE'S HELP TO SOLVE iPHONE MASK ISSUES
New York’s mass transit agency wants Apple to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks, as it seeks to guard against the spread of the coronavirus in buses and subways.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #459
AppleMagazine
FEDERAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS KEY WAYS TO PREVENT SCHOOL ATTACKS
School officials nationwide should improve mental health resources, monitor student social media accounts and improve physical security measures, according to a Justice Department report on school safety released this week.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #459
AppleMagazine
A SUPERB RYLANCE LIFTS UP LANGUOROUS ‘BARBARIANS'
Watching Mark Rylance play a man of basic decency getting swallowed up by an evil world — and a sadistic Johnny Depp — in “Waiting for the Barbarians,” I absent-mindedly jotted down in my notes: “Nobody does basic decency like Mark Rylance.”
3 min |
AppleMagazine #459

AppleMagazine
APPEALS COURT TOSSES ANTITRUST RULING AGAINST QUALCOMM
A federal appeals court has overturned an antitrust ruling against Qualcomm, dismissing arguments that it unlawfully squeezed out cellphone chip rivals and charged excessive royalties to manufacturers such as Apple.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #459

Bloomberg Businessweek
A Dangerous Dance For Microsoft
Buying TikTok would give the software giant a lift with consumers but risks unwelcome scrutiny
5 min |
August 17 - 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
A Low-Key 'Secret Garden' That Still Blooms
For more than a century, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden,” first published in 1911, has endured.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #459

Sound & Vision
FACE-OFF: NOISE-CANCELING TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS
Nine wire-free options to self-isolate (from noise) on the go
10+ min |
September 2020

Sound & Vision
Home Theater Hero
EPSON’S Home Cinema LCD projector lineup ranges from basic, inexpensive beamers designed for portable use to high-end models meant for serious home theater installations. Of these, we typically devote space to the company’s premium UB (Ultra Black) offerings such as the 5050UB 4K PRO-UHD (reviewed in the August/September issue and also on sound and vision. com), along with mid-range models like the 3800 under evaluation here.
9 min |
September 2020

Sound & Vision
Voice Control: The Good and the Bad
If George Orwell had lived to see millions of people voluntarily shelling out money to have listening devices installed inside of their homes, he’d likely shout, “I KNEW IT!” With untold R&D dollars having been poured into the development of voice assistants by Amazon, Google, and Apple, one of the most exciting developments in the home-control world over the past few years has been the addition of voice commands to systems. And while voice control is fantastic for doing some things, the experience comes up a bit short for others.
4 min |
September 2020

Sound & Vision
What's Local Dimming?
Q/A Wide angle
3 min |
September 2020

Techlife News
DISNEY 3Q REVENUE DROPS 42%, MISSING EXPECTATIONS
Walt Disney Co. reported that its net income fell dramatically in the three-month period that ended in June when it most of its theme parks were shuttered and theatrical movie releases were postponed.
2 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
WEST VIRGINIA: WIFI HOTSPOTS TO ALLOW VIRTUAL SCHOOL OPTIONS
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced that WiFi hotspots will be set up around the state to give students the option to take virtual classes when schools are scheduled to reopen in September.
1 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
COVID-19 RESHAPES AND REDUCES BACK-TO-SCHOOL SPENDING
For Michelle Lynn England, back-to-school shopping always meant heading to Target and the local mall with her two girls and dropping about $500 on each of them for trendy outfits.
3 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
SAMSUNG'S NEW PHONES TEST CONSUMER DEMAND FOR PRICEY GADGETS
Samsung aims to lift its sinking smartphone sales with three new models that will test consumer willingness to buy high-priced gadgets during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
2 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
PLUG IT IN: ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATION NUMBERS ARE RISING
When the electric car revolution arrives, will there be enough places to plugin?
3 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
GOOGLE UNVEILS BUDGET PIXEL PHONE AS PANDEMIC CURBS SPENDING
Google has started selling a long-delayed budget smartphone boasting the same highquality camera and several other features available in fancier Pixel models that cost hundreds of dollars more.
2 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
FACEBOOK LAUNCHES A NEW TIKTOK CLONE, INSTAGRAM REELS
Facebook’s Instagram is launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram Reels.
1 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
NINTENDO PROFIT ZOOMS AS VIRUS HAS HOMEBODIES PLAYING GAMES
Nintendo Co.’s profit multiplied more than sixfold in April-June as people stuck at home during the pandemic turned to playing video games.
1 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
GOOGLE BUYS $450M STAKE IN ADT TO GIVE NEST A NEW PERCH
Google is paying $450 million for a nearly 7% stake in longtime home and business security provider ADT Inc., a deal that will open new opportunities for one of the internet’s most powerful companies to extend the reach of its Nest cameras and voice-activated voice assistant.
2 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
HUAWEI: A GENUINE COMPETITOR TO APPLE AND GOOGLE
Now considered the poster child of China’s technology sector, Huawei has defied the odds in recent years amidst growing pressure from political leaders in the US and Europe.
6 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
GERMAN LASER TECH COMPANY SAYS GOV'T BLOCKS EXPORTS TO CHINA
A German company that specializes in laser communication says it is pulling out of uncompleted deals in China after the German government barred it from delivering hardware to the country.
1 min |
Techlife News #458

Techlife News
AMAZON CLOSER TO LAUNCHING SATELLITES, UPPING INTERNET REACH
Amazon.com is one step closer to space.
1 min |
Techlife News #458

AppleMagazine
FAA SPELLS OUT DESIGN CHANGES NEEDED IN GROUNDED BOEING JET
Federal regulators said they will require several design changes to the Boeing 737 Max to fix safety issues that arose in two deadly crashes and led to the worldwide grounding of the plane.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #458

AppleMagazine
FLORIDA TEEN ARRESTED AS MASTERMIND OF TWITTER HACK
A Florida teen was identified last weekend as the mastermind of a scheme earlier this month that commandeered Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls and scammed people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. Two other men were also charged in the case.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #458

AppleMagazine
INSIDE BIG TECH: PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN WITH ‘HOT' EMAIL
The House Judiciary chairman was closing in on his Perry Mason moment with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Fortified with “hot” internal company documents, Rep. Jerrold Nadler was building his case at a hearing that seemed almost like a trial for Facebook and three other tech giants over alleged anti-competitive tactics.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #458

AppleMagazine
VIRTUAL SCHOOL: TEACHERS WANT TO IMPROVE BUT TRAINING VARIES
After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Georgia teacher Aimee Rodriguez Webb is determined to do better this fall. She bought a dry-erase board and a special camera to display worksheets, and she set up her dining room to broadcast school lessons.
4 min |