Techlife News
ADDICTED TO THE OLYMPICS A TURNAROUND THE PEACOCK STREAMING SERVICE PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED FOR
Four boxes with live Olympics action filled Peacock’s screen during its “Gold Zone” show one afternoon this week — one showing women hammer toss competitors, another with long jumpers going aloft, a third with racers leaping hurdles and the last showing the minutes counting down in the U.S.-Germany women’s soccer match.
3 min |
August 10, 2024
Techlife News
X Network
CELEBRATING A YEAR OF TRANSFORMING THE NEWS LANDSCAPE
4 min |
August 10, 2024
Techlife News
BOEING'S NEW CEO VISITS FACTORY THAT MAKES THE 737 MAX, INCLUDING JET THAT LOST DOOR PLUG IN FLIGHT
A new chief executive takes over at Boeing on Thursday, and he plans to walk the floor of the factory near Seattle that has become the heart of the aerospace giant’s troubles.
3 min |
August 10, 2024
Techlife News
DELTA FACING CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER TECH OUTAGE; CUSTOMERS SEEKING REFUNDS
Delta Air Lines is facing a class action lawsuit, which claims the airline refused to give refunds following a global technology outage last month.
1 min |
August 10, 2024
AppleMagazine
A JUDGE HAS BRANDED GOOGLE A MONOPOLIST, BUT AI MAY BRING ABOUT QUICKER CHANGE IN INTERNET SEARCH
A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors. But how do you go about creating alternatives to a search engine that’s synonymous with internet exploration?
4 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
F1 ARCADE LAUNCHING LOCATIONS WHERE RACE SIMULATORS ARE ONLY PART OF THE EXPERIENCE
The low hum of a high-tech engine greets you when you first open the door to the F1 Arcade in Boston’s burgeoning Seaport District. Inside, the ceilings glow red with the outlines of the world’s iconic Formula 1 tracks.
3 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE ILLEGALLY MAINTAINS MONOPOLY OVER INTERNET SEARCH, JUDGE RULES
A judge this week ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies.
5 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
NVIDIA IS FACING AN ANTITRUST PROBE FROM US REGULATORS AMID COMPETITOR COMPLAINTS, REPORT SAYS
Antitrust tensions are heating up in the chipmaking industry.
1 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
WHAT INVESTORS SHOULD DO WHEN THERE IS MORE VOLATILITY IN THE MARKET
U.S. stocks are bouncing back after the market experienced its worst day in two years on Monday, but the average investor may still be understandably spooked.
3 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK SUES OPENAI, RENEWING CLAIMS CHATGPT-MAKER PUT PROFITS BEFORE 'THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY'
This week Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAl and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, renewing claims that the ChatGPT-maker betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits.
1 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
APPLE BREAKS OUT OF RECENT SALES SLUMP AS IT GEARS UP TO MAKE ITS LEAP INTO THE AI CRAZE
Apple snapped out of a prolonged sales slump during its most recent quarter as the trendsetting company prepares to launch into the artificial intelligence craze with an arsenal of new technology that's expected to juice demand for its next iPhone.
2 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
FINANCIAL MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD STABILIZE AFTER RECENT ROUT. HERE'S WHAT TO KNOW
Markets on Wall Street and in Asia are stabilizing Tuesday following a mini-panic caused by an assortment of factors that stretched from late last week through Monday.
4 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
X Network
CELEBRATING A YEAR OF TRANSFORMING THE NEWS LANDSCAPE
4 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
SONY REPORTS HIGHER PROFITS ON HEALTHY DEMAND FOR ITS VIDEO GAMES, MOVIES AND MUSIC
Sony’s profit rose 6.5% in the last quarter on robust demand for its video games, films and music, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said this week.
1 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
MICROPLASTICS ARE EVERYWHERE.BUT ARE THEY HARMING US?
Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water.
3 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
CHIPMAKER INTEL TO CUT 15.000 JOBS AS TRIES TO REVIVE ITS BUSINESS AND COMPETE WITH RIVALS
Chipmaker Intel says it is cutting 15% of its huge workforce — about 15,000 jobs — as it tries to turn its business around to compete with more successful rivals like Nvidia and AMD.
3 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA'S TWO BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS BOTCHED AI DEALS.HERE ARE LESSONS FROM THEIR MISTAKES.
With all the hubris of a startup founder, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, took to the stage in March to launch Ed the chatbot.
6 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
3220 22227 AIRBNB'S SECOND-QUARTER PROFIT FELL 15% DESPITE ITS REVENUE RISING 11% ON STRONGER BOOKINGS
Airbnb says its profit fell 15% in the second quarter from a year earlier, as higher income taxes cut into the short-term rental giant’s bottom line even as bookings and revenue rose.
2 min |
August 09, 2024
AppleMagazine
TESLA ATTORNEYS ASK JUDGE TO VACATE DECISION INVALIDATING MASSIVE PAY PACKAGE FOR ELON MUSK
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August 09, 2024
Stereophile
Mind Games to the bottom of the rabbit hole
After a wild decade in the biggest pop music group ever, John Lennon's post-Beatles years were spent in protest, in various kinds of therapy, in immigration court, and in search of a new musical identity.
4 min |
September 2024
Stereophile
Riding the Common Wave
In the e-commerce era, brick-and-mortar dealerships must give customers compelling reasons to stop by. Los Angeles hi-fi dealership Common Wave's owner Wesley Katzir keeps customers coming through the door with a simple idea: that music matters in our everyday lives and that what he enjoys, other people will enjoy, too.
4 min |
September 2024
Stereophile
Trane meets the Motor City
Detroit became a destination for migrating African Americans early, starting with the Underground Railroad; the city's proximity to Canada was convenient for those seeking to escape Southern slavery.
4 min |
September 2024
Stereophile
My last Far East trip
First comes the anticipation, that initial jet of warm water, that miraculous searching, finding the sweet spot, then heaven on earth as it cleans and caresses.
4 min |
September 2024
Sound & Vision
Planar-Magnetic Attraction
THE DIPTYQUE DP 115 speakers are a new model 2-way, ribbon, and planar magnetic driver dipole \"isodynamic\" speaker system designed and built in France.
10 min |
August - September 2024
Stereophile
Dynaudio Contour 30i
Ah, Denmark. Land of the Vikings and blue-eyed, blond-haired folk with faces sculpted just so.
10+ min |
September 2024
Sound & Vision
The Big Clean
Chances are you probably do not think about the state of your electronic devices too often. Oh, you might think about all the upgrades you would like to make; where you would put those new tower speakers, or how a second or third subwoofer would really tame those bass modes in your room, or how much more cinematic a larger screen would be. Sure, you think about that part of your system. But how often do you think about the well-being of your system?
5 min |
August - September 2024
Stereophile
Dan D'Agostino Relentless
In Serinusland, smooth sailing has never been guaranteed. Some months back, for reasons not yet determined, my Stromtank S 2500 Quantum MK II power regenerator¹ began to hum mechanically-sometimes steadily, sometimes with a pulse-whenever I turned on battery mode.
10+ min |
September 2024
Sound & Vision
Party Animal
FOR ANY party, the Soundcore Boom 2 Plus Outdoor Bass Bluetooth Speaker is an essential invite.
7 min |
August - September 2024
Sound & Vision
Classic Sound with Streaming Smarts
THE TWENTIETH century had its Roaring Twenties; welcome to the twenty-first's Streaming Twenties.
10+ min |
August - September 2024
Stereophile
Adventures in Schwabylon
\"Schwabing isn't a neighborhood, but a state of being,\" declared the Countess Fanny zu Reventlow, an early feminist who scandalized German society by parenting out of wedlock, carrying a revolver, and practicing what today tends to be called ethical nonmonogamy.
10+ min |