AppleMagazine
AMAZON WON'T HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN BACK TAXES AFTER WINNING EU CASE
Amazon won’t have to pay about 250 million euros ($273 million) in back taxes after European Union judges ruled in favor of the U.S. e-commerce giant, dealing a defeat to the 27-nation bloc in its efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance.
1 min |
December 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
ADOBE CALLS OFF $20 BILLION DEAL FOR FIGMA AFTER PUSHBACK FROM EUROPE OVER POSSIBLE ANTITRUST ISSUES
Adobe’s planned $20 billion acquisition of online design company Figma is being called off due to pushback in Europe over antitrust concerns, the companies said this week.
1 min |
December 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
PRINCE HARRY'S PHONE HACKING VICTORY IS A LANDMARK IN THE LONG SAGA OF BRITISH TABLOID MISCONDUCT
Prince Harry’s victory against Mirror Group Newspapers over what a British judge called “habitual” illegal activity is a landmark moment in the long and twisting saga of lawbreaking by Britain’s tabloid press.
4 min |
December 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET WALTZES THROUGH THE WHIMSICAL 'WONKA' BUT ROALD DAHL'S DARING IS MISSING
The original 1971 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” may have been a delicious dream, lined with trees of gumballs and fields of lollipops.
4 min |
December 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
GOOD NEWS FOR LATE HOLIDAY SHOPPERS: RETAILERS ARE IMPROVING THEIR DELIVERY SPEEDS
Haven’t ordered any of your holiday gifts yet?
4 min |
December 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
HOW TO MANAGE HOLIDAY SPENDING WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT
For Nicole Plauché and her family, Christmas is the time of the year where they can use their preferred love language: gift giving.
4 min |
December 22, 2023
AppleMagazine
A Group Representing TikTok, Meta, and X Sues Utah Over Strict New Limits on App Use for Minors
A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah this week over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children and teens to obtain parental consent to use social media apps.
2 min |
December 22, 2023
Techlife News
IN HYPOCHONDRIA PARADOX, SWEDISH STUDY FINDS A HIGHER DEATH RATE IN THOSE WHO FEAR SERIOUS ILLNESS
A large Swedish study has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren't hypervigilant about health concerns.
2 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
POPE, ONCE A VICTIM OF AI-GENERATED IMAGERY, CALLS FOR TREATY TO REGULATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Pope Francis on Thursday called for an international treaty to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically, arguing that the risks of technology lacking human values of compassion, mercy, morality and forgiveness are too great.
3 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
WHAT SMALL BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NEW REGULATIONS GOING INTO 2024
Regulations are a double-edged sword. They're created to improve business dealings, discourage unfair or illegal business activity, and protect workers.
4 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
FDA APPROVES 2 GENE THERAPIES FOR SICKLE CELL. ONE IS THE FIRST TO USE THE EDITING TOOL CRISPR
Regulators approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S.
4 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
WHAT TESLA AUTOPILOT DOES, WHY IT'S BEING RECALLED AND HOW THE COMPANY PLANS TO FIX IT
Tesla introduced Autopilot software in October of 2015 with CEO Elon Musk heralding it as a profound experience for people.
2 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
iOS Journal
THE NEW APP FOR WRITING ABOUT MOMENTS & OPTIMIZING YOUR TIME
4 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS NEW HAMPSHIRE COMPUTER CHIP PLANT THE FIRST TO GET FUNDING FROM CHIPS LAW
This would be the initial allocation of incentives from last year's bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, which provides more than $52 billion to boost the development and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States.
2 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
AWS CHIEF ADAM SELIPSKY TALKS GENERATIVE AI, AMAZON'S INVESTMENT IN ANTHROPIC AND CLOUD COST CUTTING
Adam Selipsky is shepherding Amazon's cloud unit at one of the most important moments in tech history.
4 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
EPIC WINS ITS ANTITRUST LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PLAY STORE. WHAT DOES THIS VERDICT MEAN FOR GOOGLE?
Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company's payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers.
3 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
WHAT IS CARBON CAPTURE AND WHY DOES IT KEEP COMING UP AT COP28?
The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet.
5 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
US AGENCY TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD REQUIRING NEW VEHICLES TO PREVENT DRUNK OR IMPAIRED DRIVING
U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired driving.
1 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
WHAT DID YOU GOOGLE IN 2023? 'BARBIE.' ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR ARE AMONG THE YEAR'S TOP INTERNET SEARCHES
Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived.
2 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
HOLIDAY CROWDS AT AIRPORTS AND ON HIGHWAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EVEN BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR
More Americans are expected to fly or drive far from home over Christmas than did last year, putting a cap on a busy year for travel.
2 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
2023: THE YEAR WE PLAYED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND WEREN'T SURE WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 - it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people's science fiction fantasies of human-like machines.
4 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
PEW SURVEY: YOUTUBE TOPS TEENS' SOCIAL-MEDIA DIET, WITH ROUGHLY A SIXTH USING IT ALMOST CONSTANTLY
Teen usage of social media hasn't dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents, a survey from the Pew Research Institute found.
1 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
MAINE IS CONSIDERING CALIFORNIA-STYLE INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES
Maine environmental regulators are set to decide next week whether the state should join others in adopting California-style regulations to drastically limit the sale of new gas-powered vehicles.
2 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
'LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND' IS A TERRIFIC BLEND OF THRILLER, DISASTER AND SATIRE
Imagine that it's close to midnight and there's a knock at the door of your luxurious weekend rental home. A man is standing there, calmly apologizing.
2 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
EUROPE REACHES A DEAL ON THE WORLD'S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE AI RULES
European Union negotiators clinched a deal on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.
4 min |
December 16, 2023
Techlife News
NEW YORK PLEDGES $1B ON CHIP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN ALBANY IN BID FOR JOBS, FEDERAL GRANTS
New York state will spend $1 billion to expand research into chip technology in Albany, the state's capital, with the goal of turning the region into a global center of semiconductor research and manufacturing, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week.
1 min |
December 16, 2023
AppleMagazine
'Leave the World Behind' is a Terrific Blend of Thriller, Disaster and Satire
Imagine that it's close to midnight and there's a knock at the door of your luxurious weekend rental home. A man is standing there, calmly apologizing.
2 min |
December 15, 2023
AppleMagazine
FDA APPROVES 2 GENE THERAPIES FOR SICKLE CELL. ONE IS THE FIRST TO USE THE EDITING TOOL CRISPR
Regulators approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S.
4 min |
December 15, 2023
AppleMagazine
PEW SURVEY: YOUTUBE TOPS TEENS' SOCIAL-MEDIA DIET, WITH ROUGHLY A SIXTH USING IT ALMOST CONSTANTLY
Teen usage of social media hasn't dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents, a survey from the Pew Research Institute found.
1 min |
December 15, 2023
AppleMagazine
AWS CHIEF ADAM SELIPSKY TALKS GENERATIVE AI, AMAZON'S INVESTMENT IN ANTHROPIC AND CLOUD COST CUTTING
Adam Selipsky is shepherding Amazon's cloud unit at one of the most important moments in tech history.
4 min |