Technology
AppleMagazine
Studio Beyond Pro: The new M1 Ultra Mac powerhouse
Apple tore up the rulebook at its March Peek Performance event, introducing a range of new products including the Mac Studio and a stunning new Studio Display.
5 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX, TIKTOK BLOCK SERVICES IN RUSSIA TO AVOID CRACKDOWN
Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
2 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT CLOSES ON $16 BILLION ACQUISITION OF NUANCE
Microsoft has closed on its approximately $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance.
1 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
CYBER FIRM: AT LEAST 6 US STATE GOVERNMENTS HACKED BY CHINA
Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year, according to a report released this week by a private cybersecurity firm.
2 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 VS. TESLA MODEL Y
Consumer appetites for small SUVs seem insatiable, and as electrification reaches every corner of the automotive landscape, a spotlight has appeared over compact EV SUVs.
3 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
GEORGIA SENATE PASSES BILL SEEKING TO REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA
The Georgia state Senate voted 33-21 on Tuesday to pass a bill that seeks to prohibit social media platforms from removing or censoring content amid an outcry from conservatives that their political views are being discriminated against, even though a similar Texas law has been put on hold by a federal court.
2 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
APPLE, MLB ANNOUNCE ‘FRIDAY NIGHT BASEBALL' PACKAGE
Apple will enter the live sports coverage arena with “Friday Night Baseball.”
1 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
APPLE INVESTORS URGE COMPANY TO UNDERGO CIVIL RIGHTS AUDIT
Apple’s shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo an independent audit assessing its treatment of female and minority employees, delivering a rare rebuke to a management team that runs the world’s most valuable company.
3 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
Amazon's Voice Assistant Alexa to Start Seeking Doctor Help
If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon one.
4 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
Weather Satellite Rockets to Orbit to Monitor US West
America’s newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday to improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country.
2 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
HEAT WAVE A GLIMPSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE'S IMPACT IN N. AMERICA
The U.S. Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke.
4 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
EUROPE'S JOINT MARS MISSION WITH RUSSIA POSTPONED BY WAR
The launch of a joint Europe-Russia mission to Mars this year is now “very unlikely” due to sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine, the European Space Agency said this week.
2 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON TO END SCHOOL MASK MANDATES
Schoolchildren in California, Oregon and Washington will no longer be required to wear masks as part of new indoor mask policies the Democratic governors of all three states announced jointly this week.
2 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
MIT SEVERS TIES WITH RUSSIAN SCHOOL AFTER UKRAINE INVASION
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is severing ties with a research university it helped establish more than a decade ago in Russia, citing the country’s “unacceptable military actions” in invading Ukraine.
1 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
FORD'S FORK IN THE ROAD: EV, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ARE SPLIT
Ford will split its electric vehicle and internal combustion operations into two individual businesses to accelerate its adaptation of new technology and the Detroit automaker said that its transformation into an EV company is accelerating.
3 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
FITBIT RECALLS 1 MILLION IONIC WATCHES AFTER BURN INJURIES
Google-owned Fitbit has recalled 1 million of its Ionic smartwatches after dozens of users reported burn injuries after the battery overheated.
1 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
HOW TECH COULD HELP OUT ENDANGERED LANGUAGES LIKE CHEROKEE
By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won’t be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure. But it might be a step toward immersing younger tribal citizens in the language spoken by a dwindling number of their elders.
5 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
Biden Wants to Cut Into China's Electric Battery Dominance
President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China’s dominance of the electric battery market as he touted domestic efforts to mine and process lithium and rare metals necessary to create the technology that powers cars, electronics, wind turbines and more.
3 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA APP LAUNCHES YEAR AFTER TWITTER BAN
Former President Donald Trump’s social media app that he hopes will rival Twitter launched Monday as he seeks a new digital stage to rally his supporters and fight Big Tech limits on speech a year after he was banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
3 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
USPS GETS FINAL SIGNOFF TO ORDER NEW DELIVERY VEHICLES
The U.S. Postal Service said it cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail vehicles — and getting some of them on delivery routes next year — despite pushback from the Environmental Protection Agency.
2 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
NEW YORK PLANS CYBERSECURITY HUB TO COORDINATE RESPONSES
New York wants to improve its cybersecurity defenses and will open a joint operations center in the coming months to coordinate between government agencies, critical businesses and utilities, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
1 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
BIDEN'S FULL PLATE: UKRAINE, INFLATION, LOW PUBLIC APPROVAL
On the same day that President Joe Biden called out Russia and and issued harsh sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine, his only other public appearance was an event focused on the need to unkink the supply chain for minerals used in batteries, electronics and other technologies.
5 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
DIGITAL AD TAX ARGUED IN MARYLAND FEDERAL COURT CASE
Attorneys in a federal court challenge to Maryland’s first-in-the-nation digital ad tax argued about whether the law is a tax or an unconstitutional penalty targeting Big Tech.
3 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
US NAVY PLANS LAUNCH OF MIDEAST DRONE FORCE ALONGSIDE ALLIES
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet announced the launch of a new joint fleet of unmanned drones with allied nations to patrol vast swaths of the region’s volatile waters as tensions simmer with Iran.
3 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DIPS SLIGHTLY BUT REMAINS HIGH
U.S. consumer confidence declined modestly this month but remains high, even as prices for just about everything continue to rise.
1 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
MUSK, LAWYER ESCALATE WORD FIGHT WITH SECURITIES REGULATORS
Elon Musk and his lawyers are escalating their fight with U.S. securities regulators, with a lawyer accusing them of leaking investigative information, and the Tesla CEO alleging on Twitter that government corruption is being exposed.
2 min |
February 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
Biden Takes Half-steps On Electric Vehicles
Eager to show benefits from his policies, President Joe Biden is overstating the number of electric vehicle charging stations that would be built with his infrastructure law and claiming a speedy shift to electric in the federal fleet that isn’t so.
7 min |
February 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
Starship
Full steam ahead for space domination - Part 2
5 min |
February 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
BILLIONAIRE WHO FLEW SPACEX LAST YEAR GOING BACK INTO ORBIT
The billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit and the chance to take part in a spacewalk.
2 min |
February 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
INTEL SAYS IT WILL BUY TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR FOR $5.4 BILLION
Intel said it is buying Israeli company Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion in a deal that could give the California chipmaking giant an edge in the business of making customdesigned chips.
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