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AppleMagazine
TO HELP DISTANCE LEARNING ABSENTEES, EDUCATORS GO SLEUTHING
After a knock on his door, third-grade student Jamie-Lee emerged to see his school principal smiling at him from his doorstep. She held out her arms, offering a socially distant “air hug,” and told the boy how much she’d missed him since the pandemic closed their school building.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
STREAMING REVOLUTION: PROTESTERS MAKE POINT WITH VIRAL CLIPS
Hundreds of protesters marched up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue last week, their signs and chants demanding police reform captured from within their ranks by dozens of camera phones.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
PS5: GET READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF GAMING
It’s been almost seven years since Sony announced the PlayStation 4, and boy has a lot changed since then.
7 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC LEADS TO A BICYCLE BOOM, AND SHORTAGE, AROUND WORLD
Fitness junkies locked out of gyms, commuters fearful of public transit, and families going stir crazy inside their homes during the coronavirus pandemic have created a boom in bicycle sales unseen in decades.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
OSCARS TO SET BEST PICTURE NOMS AT 10, INCLUSION STANDARDS
The Oscars are implementing some big changes, including a set number of best picture nominees and to-be-determined representation and inclusion standards for eligibility.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
EU AUTHORITIES OPEN TWIN APPLE ANTITRUST INVESTIGATIONS
European Union regulators opened two investigations into Apple’s mobile app store and payment platform over concerns its practices distort competition, opening a new front in the EU’s battle against the dominance of big tech companies.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
TWITTER REMOVES CHINA-LINKED ACCOUNTS SPREADING FALSE NEWS
Twitter has removed a vast network of accounts that it says is linked to the Chinese government and was pushing false information favorable to the country’s communist rulers. Beijing denied involvement and said the company should instead take down accounts smearing China.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
MILLENNIAL MONEY: UNLOCK SAVINGS WITH CREDIT CARD BENEFITS
A few days after buying a sweater at Macy’s, Erin Chisman returned to get the same one in a different color, only to realize it was 50% off. Upon seeing the new price tag, the Wisconsin-based business owner was determined to save.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
COACHES, PLAYERS MAKE BEST OF NFL'S 1ST VIRTUAL OFFSEASON
Turns out there’s only so much that can be done virtually.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
BEZOS MAY TESTIFY ON BIG TECH, BUT WITH OTHER CEOS
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is willing to testify to the congressional panel investigating the market dominance of Big Tech, but along with other tech industry CEOs, lawyers for the company say, according to a published report.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #451
AppleMagazine
Confusion Reigns As UN Scrambles Mask, Virus Spread Advice
It’s an issue that’s been argued about for months, both by experts and by people strolling through parks all over the world: Can people who don’t feel sick spread the coronavirus, and if so should we all be wearing masks to stop it?
4 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
Virus Slows Dubai Airport, World's Busiest For Global Travel
Perhaps nowhere is the world’s lack of flights due to the coronavirus pandemic more clearly felt than at Dubai International Airport, for years the world’s busiest for international travel.
2 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
HBO MAX REMOVES ‘GONE WITH THE WIND,' WILL ADD CONTEXT
HBO Max has temporarily removed “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South.
2 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
SPACEX OPENS ERA OF AMATEUR ASTRONAUTS, COSMIC MOVIE SETS
SpaceX’s debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA’s grand plan for commercializing Earth’s backyard.
5 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
GAME ON: APPLE'S PLANS FOR LIVE SPORTS DOMINANCE
As Apple ramps up work on innovative, immersive sports viewing technology and throws a punch at Amazon by pilfering one of its executives to head up a new sports division, it’s clear that the company is game set and match.
6 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
STARBUCKS TAKES $3 BILLION HIT TO REVENUE DURING PANDEMIC
Starbucks expects to lose more than $3 billion in revenue in its fiscal third quarter due to the new coronavirus, but said the disruption to its business should subside through the rest of the year.
2 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
FORD, VW TO COLLABORATE ON VANS, PICKUP, ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Ford and Volkswagen will each offer a small city van, a larger cargo van, a small pickup truck and an electric vehicle as part of their global alliance announced last year.
1 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE 10 BEST MOVIES RELEASED SINCE THEATERS WERE SHUTTERED
Believe it or not, a lot of new films have been released since movie theaters were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic — and a lot of good films.
4 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
FARM-TO-TABLE DINING TAKES ON NEW MEANING AMID PANDEMIC
Eric Pray is used to shipping seafood all over the country. But since the coronavirus took hold, he has shifted his focus closer to home — selling lobsters from a homemade tank in his garage.
3 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
Trump As Thug Or Hero? Depends On What Network You Watch
It was a split-screen for the ages on MSNBC Monday: on the left side, President Donald Trump talking about restoring law and order. On the right, a tear-gassed young woman vomiting in a Washington street.
2 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
Blast-Off: The New Era Of Private Space Exploration
The future of space exploration has never been so exciting.
7 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
Brands Weigh In On National Protests Over Police Brutality
As thousands of protesters take to the streets in response to police killings of black people, companies are wading into the national conversation but taking care to get their messaging right.
4 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
Zoom Booms as Pandemic Drives Millions To Its Video Service
Zoom Video Communications is rapidly emerging as the latest internet gold mine as millions of people flock to its conferencing service to see colleagues, friends, and family while tethered to their homes during the pandemic.
3 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
SPACEX CAPTURES THE FLAG, BEATING BOEING IN COSMIC CONTEST
The first astronauts launched by SpaceX declared victory Monday in NASA’s cosmic capture-the-flag game.
3 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
INTERVIEW: FRENCH MINISTER CONFIDENT IN VIRUS TRACING APP
As France is easing most virus-related restrictions this week, the French government is confident its contact-tracing app will be effective in the process to contain the spread of the pandemic, despite skepticism and worries about privacy.
3 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE AMERICAN STORY, SPLINTERED, AND THOSE VYING TO TELL IT
What does the United States of America mean?
5 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
FUTURE OF STADIUMS, ARENAS PROMISES HIGH TECH, LOW CAPACITY
The smell of barbecue wafts through the parking lots hours before kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium, and when the first salvo of fireworks explode overhead, thousands of Chiefs fans begin to march en masse toward the entrance gates.
6 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
IN VIRUS-HIT SOUTH KOREA, AI MONITORS LONELY ELDERS
In a cramped office in eastern Seoul, Hwang Seungwon points a remote control toward a huge NASA-like overhead screen stretching across one of the walls.
4 min |
June 05, 2020
AppleMagazine
‘Wonder Woman 1984,' ‘In The Heights' Postponed Due To Virus
Warner Bros. delayed the summer release of “Wonder Woman 1984” and removed the adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” from its schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
Zoom: Thriving In a Virtual Enviroment
As billions of professionals tackle the transition from working in an office environment to staying productive at home, software like Zoom has exploded in popularity, climbing from 10 million daily users to 300 million.
6 min |