AppleMagazine
INFLATION WEIGHS ON BACK-TO-SCHOOL BUYING FOR MANY FAMILIES
To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school spending, look no further than children’s rain boots with motifs like frogs and ladybugs made by Washington Shoe Co.
4 min |
August 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
CONGRESS OKS BILL TO AID COMPUTER CHIP FIRMS, COUNTER CHINA
The House passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China.
3 min |
August 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
NEW CRYPTO OVERSIGHT LEGISLATION ARRIVES AS INDUSTRY SHAKES
A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday proposed a bill to regulate cryptocurrencies, the latest attempt by Congress to formulate ideas on how to oversee a multibillion-dollar industry that has been racked by collapsing prices and lenders halting operations.
2 min |
August 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
FAA CLEARS BOEING TO RESUME DELIVERY OF 787 DREAMLINERS
Boeing has cleared a key hurdle with federal regulators and could soon resume deliveries of its large 787 airliner, which has been plagued by a series of production issues since late 2020, a person familiar with the matter said.
1 min |
August 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
SENATE DEAL SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO BUY ELECTRIC VEHICLES
The surprise deal by Senate Democrats on a slimmed-down bill to support families, boost infrastructure and fight climate change also is likely to jump-start sales of electric vehicles.
3 min |
August 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
ROBINHOOD CUTS 23% OF ITS WORKFORCE AS FEWER USERS TRADE
Robinhood Markets said it’s cutting nearly a quarter of its workforce, as crashing cryptocurrency prices and a turbulent stock market keep more customers off its trading app.
2 min |
August 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
Airbnb Posts 2Q Profit of $379 Million on Record Bookings
Airbnb said that it earned $379 million in the second quarter on record bookings and rising rates, and the short-term rental giant announced a plan to spend up to $2 billion to buy its own stock.
1 min |
August 02, 2022
AppleMagazine
Elon Musk's Miffed About Subpoenas Tech Allies Twitter
Elon Musk’s wealthy high tech allies don’t seem too happy about receiving subpoenas from Twitter as part of the company’s legal battle with the Tesla CEO.
1 min |
August 02, 2022
Sound & Vision
Nugs Redug
Revisiting nugs.net, the concert streaming site that continues to provide new and vintage hi-res live recordings from a wide swath of name artists.
3 min |
August - September 2022
Sound & Vision
Modern Marvel
MARANTZ MODEL 40N STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
August - September 2022
Sound & Vision
As Good As It Gets
LG 65G2PUA OLED Ultra HDTV
10 min |
August - September 2022
Sound & Vision
Laser LCD
EPSON LS12000 4K PRO-UHD LASER LCD PROJECTOR
10+ min |
August - September 2022
Sound & Vision
THE ATMOS BRANCH
Porcupine Tree returns after a decade-long hiatus to deliver a career benchmark, Closure/ Continuation. All three band members give us the scoop on how it all took root, and Steven Wilson takes us inside the making of the album's truly stunning Dolby Atmos mix.
10 min |
August - September 2022
Sound & Vision
TALKING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE
Bill Mandel, co-manager at HDR10+ Technologies, provides an update on the HDR10+ format
6 min |
August - September 2022
Sound & Vision
Sony, Spider-Man, and the Statue of Liberty
Spider-Man is a comic-book character that was created in 1962. The inaugural issue sold for 12 cents. Sony Pictures, which now owns the screen rights to the character, decided not to release the latest Spider-Man movie in the world's biggest movie market. That decision might cost Sony as much as $340 million.
3 min |
August - September 2022
Sound & Vision
Sudio E2 Noise-Canceling Wireless Earbuds
Product Review
3 min |
August - September 2022
MIT Sloan Management Review
AI on the Front Lines
AI progress can stall when end users resist adoption. Developers must think beyond a project's business benefits and ensure that end users' workflow concerns are addressed.
10+ min |
Summer 2022
AppleMagazine
AUTOMAKERS TARGETING AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS WITH NEW CROP OF EVS
In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America’s automakers targeted people who value shortrange economy cars. Then came EVs for luxury buyers and drivers of pickups and delivery vans.
4 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
HIGH-FLYING EXPERIMENT: DO STEM CELLS GROW BETTER IN SPACE?
Researcher Dhruv Sareen’s own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they’ll grow better in zero gravity.
4 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
TWITTER-MUSK TAKEOVER DISPUTE HEADING FOR AN OCTOBER TRIAL
Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty” over the social media company after the billionaire backed out of a deal to buy it.
3 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
LOG4J SOFTWARE FLAW ‘ENDEMIC,' NEW CYBER SAFETY PANEL SAYS
A computer vulnerability discovered last year in a ubiquitous piece of software is an “endemic” problem that will pose security risks for potentially a decade or more, according to a new cybersecurity panel created by President Joe Biden.
2 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX Q2 SUBSCRIBER LOSS WIDENS, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS FEARED
Netflix shed almost 1 million subscribers during the spring amid tougher competition and soaring inflation that’s squeezing household budgets, heightening the urgency behind the video streaming service’s effort to launch a cheaper option with commercial interruptions.
3 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
CarPlay 2.0
The possible outcomes for the most exciting ‘next big thing’
6 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
Delta Places Order for 100 Boeing 737 Aircraft
Delta is ordering 100 737 Max 10 airplanes, the largest of the line produced by Boeing, potentially giving the manufacturer additional momentum after a troubled rollout of its most advanced aircraft.
2 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
‘The Sea Beast' is a Charming, Animated Adventure
For a young imagination, there is something uniquely captivating about a stowaway story on the high seas.
3 min |
July 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
As AI Language Skills Grow, So Do Scientists' Concerns
The tech industry’s latest artificial intelligence constructs can be pretty convincing if you ask them what it feels like to be a sentient computer, or maybe just a dinosaur or squirrel. But they’re not so good — and sometimes dangerously bad — at handling other seemingly straightforward tasks.
6 min |
July 22, 2022
Stereophile
Marantz Model 40n
NETWORK INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
August 2022
Stereophile
MEASUREMENT BEYOND THE ATOMIC LEVEL
The setting is surreal. As you drive into the Satsop Business Park in rural Elma, Washington (pop. 3500, max), eyes immediately fixate on the looming 481'-tall cooling towers of an abandoned nuclear facility!
10+ min |
August 2022
Stereophile
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
Wired for beauty
10+ min |
August 2022
Stereophile
Genelec G Three
ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER
10+ min |