Techlife News
TARGET LAUNCHES NEW PAID MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM IN A BID TO DRIVE SALES AT A TIME OF CAUTIOUS SPENDING
Target, looking for ways to reverse a sales malaise, is getting into Amazon territory: the paid membership game.
4 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
MADONNA IS AMONG THE EARLY ADOPTERS OF AI'S NEXT WAVE
Whenever Madonna sings the 1980s hit \"La Isla Bonita\" on her concert tour, moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds play on the giant arena screens behind her.
4 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
NVIDIA THE BREAKTHROUGHS BEHIND THE LATEST AI HARDWARE
In the Age of Al, one company has risen to prominence as a pivotal force in the artificial intelligence race: Nvidia. The American firm has reaped immense benefits from the AI boom, with its share price skyrocketing by almost 450% since January 2023. But what's next?
3 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
APPLE GETS FINED NEARLY $2 BILLION BY THE EU FOR HINDERING MUSIC STREAMING COMPETITION
The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple this week, fining the U.S. tech giant nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by forbidding rivals like Spotify from telling users how they could pay for cheaper subscriptions outside of iPhone apps.
3 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
EUROPE'S DIGITAL MARKETS ACT IS FORCING TECH GIANTS TO MAKE CHANGES. HERE'S WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE
Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.
4 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
ONE TECH TIP: CHANGE THESE SETTINGS ON X TO LIMIT CALLS AND HIDE YOUR IP ADDRESS
Elon Musk's social media platform X has made audio and video calling capabilities available to all users, not just those with paid accounts. But a privacy issue has emerged from the rollout.
1 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
EUROPEAN REGULATORS WANT TO QUESTION APPLE AFTER IT BLOCKS EPIC GAMES APP STORE
European Union regulators said they want to question Apple over accusations that it blocked video game company Epic Games from setting up its own app store, in a possible violation of digital rules that took effect in the 27-nation bloc Thursday.
1 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
IT'S NOT JUST ELON MUSK: CHATGPT-MAKER OPENAL CONFRONTING A MOUNTAIN OF LEGAL CHALLENGES
After a year of basking in global fame, the San Francisco company OpenAl is now confronting a multitude of challenges that could threaten its position at the vanguard of artificial intelligence research.
3 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
INTRODUCING THE M3 MACBOOK AIR: A LEAP FORWARD WITH 3-NANOMETER PROCESSOR
In a significant update to its laptop lineup, Apple introduced the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models equipped with the advanced M3 chipsets in October 2023, signaling a major step forward in computing power. Following this, Apple has now expanded the M3 technology to its MacBook Air series, announcing the release of the updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models.
4 min |
Techlife News #645
Techlife News
STATES TARGET AI'S HIDDEN HAND IN AMERICANS' LIVES
While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life - screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases.
4 min |
Techlife News #645
AppleMagazine
MADONNA IS AMONG THE EARLY ADOPTERS OF AI'S NEXT WAVE
Whenever Madonna sings the 1980s hit \"La Isla Bonita\" on her concert tour, moving images of swirling, sunset-tinted clouds play on the giant arena screens behind her.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
SOME DOORBELL CAMERAS SOLD ON AMAZON AND OTHER ONLINE SITES HAVE MAJOR SECURITY FLAWS, REPORT SAYS
Some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad actors to view footage from the devices or control them completely, according to an investigation published by Consumer Reports.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
DODGE MUSCLE CARS LIVE ON WITH NEW VERSIONS OF THE CHARGER POWERED BY ELECTRICITY OR GASOLINE
America's muscle car culture is adapting to the new world of electric vehicles, but the gasoline-powered high-performance road beasts will be around for at least a few more years.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
EUROPE'S DIGITAL MARKETS ACT IS FORCING TECH GIANTS TO MAKE CHANGES. HERE'S WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE
Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
APPLE GETS FINED NEARLY $2 BILLION BY THE EU FOR HINDERING MUSIC STREAMING COMPETITION
The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple this week, fining the U.S. tech giant nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by forbidding rivals like Spotify from telling users how they could pay for cheaper subscriptions outside of iPhone apps.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
GETTING FOOD DELIVERED IN NEW YORK IS SIMPLE. FOR THE WORKERS WHO DO IT, GETTING PAID IS NOT
New Yorkers place over 100 million food delivery orders each year via a very simple process: press a few buttons on an app and it's in their hands in about 30 minutes.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
SPORTS ANALYTICS MAY BE OUTNUMBERED WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
When it comes to artificial intelligence, the sports analytics crowd may be outnumbered.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
NVIDIA THE BREAKTHROUGHS BEHIND THE LATEST AI HARDWARE
In the Age of Al, one company has risen to prominence as a pivotal force in the artificial intelligence race: Nvidia. The American firm has reaped immense benefits from the AI boom, with its share price skyrocketing by almost 450% since January 2023. But what's next?
3 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK SUES OPENAI AND CEO SAM ALTMAN, CLAIMING BETRAYAL OF ITS GOAL TO BENEFIT HUMANITY
Elon Musk is suing OpenAl and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
INTRODUCING THE M3 MACBOOK AIR: A LEAP FORWARD WITH 3-NANOMETER PROCESSOR
In a significant update to its laptop lineup, Apple introduced the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models equipped with the advanced M3 chipsets in October 2023, signaling a major step forward in computing power. Following this, Apple has now expanded the M3 technology to its MacBook Air series, announcing the release of the updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
TARGET LAUNCHES NEW PAID MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM IN A BID TO DRIVE SALES AT A TIME OF CAUTIOUS SPENDING
Target, looking for ways to reverse a sales malaise, is getting into Amazon territory: the paid membership game.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
IT'S LONELY OUT IN SPACE FOR ADAM SANDLER IN PENSIVE SCI-FI PSYCHODRAMA 'SPACEMAN'
David Bowie's Major Tom, sitting in his tin can. Elton John's Rocket Man, missing Earth and his wife. Matt Damon in \"The Martian,\" left behind to starve. Matthew McConaughey in \"Interstellar,\" weeping as he watches his kids age without him.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
ONE TECH TIP: CHANGE THESE SETTINGS ON X TO LIMIT CALLS AND HIDE YOUR IP ADDRESS
Elon Musk's social media platform X has made audio and video calling capabilities available to all users, not just those with paid accounts. But a privacy issue has emerged from the rollout.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
STATES TARGET AI'S HIDDEN HAND IN AMERICANS' LIVES
While artificial intelligence made headlines with ChatGPT, behind the scenes, the technology has quietly pervaded everyday life - screening job resumes, rental apartment applications, and even determining medical care in some cases.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #645
AppleMagazine
HUMANOID ROBOT-MAKER FIGURE PARTNERS WITH OPENAI AND GETS BACKING FROM JEFF BEZOS AND TECH GIANTS
ChatGPT-maker OpenAl is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #645
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