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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.”
4 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
Studio Beyond Pro: The new M1 Ultra Mac powerhouse
Apple tore up the rulebook at its March Peek Performance event, introducing a range of new products including the Mac Studio and a stunning new Studio Display.
5 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX, TIKTOK BLOCK SERVICES IN RUSSIA TO AVOID CRACKDOWN
Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
2 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT CLOSES ON $16 BILLION ACQUISITION OF NUANCE
Microsoft has closed on its approximately $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance.
1 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
CYBER FIRM: AT LEAST 6 US STATE GOVERNMENTS HACKED BY CHINA
Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year, according to a report released this week by a private cybersecurity firm.
2 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 VS. TESLA MODEL Y
Consumer appetites for small SUVs seem insatiable, and as electrification reaches every corner of the automotive landscape, a spotlight has appeared over compact EV SUVs.
3 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
GEORGIA SENATE PASSES BILL SEEKING TO REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA
The Georgia state Senate voted 33-21 on Tuesday to pass a bill that seeks to prohibit social media platforms from removing or censoring content amid an outcry from conservatives that their political views are being discriminated against, even though a similar Texas law has been put on hold by a federal court.
2 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
APPLE, MLB ANNOUNCE ‘FRIDAY NIGHT BASEBALL' PACKAGE
Apple will enter the live sports coverage arena with “Friday Night Baseball.”
1 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
APPLE INVESTORS URGE COMPANY TO UNDERGO CIVIL RIGHTS AUDIT
Apple’s shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo an independent audit assessing its treatment of female and minority employees, delivering a rare rebuke to a management team that runs the world’s most valuable company.
3 min |
March 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
Amazon's Voice Assistant Alexa to Start Seeking Doctor Help
If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon one.
4 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
Weather Satellite Rockets to Orbit to Monitor US West
America’s newest weather satellite blasted off Tuesday to improve wildfire and flood forecasting across the western half of the country.
2 min |
March 04, 2022
AppleMagazine
HEAT WAVE A GLIMPSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE'S IMPACT IN N. AMERICA
The U.S. Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke.
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