Techlife News
TICKETMASTER'S PRICING FOR OASIS TICKETS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN THE UK
The U.K.’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year’s reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis.
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September 07, 2024
Techlife News
FOR MANY INVESTORS AND INTELLECTUALS LEAVING CHINA.IT'S JAPAN -NOT THE US― THAT'S THE BIGGER DRAW
One by one, the students, lawyers and others filed into a classroom in a central Tokyo university for a lecture by a Chinese journalist on Taiwan and democracy — taboo topics that can’t be discussed publicly back home in China.
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September 07, 2024
Techlife News
VERIZON IS BUYING FRONTIER IN $20B DEAL TO STRENGTHEN ITS FIBER NETWORK
Verizon is buying Frontier Communications in a $20 billion deal to strengthen its fiber network.
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September 07, 2024
Techlife News
MAGIC JOHNSON BUYS A STAKE IN THE NWSL'S WASHINGTON SPIRIT
Magic Johnson has bought an ownership stake in the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit, the basketball great-turned entrepreneur’s latest addition to his professional sports team portfolio.
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September 07, 2024
Techlife News
AI May Not Steal Many Jobs After All. It May Just Make Workers More Efficient -Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is.
Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is. Nick Bunker, an economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab, said he thinks AI “will affect many, many jobs — maybe every job indirectly to some extent. But I don’t think it’s going to lead to, say, mass unemployment. We have seen other big technological events in our history, and those didn’t lead to a large rise in unemployment. Technology destroys but also creates. There will be new jobs that come about.’’
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September 07, 2024
AppleMagazine
SPORTS BOATS SET OUT ON A VOYAGE TO ELECTRIFY THE WATERS IN THE SAME WAY TESLA ELECTRIFIED THE ROADS
Grant Jeide looked like another dude riding the rollicking waves left in the wake of a 23-foot (7-meter) boat ripping through the water at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour on a river in Northern California’s Delta earlier this summer.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
HYUNDAI UNVEILS 2025 ELECTRIC SUVS AIMING FOR BROADER APPEAL WITH IMPROVED RANGE, CHARGING OPTIONS
Despite slowing U.S. electric vehicle sales, Hyundai this week rolled out the 2025 versions of its Ioniq 5 electric SUV with improved battery range and charging aimed at broadening the appeal of vehicles to be built at a massive new Georgia factory.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS APPROVE LEGISLATION TO BAN DEEPFAKES, PROTECT WORKERS AND REGULATE AI
California lawmakers approved a host of proposals this week aiming to regulate the artificial intelligence industry, combat deepfakes and protect workers from exploitation by the rapidly evolving technology.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
VOLVO BECOMES LATEST CARMAKER TO SCALE BACK ELECTRIC AMBITIONS, EASES GOAL TO AT LEAST 90% BY 2030
Sweden-based Volvo Cars has eased off on its pledge to stop selling cars with internal combustion motors by 2030, saying slow rollout of places to charge up and withdrawal of purchase incentives will leave room for a few cars that still need fossil fuels.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
ESPN NETWORKS, ABC AND DISNEY CHANNELS GO DARK ON DIRECTV ON A BUSY NIGHT FOR SPORTS
ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
EVEN DOLLAR STORE CHAINS ARE SEEING A PULLBACK IN SPENDING AS HIGHER PRICES SQUEEZE MORE CONSUMERS
Dollar Tree is slashing its full-year earnings and sales forecasts as its customers continue to struggle with higher prices and spend less.
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AppleMagazine
ON THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT X. MANY BRAZILIANS SAY THEY FEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE WORLD
The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts over navigating other social media in its absence.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
ANOTHER NEW JERSEY OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT RUNS INTO TURBULENCE AS LEADING LIGHT SEEKS PAUSE
Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence.
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AppleMagazine
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN AI IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS? REGULATORS TRY TO DO THE MATH
How do you know if an artificial intelligence system is so powerful that it poses a security danger and shouldn't be unleashed without careful oversight?
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AppleMagazine
YOU USE SPOTIFY TO LISTEN TO MUSIC.HERE'S HOW MONEY FROM ADS AND SUBSCRIPTION FEES FLOWS TO ARTISTS
Every day, millions of people use Spotify to stream music.
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AppleMagazine
ROBOT WAITERS IN KENYA CREATE A BUZZ.BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR HUMAN LABOR
Children giggle as young people flash their smartphones to film robots carrying plates of freshly prepared meals on their inbuilt trays to deliver to diners in a busy eatery in Kenya's capital.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
AI MAY NOT STEAL MANY JOBS AFTER ALL.IT MAY JUST MAKE WORKERS MORE EFFICIENT
Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is.
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AppleMagazine
UK COMPETITION WATCHDOG CLEARS MICROSOFT'S HIRING OF AI STARTUP'S CORE STAFF
British regulators on Wednesday cleared Microsoft’s hiring of key staff from startup Inflection AI, saying the deal wouldn’t stifle competition in the country’s artificial intelligence market.
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AppleMagazine
THIS FALL.HOLLYWOOD TRIES TO BALANCE BOX OFFICE WITH THE BALLOT BOX
Three weeks after the U.S. presidential election in November, Ridley Scott will present his latest big-screen opus.
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AppleMagazine #671
AppleMagazine
Music
ON THE BEAT WITH NEW FEATURES AND FRESH COMPETITION
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AppleMagazine #671
Stereophile
What we lose
In the August issue's As We See It, Tom Fine and I encouraged readers to hold on to their physical media-those black and silver discs-even if they're stashed away in a closet or attic, replaced by hi-rez streaming. An important reason we gave is that with physical media (in contrast to streaming), you know exactly what you're listening toor at least you can know, with a little work.
4 min |
October 2024
Stereophile
Paging Dr. Löfgren
It started one evening when I was killing time watching YouTube videos and stumbled across a 2017 talk given by Jonathan Carr, Lyra's brilliant cartridge designer.'
10+ min |
October 2024
Stereophile
Bowers & Wilkins 805 D4 Signature
The \"Bowers\" in the name of British manufacturer Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) refers to founder John Bowers, whom I got to know fairly well before he passed in 1987.
9 min |
October 2024
Stereophile
RECOMMENDED RC2024 COMPONENTS
Every product listed here has been reviewed in Stereophile. Everything on the list, regardless of rating, is genuinely recommendable.
4 min |
October 2024
Stereophile
Burmester 218
As much as I tinkered with a little crystal radio as a child and started reading stereo magazines in high school, it wasn't until my early 30s that I half-stumbled into the higher end of the hi-fi sphere.
10+ min |
October 2024
Stereophile
Music among the Fairchildren
Pull down the shades, find a comfortable seat, and come with me on an imaginary journey to the year 1956. The Eisenhower-Nixon ticket wins reelection, the United Methodist Church begins to ordain women, and a can of Campbell's tomato soup costs 10 cents.
10+ min |
October 2024
Stereophile
Hegel H400
STREAMING INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
October 2024
Stereophile
Musical Fidelity AI
In 1989, I bought my second pair of Rogers LS3/5a's from a guy on Staten Island who had them hooked up to a Musical Fidelity AI integrated amplifier.
10+ min |
October 2024
Stereophile
Believing in bricks and mortar
North Carolina hi-fi dealer Audio Advice has been busy lately.
4 min |
October 2024
Stereophile
The Stick Palace and the SIT-4
Throughout my hundred years, I've told everyone who'd listen: If it's adventure you seek, the best way to find it is to stand on the right corner at the right time wearing the right hat, and when the limo pulls up and the driver says, \"Get in,\" do not ask where it is going.
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