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AppleMagazine
TWITTER SETS SEPTEMBER SHAREHOLDER VOTE ON ELON MUSK BUYOUT
Twitter has set Sept. 13 as the date for its shareholders to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
5 ELECTRIC SUVS FOR ALMOST ANY BUDGET
In the early days of the modern electric vehicle, or EV, your choices were largely limited to a few range-compromised models or an expensive Tesla on the high end.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
CHINA ADDS SCIENCE LABORATORY TO ITS ORBITING SPACE STATION
China added a laboratory to its permanent orbiting space station as it moves toward completing the structure in coming months.
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AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
RUSSIA TO DROP OUT OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AFTER 2024
Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief said this week amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine.
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AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
Matter - Integration: The key to the future of smart homes
Our homes might be smarter than ever, but with so many platforms, manufacturers, and ecosystems vying for our attention and hard-earned cash, it can be hard to know where to start. Matter, a new smart home connectivity standard, hopes to make things a little easier.
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AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA TO ALLOW CRYPTOCURRENCY CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
Candidates for state and local offices in California will soon be able to accept cryptocurrency campaign donations.
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AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
KOREAN FIRM'S $22B INVESTMENT WILL MEAN NEW US JOBS, WH SAYS
South Korea’s SK Group announced plans to invest $22 billion in the United States on industries including semiconductors, green energy and bioscience, which the White House said will create tens of thousands of domestic jobs while helping ease global supply chain snarls that have persisted during the coronavirus pandemic.
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AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
TOMORROW’S ‘TOP GUN’ MIGHT HAVE DRONE WINGMAN, USE AI
Maverick’s next wingman could be a drone.
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AppleMagazine #561
AppleMagazine
Crypto Plunge is Cautionary Tale for Public Pension Funds
When the Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund bought $25 million in cryptocurrencies, with the fund’s chief investment officer touting their potential, retired fire Capt. Russell Harris was concerned.
5 min |
July 15, 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
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.
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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.
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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
Dems Stress National Security as Computer Chips Bill Stalls
The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are warning of dire ramifications for the economy and for national security if Congress fails to pass a bill by the end of July that is designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States.
4 min |
July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
Bill Gates Gives $20 Billion to Stem ‘Significant Suffering'
Bill Gates, concerned about the “significant suffering” caused by global setbacks including the COVID-19 pandemic, announced that he will donate $20 billion to his foundation so it can increase its annual spending.
3 min |
July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
Baby Stars, Dancing Galaxies: Nasa Shows New Cosmic Views
A sparkling landscape of baby stars. A foamy blue and orange view of a dying star. Five galaxies in a cosmic dance.
4 min |
July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
Passkeys
The future of passwordless digital security
5 min |
July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
FRONTIER AIRLINES LACKS THE VOTES FOR SPIRIT MERGER
Frontier Airlines, facing likely defeat in its bid to merge with Spirit Airlines, is asking for another delay in a shareholder vote on the deal.
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July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THE MUSK-TWITTER SAGA?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter are bracing for a legal fight after the billionaire said he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the social media company.
4 min |
July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
THE BEST HYBRID PICKUP TRUCKS IN 2022
The average national price for gasoline has gone up almost $2 over the past year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That’s not good news for some of the thirstiest vehicles on the road: pickup trucks. But there is a relatively new option if you’re looking to save on gas: a hybrid pickup.
3 min |
July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
HUGE UNDERGROUND SEARCH FOR MYSTERIOUS DARK MATTER BEGINS
In a former gold mine a mile underground, inside a titanium tank filled with a rare liquified gas, scientists have begun the search for what so far has been unfindable: dark matter.
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July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
IN ‘MS. MARVEL', MUSLIM FANS SEE A REFLECTION OF THEIR LIVES
Jumana Zakir knows who she is going to be for Halloween this year. Hint: Her new favorite superhero is a lot like her – female, teen, Muslim, American and “totally awesome.”
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July 15, 2022
AppleMagazine
TESLA'S 20 SALES DROP AMID SUPPLY CHAIN, PANDEMIC PROBLEMS
Tesla's sales from April through June fell to their lowest quarterly level since last fall as supply chain issues and pandemic restrictions in China hobbled production of its electric vehicles.
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AppleMagazine #558
AppleMagazine
THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR DRONES: LETTING THEM FLY OUT OF SIGHT
For years, there's been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight.
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AppleMagazine #558
AppleMagazine
iPados Productivity & collaboration features reach new heights
This year’s updates to iPadOS are designed with productivity and collaboration in mind, with a stunning new multitasking experience called Stage Manager, an all-new iPad app called Freeform, and countless under-the-hood changes that make working on an iPad even better.
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AppleMagazine #558
AppleMagazine
NEW YORK OFFICIALS RULE AGAINST BITCOIN-MINING POWER PLANT
New York officials denied required air permit renewals to a bitcoin-mining power plant on the grounds that it was a threat to the state's climate goals.
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