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AppleMagazine
NEW TONE ON VIRUS FOR FOX NEWS STARS – TO A POINT
Fox News Channel’s influential prime-time lineup is starting to reflect the changed realities of the coronavirus outbreak, without embracing old enemies.
4 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
MORE WIPES, NO JEANS: AMAZON LIMITS SHIPMENTS TO WAREHOUSES
To make room for toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other items in high demand during the global viral pandemic, Amazon said it is limiting what brands and independent sellers can send to its warehouses for the next three weeks.
1 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
Economic Toll of Virus Goes Global and Hits Close to Home
Seven weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the U.S., the spread of the virus that causes the disease has done widespread damage to critical economic sectors in the country.
6 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
Behind The Scenes, Scientists Prep For Covid-19 Vaccine Test
A team of scientists jostled for a view of the lab dish, staring impatiently for the first clue that an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus just might work.
5 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
Amid Virus Crisis, Officials Announce Health Care Tech Rules
With coronavirus topping Americans’ concerns, senior Trump administration officials tried to switch subjects by announcing final rules aimed at delivering on the unfulfilled promise of electronic health records.
3 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
IT'S CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF IRON RAIN AT HOT, FARAWAY WORLD
At one hot, faraway world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.
2 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
VERMONT SUES WEB-SCRAPING FACIAL RECOGNITION FIRM
The state of Vermont is suing a data broker that it says uses facial recognition technology to map the faces of Vermonters, including children, and then sells access to the data to private businesses, individuals and law enforcement.
1 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
DOCTORS TRY 1ST CRISPR EDITING IN THE BODY FOR BLINDNESS
Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone’s body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases.
3 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
TWITTER IN DEAL WITH SILVER LAKE, ELLIOTT; DORSEY STILL CEO
Twitter says it’s reached an investment deal with Silver Lake and Elliott Management that will keep Jack Dorsey as the social media company’s CEO.
1 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA AG DROPS CHALLENGE TO T-MOBILE-SPRINT MERGER
California’s attorney general said that the state will not appeal a judge’s decision approving T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion purchase of Sprint.
1 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
NEXT GEN: NEW WAVES OF MACS ON THE WAY
Though Apple has been pivoting towards its consumer market in recent years with upgrades to iPads, iPhones, and Apple Watches, the company hasn’t forgotten about its everlucrative macOS user base and looks set to overhaul its entire desktop portfolio in the months ahead.
7 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
EDITED BIDEN VIDEO PORTENDS SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES IN 2020
As former Vice President Joe Biden’s drive for the White House gains momentum, the 77-year-old’s political opponents on both the right and left have launched an internet campaign suggesting he’s not mentally or physically equipped to serve — sometimes using altered content and other disinformation to make their case.
4 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
STREAMING WARS: MUSIC REVENUE UP & THE TRILLION-DOLLAR TV BATTLE
With 79% of music industry revenue coming from streaming and digital sales at an all-time low, it’s clear the future of entertainment is via subscriptions.
7 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
Media Faces Challenges In Covering Coronavirus Outbreak
Covering the coronavirus story requires careful navigation and constant attention.
5 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS SPREAD PROMPTS FED TO SLASH RATES IN SURPRISE MOVE
In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronavirus.
5 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
TWITTER PREPS EPHEMERAL TWEETS, STARTS TESTING IN BRAZIL
Twitter is starting to test tweets that disappear after 24 hours, although initially only in Brazil.
1 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
TEENS LOVE THE VIDEO APP TIKTOK. DO THEY LOVE IT TOO MUCH?
From the perspective of teens, TikTok is a major new outlet for self-expression, one proudly home to the silly, the loud and the weird.
5 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
HIGH-TECH CHICAGO EXHIBIT PUTS VISITORS EYE-TO-EYE WITH MLK
Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world’s most famous speeches that you notice the creases in his face and then realize the late civil rights leader is looking you square in the eye.
3 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
GM SHOWS 13 ELECTRIC VEHICLES AS IT TRIES TO RUN WITH TESLA
General Motors, trying to refashion itself as a futuristic company with technology to compete against Tesla, rolled out plans for 13 new electric vehicles during the next five years.
2 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
EXXON OUTLINES ITS STEPS TO REDUCE HARMFUL METHANE EMISSIONS
Exxon Mobil outlined how it is reducing the methane its operations release into the atmosphere, detailing its efforts as governments around the globe write new rules to regulate the harmful greenhouse gas.
3 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
NO CHECKOUT NEEDED: AMAZON OPENS CASHIERLESS GROCERY STORE
Amazon wants to kill the supermarket checkout line.
3 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
PANASONIC SCRAPS SOLAR PANELS PARTNERSHIP WITH TESLA
Panasonic is pulling out of its partnership with Tesla to produce solar panels at a factory in New York state, the Japanese electronics maker said.
1 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
‘TIME IS EVERYTHING': WORLD BRACES FOR SPREAD OF NEW VIRUS
China’s massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global spread of the new virus.
6 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
MARS LANDER CONFIRMS QUAKES, EVEN AFTERSHOCKS ON RED PLANET
NASA’s newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet.
2 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
INDIANA SENATE ENDORSES BAN ON DRIVERS USING HANDHELD PHONES
A proposal that would ban motorists from using handheld cellphones on Indiana roads appears on its way to becoming law.
1 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRGIN GALACTIC REPORTS HIGH INTEREST IN ITS SPACE FLIGHTS
Virgin Galactic has received nearly 8,000 online reservations of interest since its first successful test flight into space 14 months ago, the company said Tuesday as it nears commercial operation and prepares to reopen ticket sales.
2 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S HUAWEI DEBUTS LATEST VERSION OF FOLDING PHONE
China’s Huawei unveiled its latest folding smartphone and its first such device to be available internationally, competing in a niche category with new models from Samsung and Motorola.
1 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
CONTROL: WHY iOS SHOULD BE KEPT LOCKED DOWN
Developers are quietly working on iOS 14 and its Mac and Watch counterparts, and many are wondering what the next-generation operating system will look like.
6 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
MANAGING REMOTE WORKERS? IT TAKES MORE THAN THE LATEST APPS
Nicolas Vandenberghe’s company has 42 staffers scattered among 36 cities in 15 countries.
4 min |
February 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
A WILD SPIN ON THE PETER PAN MYTH IN ‘WENDY'
A Peter Pan story told from Wendy’s perspective sounds either too precious to be true or ripe for a skewering.
3 min |