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Google to Keep Most of Its Employees at Home Until July 2021
Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering assessment of the pandemic’s potential staying power from the company providing the answers for the world’s most trusted internet search engine.
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July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Can You Trust Your Mobile Payment App?
Money transfer apps including Venmo, Cash App and PayPal have surged in popularity during the pandemic as people seek safe, contactless ways to send and receive money. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand the limitations of these payment platforms or how they can put someone’s finances at risk.
4 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Australian Watchdog Accuses Google of Privacy Breaches
Australia’s consumer watchdog launched court action against Google this week alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data.
3 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
GUIDE DOGS HELPING BLIND RUNNERS STAY FIT DESPITE PANDEMIC
Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a guide. But Thomas Panek has no problem because his running guide, Blaze, is a Labrador retriever.
4 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TUMBLES IN JULY AS COVID-19 SPREADS
U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in July to a reading of 92.6 as coronavirus infections spread in many parts of the country.
1 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
NASA'S NEXT MARS ROVER IS BRAWNIEST AND BRAINIEST ONE YET
With eight successful Mars landings, NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover.
3 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
U.S. AGENCY: PANDEMIC MASKS THWARTING FACE RECOGNITION TECH
Having a tough time recognizing your neighbors behind their pandemic masks? Computers are finding it more difficult, too.
2 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
XBOX: TAKING YOUR PLAY TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH SERIES X
Games Showcase, we edged even closer to the release of one of the world’s most advanced gaming machines.
6 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRGIN GALACTIC SHOWS OFF PASSENGER SPACESHIP CABIN INTERIOR
Passengers flying Virgin Galactic on suborbital trips into space will be able to see themselves floating weightless against the backdrop of the Earth below while 16 cameras document the adventures, the company said.
2 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA INDIAN TRIBE GETS BACK BIG SUR ANCESTRAL LANDS
A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s scenic Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement nearly 250 years ago.
1 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' delayed indefinitely by virus
Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which had hoped to herald Hollywood’s return to big theatrical releases, has yet again postponed its release due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
US Moves One Steo Closer To Letting The Boeing 737 Max Fly
Federal safety regulators are moving closer to letting the grounded Boeing 737 Max fly again with changes that Boeing made to the plane after two deadly crashes.
1 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Alibaba-Backed Ant Group To Go Public in Shanghai, Hong Kong
Ant Group, the online payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, announced plans for an initial public stock offering that could become the world’s biggest since the coronavirus pandemic began.
2 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
CAN A PREGNANT WOMAN SPREAD THE CORONAVIRUS TO HER FETUS?
Can a pregnant woman spread the coronavirus to her fetus?
1 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
FLORIDA MOVES AHEAD WITH MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLE PLANS
Florida is moving ahead with plans to dramatically expand its network of electric vehicle charging stations along major interstates and highways.
3 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
STATES SET GOALS TO JUMP-START TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC TRUCKS
A coalition of states is following California’s lead in setting goals to jump-start a transition to electric-powered trucks, vans and buses in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality for communities choked by diesel fumes.
3 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
FAST LANE: REVVING THE ENGINES ON NEW APPLE CARKEY FEATURE
Though we might still be a few years off the long-rumored Apple Car, this year’s WWDC did not disappoint, lifting the trunk on some exciting new car-related features.
6 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Q&A: WHAT'S BEHIND THE TWITTER BITCOIN HACK?
Hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of world leaders, celebrities and tech moguls last week in one of the most high-profile security breaches in recent years, highlighting a major flaw with the service millions of people have come to rely on as an essential communications tool.
3 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
DISNEY CUTS BACK ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM ADS
The Walt Disney Co. has “dramatically” slashed its advertising budget on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
1 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
NASA'S HUBBLE SUCCESSOR DELAYED AGAIN BY VIRUS, OTHER ISSUES
The launch of NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope faces seven more months of delay, this time because of the pandemic and technical issues.
2 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
US Cybercom Virtual War Game Girds Against Increased Threats
Foreign hackers are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to undermine institutions and threaten critical infrastructure, a top U.S. military cyber official said.
2 min |
July 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
LOOK OUT, MARS: HERE WE COME WITH A FLEET OF SPACECRAFT
Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth — big time.
5 min |
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AppleMagazine
ANALOG DEVICES BUYS MAXIM, CREATING $68 BILLION CHIPMAKER
Computer chip maker Analog Devices is buying Maxim Integrated in an all-stock deal that will create a company worth about $68 billion, and strengthens its position in the analog semiconductor sector.
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AppleMagazine
WHITE HOUSEBACKED CAMPAIGN PUSHES ALTERNATE CAREER PATHS
Presidential adviser Ivanka Trump unveiled a White House-backed national ad campaign highlighting alternative ways to start a career, an initiative targeting students, mid-career workers and the millions of people who are now unemployed because of the coronavirus.
3 min |
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AppleMagazine
SILICON: HOW IT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE COMPUTING
At this year’s virtual WWDC, Apple announced plans to move away from Intel-based Macs to custom silicon, perhaps one of the biggest changes to the Mac since its introduction in 1984.
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AppleMagazine
APPLE WINS BIG EU COURT CASE OVER $15 BILLION IN TAXES
A European Union court on Wednesday delivered a hammer blow to the bloc’s attempts to rein in multinationals’ ability to strike special tax deals with individual EU countries when it ruled that Apple does not have to pay 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland.
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NBC'S VIDEO SERVICE PEACOCK STRESSES ‘FREE,' LOOKS TO 2021
Peacock, one of the last major streaming services to launch in the U.S., was supposed to get a big boost this summer by carrying the Olympics. That was out the window once the coronavirus pandemic delayed the Games until 2021.
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AppleMagazine
GAMES MAKER UBISOFT SHAKES UP STAFF AMID MISCONDUCT PROBE
French gaming giant Ubisoft is parting ways with its creative director and two other executives and promising zero tolerance for “toxic” staff behavior following an internal investigation of misconduct and media reports of sexual harassment and other workplace abuse.
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AppleMagazine
AMAZON UNVEILS SHOPPING CART THAT KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE BUYING
Amazon has a new cure for long supermarket lines: a smart shopping cart.
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AppleMagazine
UBER BUYS POSTMATES, UPS DELIVERY GAME IN $2.65 BILLION DEAL
Uber has widened its reach in the fiercely competitive delivery market by acquiring Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, the company said.
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