Techlife News
STELLANTIS POURS BILLIONS MORE INTO CANADA, ELECTRIC
Automaker Stellantis said it will invest $3.6 billion Canadian dollars ($2.8 billion) to upgrade two Canadian assembly plants and expand a research center as it accelerates its long-term electrification strategy.
1 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
TELECOMN GROUPS END FIGHT AGAINST CALIFORNIA NET NEUTRALITY
Telecommunications industry groups ended their bid to block California’s net neutrality law that bars broadband providers from throttling service.
1 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
Airbus Posts Profit, Plans New Jet Assembly Line in Alabama
Airbus said that its profit in the first three months of 2022 more than tripled to 1.22 billion euros ($1.28 billion), helped by an increase in aircraft deliveries as airlines recover from the worst of the pandemic.
2 min |
May 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
ENERGY CHIEF GRANHOLM TOUTS $3B PLAN TO BOOST EV BATTERIES
Continuing its push to dramatically boost sales of electric vehicles, the Biden administration announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and recycle lithium-ion batteries.
3 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
FIFA BLOCKCHAIN DEAL IS FIRST NEW US WCUP SPONSOR SINCE 2011
FIFA got a first new American sponsor of the men’s World Cup in 11 years, signing a deal for this year’s tournament in Qatar with blockchain technology provider Algorand.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK'S BIG PLANS FOR TWITTER: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private.
5 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE ADDS WAYS TO KEEP PERSONAL INFO PRIVATE IN SEARCHES
Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
GEORGIA SETS $1.5B IN AID FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE MAKER RIVIAN
The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to built a 7,500-job, $5 billion electric vehicle plant east of Atlanta, according to documents the company and state signed this week.
2 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
NEW FACTORY IN MOSES LAKE TO BRING HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS
A battery materials company has purchased a 600,000-square foot facility in Moses Lake, Washington, to be used to manufacture lithium-ion anode battery materials for the automotive and cell phone industries.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
Fast Company
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Metaverse
Here are just a handful of the bucket-list experiences that await you in our new Web3 non-reality.
1 min |
Summer 2022
AppleMagazine
Apple Delivers Strong Quarter, but Warns of Trouble Ahead
Apple reported strong quarterly results despite supply shortages, but warned that its growth slowdown is likely to deepen.
3 min |
May 06, 2022
PC Magazine
This AI Program Can Draw Impressive Images of Whatever You Tell It to
The DALL-E 2 program can churn out both realistic and creative images from a mere text description. But the OpenAI lab is well aware the technology could be easily abused.
2 min |
May 2022
PC Magazine
Affordable, Tested Tech Actually Worth Buying
Our experts review more than 2,000 products each year: laptops, TVs, phones, routers, you name it. Here are some of the very best budget buys.
10+ min |
May 2022
PC Magazine
Amazon Glow: Connection for Kids
A tabletop projector built for connected activities and games
9 min |
May 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Juice Boost
Belkin's latest power bank will get your gadgets charged when outlets are hard to find
2 min |
May 02, 2022
Techlife News
A CHILLING RUSSIAN CYBER AIM IN UKRAINE: DIGITAL DOSSIERS
Russia’s relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection.
5 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
CLIMATE CHANGE MAY INCREASE RISK OF NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.
2 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
CHINA GRANTS FIRST DRIVERLESS TAXI PERMITS TO BAIDU, PONY.AI
China has granted Chinese internet services company Baidu and a rival autonomous car company, Pony.ai, permits to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public in Beijing, a significant regulatory step in the country’s pursuit of driverless technology.
1 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
DJI HALTS RUSSIA, UKRAINE BUSINESS TO PREVENT DRONE MISUSE
Drone company DJI Technology Co has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to prevent use of its drones in combat, in a rare case of a Chinese company pulling out of Russia because of the war.
1 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
COOKIE MONSTER, ELMO, ABBY UNITE FOR SHOW ‘MECHA BUILDERS'
Cookie Monster, Elmo and Abby Cadabby are utterly transformed in a new “Sesame Street” show. You might even say they’re Transformers.
2 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
GM TO OFFER ELECTRIFIED CORVETTE AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR
General Motors says it will offer an electrified Chevrolet Corvette as early as next year.
1 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
GROUPS THAT WANT TO ELECTRIFY USPS FLEET FILE LAWSUITS
Groups that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its mail delivery fleet.
2 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
ROUNDING LIFE'S SECOND CURVE A HARD ROAD OF SELF DISCOVERY
It took Jack Craven 20 years to grasp that running his family’s wholesale business selling goods to discount stores wasn’t how he wanted to spend the second half of his life. He also figured out his ever-mounting unhappiness had taken a toll on his relationships with loved ones.
6 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
GOOGLE PARENT SUFFERS 1Q GROWTH SLOWDOWN, PROFIT DECLINE
Google’s corporate parent posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth since 2020, the latest sign that the huge gains enjoyed by technology companies during the pandemic are fading into the rear-view mirror.
1 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
SHARES OF FACEBOOK PARENT META SOAR DESPITE GROWTH SLOWDOWN
Facebook parent Meta’s first-quarter profit and its count of daily users jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago. Shares were up sharply in after-hours trading.
3 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
TRUMP SAYS HE HAS NO PLANS TO REJOIN TWITTER AFTER MUSK DEAL
Former President Donald Trump said that he has no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account is reinstated following Elon Musk’s agreement to buy the social media giant for roughly $44 billion.
2 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
IDEAS ON MUTE? STUDY: REMOTE MEETINGS BRAINSTORMING
Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box that we don’t let our eyes and minds wander as much, a new study found.
2 min |
April 30, 2022
AppleMagazine
WHAT'S NEXT NOW THAT TWITTER AGREED TO MUSK BID?
Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform.
4 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
THE EDSEL, QUIBI AND CNN+? NEW ADDITION TO BUSINESS FAILURES
The Edsel. Quibi. New Coke. The Segway. DeLorean sports cars. The pantheon of colossal business failures has a new member in the CNN+ streaming service.
4 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
SPACEX LAUNCHES 4 ASTRONAUTS FOR NASA AFTER PRIVATE FLIGHT
SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires.
3 min |