Techlife News
AMERICAN AIRLINES POSTS $2.2 BILLION LOSS DURING PANDEMIC
American Airlines reported a staggering loss of $2.24 billion for the first quarter, when the coronavirus pandemic triggered a sharp drop in air travel.
2 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
30 MILLION HAVE SOUGHT US UNEMPLOYMENT AID SINCE VIRUS HIT
More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s.
4 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
‘U Ok?' Virus-Era Friendships Can Be Both Crucial & Fraught
A single mother hunkering down at home with a teenage daughter, Sharon Litwin sees her friends, like most people these days, only virtually. Even so, they’ve been a crucial lifeline.
5 min |
May 02, 2020
Techlife News
VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FIRST GLIDE FLIGHT IN NEW MEXICO
Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity landed in the New Mexico desert last Friday, marking its first glide flight from Spaceport America as the company moves toward commercial operations.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
NINTENDO MARKS PROFIT JUMP AS PEOPLE STAY HOME AMID PANDEMIC
Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. scored a 33% jump in annual profit, as people stuck at home turn to playing games.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
CHINA EXPORTS REBOUND IN APRIL BUT MORE WEAKNESS AHEAD
China’s exports rebounded in April to rise 3.5% over a year earlier, but forecasters warned that strength is unlikely to last as the coronavirus pandemic depresses global consumer demand.
1 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
GLOBAL LUXURY GOODS SALES TO SLIDE UP TO 35% - STUDY
The global luxury goods sector is heading for a stunning collapse of up to 35% this year due to coronavirus lockdowns, according to a new study by the Bain consultancy published Thursday.
1 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
STAR WARS: TAIKA WAITITI TO DIRECT NEW FILM
Taika Waititi, the New Zealand filmmaker of “Jojo Rabbit” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” will direct a new “Star Wars” film.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
TESLA HITS TARGET TO QUALIFY CEO ELON MUSK FOR BIG PAYDAY
Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have hit all the milestones he needed to receive a stock award now worth about $730 million, a payday that will further pad the eccentric billionaire’s vast fortune.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
EU FORECASTS ‘RECESSION OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS' THIS YEAR
The European Union predicted “a recession of historic proportions this year” due to the impact of the coronavirus as it released its first official estimates of the damage the pandemic is inflicting on the bloc’s economy.
3 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
Airbnb Laying Off 1,900 Employees Due To Travel Decline
Airbnb says it is laying off 25% of its workforce as it confronts a steep decline in global travel due to the new coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
May 09, 2020
Techlife News
Zoom Buys Security Firm Keybase
Zoom Video Communications is buying security firm Keybase in an effort to shore up security for its video meetings.
1 min |
May 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN VIRUS TRACING APPS HIGHLIGHT BATTLE FOR PRIVACY
Goodbye lockdown, hello smartphone.
4 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE SECOND VIRUS WAVE: HOW BAD WILL IT BE AS LOCKDOWNS EASE?
From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn’t whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when — and how badly.
5 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
INTEL BUYS MOOVIT APP FOR $900M TO BOOST BET ON ROBOTIC CARS
Intel is buying transportation-planning service Moovit for $900 million as the world’s largest computer chip maker moves further down the road in its effort to build self-driving cars.
2 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
COVID-19 Vaccine Hunt Heats Up Globally, Still No Guarantee
Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope — maybe unrealistic — that an end to the pandemic may arrive sooner than anticipated.
7 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
TikTok: 2 Billion Users & Counting For The World-Dominating App
With consumers cooped up at home amidst the coronavirus crisis, more and more of us are turning to our phones to fill our time and stay in contact with loved ones.
7 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
What's Shopping in a Pandemic Like? Drive to your Local Mall
Many Americans are getting their first taste of what pandemic shopping looks like at their local mall.
5 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
Billions Projected To Suffer Nearly Unlivable Heat In 2070
In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people, mostly the poor who can’t afford air conditioning, will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot to handle, a new study said.
2 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
Apple Announces Virtual WWDC20 Will Kick Off On June 22
Apple has confirmed that its first-ever virtual Worldwide Developers Conference will kick offon June 22, where the firm will show off new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS and give beta access to developers who create compatible products and software.
1 min |
May 08, 2020
AppleMagazine
China Plans To Complete Space Station By 2022
China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after the launch of a newly designed spacecraft aboard the latest heavy-lift rocket.
1 min |
May 08, 2020
Inc.
They Helped Save Their Co-Founder While Building a Company
Every founder knows that the culture they create can ensure their company’s survival. Rarely, though, does it save an actual life. But that’s exactly what happened at MX, a Lehi, Utah-based fintech company co-founded by Ryan Caldwell and Brandon Dewitt in 2010.
2 min |
May - June 2020
Stereophile
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
The Linear Tube Audio Z10e
10+ min |
May 2020
Stereophile
VAC Statement 452 iQ Musicbloc
MONO/STEREO POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
May 2020
Stereophile
TONE, COMING AND GOING
JIM CAMPILONGO IS A TELECASTER MASTER AND AN AUDIO ENTHUSIAST
9 min |
May 2020
Stereophile
PMC fact.8 signature
LOUDSPEAKER
10 min |
May 2020
Stereophile
Wolf Audio Systems Alpha 3 SX
MUSIC SERVER
10+ min |
May 2020
Stereophile
Primare A35.2
POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
May 2020
Stereophile
Luxury you can (almost, sort of) afford
It may come as no surprise that the two Recommended Components issues we publish every year, in April and October, are Stereophile’s most popular.
10+ min |
May 2020
Stereophile
GeerFab D.BOB
DIGITAL BREAKOUT BOX
5 min |