Techlife News
SAMSUNG GETS TEMPORARY OK ON CHINA CHIP FACILITIES
Samsung Electronics has been granted an exception that will allow it to continue to at least temporarily maintain memory-chip production facilities in China, according to a Biden administration official, a week after the U.S. tightened export rules for China, limiting its ability to get advanced computing chips.
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Techlife News #572
Techlife News
WORLD’S 1ST SPACE TOURIST SIGNS UP FOR FLIGHT AROUND MOON
The world’s first space tourist wants to go back — only this time, he’s signed up for a spin around the moon aboard Elon Musk’s Starship.
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Techlife News #572
Techlife News
RIVIAN RECALLING NEARLY ALL ITS VEHICLES OVER LOOSE FASTENER
Electric truck and SUV maker Rivian Automotive said it is recalling almost all the vehicles it has delivered to customers in order to tighten a loose fastener that could potentially affect drivers’ ability to steer.
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Techlife News #572
AppleMagazine
Innovation: The next breakthrough tech coming from Apple labs
It's no secret Apple is working on several exciting products at Apple Campus, from virtual reality headsets to self-driving cars.
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October 14, 2022
AppleMagazine
CRYPTO EXCHANGE BITTREX TO PAY $24M FOR VIOLATING SANCTIONS
Crypto exchange Bittrex was fined $24 million by U.S. authorities for helping clients evade U.S. sanctions in places such as Syria, Iran and Crimea.
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October 14, 2022
AppleMagazine
CHINA LASHES OUT AT LATEST U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS ON CHIPS
China criticized the latest U.S. decision to tighten export controls that would make it harder for China to obtain and manufacture advanced computing chips, calling it a violation of international economic and trade rules that will "isolate and backfire" on the U.S.
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October 14, 2022
AppleMagazine
CHINESE FIRM TESTS ELECTRIC FLYING TAXI IN DUBAI
A Chinese firm tested out an electric flying taxi in Dubai this week, offering a glimpse of futuristic technology that could one day whisk people through cities high above any traffic.
1 min |
October 14, 2022
AppleMagazine
HOW ONE COMPUTER FORECAST MODEL BOTCHED IAN
As Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida, normally reliable computer forecast models couldn’t agree on where the killer storm would land. But government meteorologists are now figuring out what went wrong — and right.
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October 14, 2022
Techlife News
FORMER UBER SECURITY CHIEF GUILTY OF DATA BREACH COVERUP
The former chief security officer for Uber was convicted Wednesday of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
WILL SMITH'S 'EMANCIPATION' GETS RELEASE DATE, POST-SLAP
After holding "Emancipation" in limbo following Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March, Apple will release the actor's next big project this December.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
GOOGLE DISCONTINUES GOOGLE TRANSLATE IN MAINLAND CHINA
Google has discontinued its Google Translate services in mainland China, removing one of the company's few remaining services that it had provided in a country where most Western social media platforms are blocked.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
TO FILL TEACHER JOBS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFER NEW DEGREES
In her second-grade classroom outside Seattle, Fatima Nuñez Ardon often tells her students stories about everyday people realizing their dreams.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
US APPLICATIONS FOR JOBLESS BENEFITS INCREASED LAST WEEK
More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the largest number in four months, but the labor market remains strong in the face of persistent inflation and a slowing overall U.S. economy.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
PELOTON TO CUT 500 JOBS AS TURNAROUND EFFORTS CONTINUE
Peloton is looking to trim hundreds of jobs as the company continues to reorganize its business which has stalled as the coronavirus related surge fades.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
RUSSIA FINDING NEW WAYS TO SPREAD PROPAGANDA VIDEOS
Russia has devised yet another way to spread disinformation about its invasion of Ukraine, using digital tricks that allow its war propaganda videos to evade restrictions imposed by governments and tech companies.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
MICRON TO BRING MICROCHIP PLANT TO UPSTATE NEW YORK
Micron, one of the world's largest microchip manufacturers, announced it would open a semiconductor plant in upstate New York, promising a long-term investment of up to $100 billion and a plant that could bring 50,000 jobs to the state.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
REPORT: AMAZON FREEZES HIRING ON CORPORATE RETAIL DIVISION
Amazon is implementing a hiring freeze on the corporate side of its retail business for the rest of the year, according to a New York Times report, becoming the latest company to pause hiring plans amid growing concerns about an economic downturn.
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Techlife News #571
Techlife News
HOSPITAL CHAIN SAYS 'IT SECURITY ISSUE' DISRUPTS OPERATIONS
A major nonprofit health system with 140 hospitals in 21 states, CommonSpirit Health, reporting an "IT security issue" that has disrupted operations in multiple states.
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Techlife News #571
New York magazine
Hi! Your Files Are Encrypted. You Can't Ηορε Το Recover Тнем Without Our Help.
Ransomware gangs made millions extorting hospitals and schools. The pandemic showed just how dangerous that was.
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September 26 - October 09, 2022
AppleMagazine
TOP US REGULATORS SAY CRYPTO POSES FINANCIAL STABILITY RISKS
Top regulators recommended a series of new safeguards to ensure that a growing and unregulated cryptocurrency market doesn’t imperil U.S. financial stability.
1 min |
October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
NYC PLANS RECHARGING STATIONS FOR FOOD DELIVERY WORKERS
New York City’s thousands of food delivery workers will get places to recharge electric bike batteries, cellphones and themselves, under a city plan announced to turn abandoned newsstands and other unused structures into facilities for the “deliveristas.”
1 min |
October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
KIM KARDASHIAN FINED $1 MILLION BY SEC OVER CRYPTO PROMOTION
The long list of celebrities promoting cryptocurrencies just got shorter. Kim Kardashian is being barred from doing so for three years - and will pay a $1 million fine -- to settle federal charges that she recommended a crypto security to her 330 million Instagram followers without making clear that she was paid to do so.
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October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
FIREFLY AEROSPACE REACHES ORBIT WITH NEW ALPHA ROCKET
A new aerospace company reached orbit with its second rocket launch and deployed multiple small satellites on Saturday (01).
1 min |
October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
WHITE HOUSE UNVEILS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 'BILL OF RIGHTS'
The Biden administration unveiled a set of far-reaching goals aimed at averting harms caused by the rise of artificial intelligence systems, including guidelines for how to protect people's personal data and limit surveillance.
3 min |
October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
BIDEN PLEDGE TO MAKE FEDERAL FLEET ELECTRIC FACES SLOW START
President Joe Biden, a self-described "car guy, often promises to lead by example on climate change by moving swiftly to convert the sprawling U.S. government fleet to zero-emission electric vehicles. But efforts to eliminate gas-powered vehicles from the fleet have lagged.
4 min |
October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
HOW COMPANY OFF-SITES ARE CHANGING BUSINESS TRAVEL
Business travel used to mean sending employees from their home office to somewhere else — to meet with clients or coworkers at other offices. But for many remote-first companies, it now means the opposite: Bringing employees together from their far-flung homes to work and meet in person.
3 min |
October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
DEAL BACK ON? ELON MUSK GETS CLOSER TO BUYING TWITTER
The tumultuous saga of Elon Musk’s on-again off-again purchase of Twitter took a turn toward a conclusion Tuesday after the mercurial Tesla CEO proposed to buy the company at the originally agreed-on price of $44 billion.
3 min |
October 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
Time to shoot
iPhone 14 Pro camera elevated to new 48MP sensor
4 min |
October 07, 2022
Techlife News
Amazon to Raise Average Hourly Pay by $1 to $19 in October
Amazon said it's raising its average starting pay for frontline workers from $18 to $19 a hour, a boost that could help it attract more employees in a tight labor market as the holiday season approaches.
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Techlife News #570
Techlife News
SENATORS PUSH TO REFORM POLICE'S CELLPHONE TRACKING TOOLS
Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies' ability to buy cellphone tracking tools to follow people's whereabouts, including back years in time, and sometimes without a search warrant.
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