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OSCAR WINS FOR ‘CODA' BRING TEARS, ELATION TO DEAF COMMUNITY
When “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture in Los Angeles, movie stars from Samuel L. Jackson to Nicole Kidman waved their hands instead of clapping — recognition of a culture and community that proudly calls itself Deaf.
4 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
MEDIA MEASURING COMPANY NIELSEN TO BE ACQUIRED IN $16B DEAL
Nielsen is being acquired for $16 billion, including debt, about a week after the media measurement company rejected a smaller offer earlier this month.
2 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
INSIDER Q&A: EX-GOOGLE AI SKEPTIC TIMNIT GEBRU STARTS ANEW
When she co-led Google’s Ethical AI team, Timnit Gebru was a prominent insider voice questioning the tech industry’s approach to artificial intelligence.
6 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
VIETNAMESE CARMAKER TO BUILD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN N CAROLINA
A Vietnamese automaker announced plans to build a plant in North Carolina to manufacture electric vehicles, promising to bring 7,500 jobs and ending the state’s streak of near-misses for landing carmakers.
3 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
iPhone for Rent: Apple's considering new hardware subscription plan
As Apple continues to ramp up its subscription services to bolster revenue streams, the Cupertino company is now reportedly considering moving into the hardware subscription sphere, offering some of its most iconic products, like iPhones and iPads, on monthly plans.
5 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
ENERGY AGENCY: ‘RADICAL ACTION' NEEDED TO HIT CLIMATE GOALS
The world must take “radical action” by investing $5.7 trillion in private and public money each year through 2030 to shift away from fossil fuels and ensure the planetary warming they cause doesn’t pass dangerous thresholds, the International Renewable Energy Agency says.
3 min |
April 01, 2022
AppleMagazine
Apple's New Budget iPhone Will Be Faster and More Expensive
Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its budget-priced iPhone that’s capable of connecting to ultrafast 5G wireless networks, an upgrade that’s already been available on the company’s upscale models for more than a year.
3 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
STELLANTIS, LG TO MAKE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES IN ONTARIO
A joint venture between Stellantis and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution plans to build a large electric vehicle battery factory in Windsor, Ontario, employing about 2,500 people just across a river from Detroit.
1 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
TESLA OPENS ‘GIGAFACTORY' NEAR BERLIN, ITS 1ST IN EUROPE
Electric car manufacturer Tesla opened its first European factory Tuesday on the outskirts of Berlin in an effort to challenge German automakers on their home turf.
1 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
LAWSUIT SAYS GOOGLEDISCRIMINATES AGAINST BLACK WORKERS
A former Google employee sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of unfair treatment for its Black workers. The suit claims the company steered them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjected them to a hostile work environment if they speak out.
2 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
FORMER APPLE EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING $10 MILLION
A former Apple employee has been charged with defrauding the tech giant out of more than $10 million by taking kickbacks, stealing equipment and laundering money, federal prosecutors said.
1 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
SEC CLAIMS AUTHORITY TO SUBPOENA ELON MUSK ABOUT TWEETS
U.S. securities regulators say they have legal authority to subpoena Tesla and CEO Elon Musk about his tweets, and that Musk’s move to throw out a 2018 court agreement that his tweets be pre-approved is not valid.
3 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
RUSSIA COURT BANS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM ON ‘EXTREMISM' CHARGES
A Moscow court banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case against their parent company, Meta.
1 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
NASA HEAD: WE HAVE COOPERATION WITH OUR RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson played down recent comments by the head of Russia’s space agency that the United States would have to use broomsticks to fly to space after Russia said it would stop supplying rocket engines to U.S. companies.
1 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
POWELL: DIGITAL CURRENCIES WILL REQUIRE NEW REGULATIONS
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said new forms of digital money such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins present risks to the U.S. financial system and will require new rules to protect consumers.
2 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
iMac vs Studio
Two powerful desktop options to upgrade your station
5 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2022 OSCARS
Final preparations are underway for the 94th Academy Awards and a long awaited return to Hollywood’s glamourous normalcy after a muted ceremony and ratings low last year.
3 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN ATOM-SMASHERS PONDER RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S INVASION
The Geneva-area research center that houses the world’s largest atom smasher is grappling with ways to punish Russia’s government while protecting Russian researchers who work to help solve the deepest mysteries of the universe.
3 min |
March 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
US Astronaut to Ride Russian Spacecraft Home During Tensions
US astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries.
5 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
War Censorship Exposes Putin's Leaky Internet Controls
Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s so-called Great Firewall.
6 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
War in Ukraine Disrupts Key Supply Chains and Lives
It can be hard to measure the ways that Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and raw materials needed to complete a variety of products – from cars to computer chips.
4 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
TIRED OF WAITING FOR DRIVERLESS VEHICLES? HEAD TO A FARM
For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
iPad Air
The power of the M1 processor & 5G connection
6 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
HOUSE DEMS SEEK PROBE OF USPS PLAN FOR NEW MAIL TRUCK FLEET
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
INTEL UNVEILS $88B CHIPMAKING EXPANSION PLAN FOR EUROPE
U.S. chipmaker Intel unveiled plans this week to invest up to 80 billion euros ($88 billion) across Europe as part of an ambitious expansion aimed at evening out imbalances in the global semiconductor industry that have led to big chip shortages.
2 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
IN AMERICA, A FEW DAYS IN MARCH 2020 ECHO TWO YEARS LATER
The conversations went like this: It will be just a few days. It can be kept at bay. There will be some inconvenience, sure, but the world will merely be paused — just a short break, out of an abundance of caution, and certainly not any kind of major grinding to a halt. Certainly not for two years.
4 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
IN ‘THE ADAM PROJECT,' A BLOCKBUSTER THERAPY SESSION
Pathos and action are found in equal parts in “ The Adam Project,” the latest attempt by Netflix to create the kind of throwback blockbuster that you might have paid to see in movie theaters.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
HACKED US COMPANIES TO FACE NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress.
3 min |
March 18, 2022
AppleMagazine
A Free-forall but No Crippling Cyberattacks in Ukraine War
Russia has some of the best hackers in the world, but in the early days of the war in Ukraine, its ability to create mayhem through malware hasn’t had much of a noticeable impact.
5 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
‘HODL': A Typo Takes Hold as a Sound Cryptocurrency Strategy
Late in 2013, with bitcoin prices in the middle of a steep dip, a post appeared in an online forum featuring a misspelling that would become legendary: “I AM HODLING.”
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