Techlife News
IN VISIONS OF POST-PANDEMIC LIFE, ROARING '20S BECKON AGAIN
History repeats itself. But do decades duplicate?
5 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
TECH CALMS DOWN, BUT STILL STRONG AS THE WORLD GOES DIGITAL
Technology company stocks are in rest mode this year, but what may seem like weakness as the economy recovers is really just dormancy.
3 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
TWITTER STARTS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA
Twitter is rolling out a subscription service, starting in Canada and Australia, that offers perks like an undo button for subscribers.
1 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
GOV'T USE OF CHINESE DRONES IN LIMBO AS CONGRESS WEIGHS BAN
More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it’s starting to look like they won’t be flying again any time soon — if ever.
4 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
SHOPPERS GO BACK TO STORES, BUT RETAILERS FACE CHALLENGES
Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping.
4 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
SUPREME COURT LIMITS PROSECUTORS' USE OF ANTI-HACKING LAW
The Supreme Court limited prosecutors’ ability to use an anti-hacking law to charge people with computer crimes.
1 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
IN POST-PANDEMIC EUROPE, MIGRANTS WILL FACE DIGITAL FORTRESS
As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away!
4 min |
Techlife News #501
AppleMagazine
HARVARD RESEARCHERS RECOMMEND CENSUS NOT USE PRIVACY TOOL
A group of Harvard researchers has come out against the U.S. Census Bureau’s use of a controversial method to protect privacy with the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn’t produce data good enough for redistricting.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
CHINESE CARGO SPACECRAFT DOCKS WITH ORBITAL STATION
An automated spacecraft docked with China’s new space station last Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
YOU'RE INVITED: A NEW LANDSCAPE WITH A CUTTING-EDGE APP
For almost ten years, AppleMagazine has kept you abreast of the latest in the technology world. Today marks a new chapter. Introducing the AppleMagazine app for iOS, transforming the landscape, and offering exciting new ways to stay updated on the latest consumer-tech news. Elegantly designed and highly interactive, it’s now available on the Apple App Store.
7 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
EU Gives Tiktok A Month To Respond To Consumer Complaints
The European Commission said it has given the Chinese-owned video app TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
MISSING THE MOMENT: VIRTUAL REALITY'S BREAKOUT STILL ELUSIVE
Virtual reality — computer-generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the cusp of wide acceptance for years without ever really taking off.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
China to Send 3 Male Astronauts to Its Space Station in June
A three-man crew of astronauts will blast off in June for a three-month mission on China’s new space station, according to a space official who was the country’s first astronaut in orbit.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
SAFETY RATINGS YANKED AFTER TESLA PULLS RADAR FROM 2 MODELS
Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
HUAWEI ROLLS OUT ITS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM TO SMARTPHONES
Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
CAN VIRTUAL REALITY HELP SENIORS? STUDY HOPES TO FIND OUT
Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station, a kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional wellbeing of older people.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
AUTOMOTIVE CHIP MAKER SAYS IT'S NEARLY RECOVERED FROM BLAZE
A fire-damaged Japanese factory that supplies many of the auto industry’s computer chips is producing about 88% of what it was making before the March blaze, its owner says.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #501
PC Gamer US Edition
TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN: GTA V: CHAOS MOD TRYING TO STAY ALIVE IN PART III
We square off against the Chaos Mod one last time. Who will emerge victorious?
9 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
THROWING SHADE
Or how to go from 50 fps to 500 fps with one click
5 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
FREESPACE 2
Jumping back into the cockpit with the classic space sim.
8 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
CROW'S NEST
How Raven Software became kings of COD after vanishing from view
5 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
THE SOURCE ENGINE
The beautiful tension of an engine caught between eras.
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
ALTAÏR-NATE PAST
How Assassin’s Creed creator PATRICE DÉSILETS became gaming’s cool teacher
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
CHIVALRY 2
Tempered steel and temper tantrums on medieval battlefields
7 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
SEX DOESN'T SELL
STEAM draws a line on steamy content in games
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
FACE THE MUSIC
After DMCA takedowns, Twitch has to make peace with the music biz
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
ALIVE & KICKING
Playing my first match in BLOOD BOWL 3— and surviving to tell the tale.
10+ min |
July 2021
Techlife News
DAIMLER TRUCK TO SHIFT SPENDING TO BATTERY, HYDROGEN RIGS
Daimler’s truck and bus division says it plans to shift most of its vehicle development resources to zero-emission vehicles by 2025 and predicts that battery and hydrogen-powered trucks could be competitive with diesels on cost later this decade.
2 min |
Techlife News #499
Techlife News
BEST BUY RAISES 2021 COMPARABLE STORE SALES EXPECTATIONS
Three months after saying that comparable-store sales may actually fall in 2021, Best Buy on Thursday released a much more optimistic outlook after reporting booming sales in the first quarter.
2 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
GM'S NEWEST VEHICLE: OFF-ROAD, SELF-DRIVING ROVER FOR MOON
General Motors is teaming up with Lockheed Martin to produce the ultimate off-road, self-driving, electric vehicles — for the moon.
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