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Germany Fines Facebook $2.3 Million Under Hate Speech Law
German authorities said that they have imposed a 2 million-euro ($2.3 million) fine on Facebook under a law designed to combat hate speech.
1 min |
July 05, 2019
AppleMagazine
Louisiana Sheriff's Office Starts Passing Out Smart Devices
A Louisiana sheriff’s office has started giving deputies a new handheld mobile policing device intended to ease many of their day-to-day duties and streamline technology tools such as surveillance videos and GPS data.
1 min |
March 01, 2019
AppleMagazine
Sec Seeks Contempt Charges Against Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Stock market regulators are asking a federal court to hold Tesla CEO Elon Musk in contempt for violating an agreement requiring him to have his tweets about key company information reviewed for potentially misleading claims.
1 min |
March 01, 2019
AppleMagazine
AT&T's Time Warner Takeover Has Already Reshaped Media World
A federal appeals court upheld AT&T’s $81 billion takeover of Time Warner, approving one of the biggest media deals on record in the face of opposition from the Trump administration.
2 min |
March 01, 2019
AppleMagazine
Google Seeks Tax Breaks For $600M Data Center In Minnesota
Google’s plan to build a $600 million wind powered data center in central Minnesota could hinge on the tech giant’s request for officials to waive 20 years’ worth of future taxes.
1 min |
March 01, 2019
AppleMagazine
Teen Video App Musical.Ly Agrees To FTC Fine
The operator of a video-sharing app popular with teenagers is agreeing to pay $5.7 million to settle federal allegations it illegally collected personal information from children.
1 min |
March 01, 2019
AppleMagazine
Death Of British Youtuber Raises Fears Over E-Scooter Safety
The death of a British YouTuber in an Electric Scooter accident has raised concerns about the safety of the increasingly popular vehicles.
1 min |
July 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
‘Game Of Thrones' Reigns With Record 32 Emmy Nominations
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations for its eighth and final season, leading HBO back to dominance over Netflix, the streaming service that bumped it last year from atop the increasingly crowded television heap.
4 min |
July 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
Apple Says It's Fixing Bug In Walkie Talkie App
Apple says it’s fixing a security flaw affecting the Walkie Talkie app on Apple Watch.
1 min |
July 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
Instagram Expands Hiding ‘Likes' To Make You Happier
Instagram is expanding a test to hide how many “likes” people’s posts receive as it tries to combat criticism that such counts hurt mental health and make people feel bad when comparing themselves to others.
2 min |
July 26, 2019
AppleMagazine
Is ‘Big Tech' Too Big? A Look At Growing Antitrust Scrutiny
Is Big Tech headed for a big breakup?
5 min |
July 26, 2019
AppleMagazine
Uber And Airbnb: How The 'Sharing Economy Is Transforming Travel
These days, when you want to quickly travel from one place to another but lack your own car, there’s a good chance that you opt not to hail a yellow taxicab, but instead to call upon the services of a regular driver through the Uber app on your iPhone.
5 min |
July 26, 2019
AppleMagazine
US Attorney General Says Encryption Creates Security Risk
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that increased encryption of data on phones and computers and encrypted messaging apps are putting American security at risk.
3 min |
July 26, 2019
AppleMagazine
‘Lion King' Returns But It's Harder To Feel The Love
Life moves in a circle, “The Lion King” tells us, and, increasingly, so does studio moviemaking.
3 min |
July 26, 2019
AppleMagazine
Food Delivery And The 'Sharing Economy'
Just last week, we wrote about how what has been widely termed the ‘sharing economy’ – the distinctly Millennial movement of ‘sharing’ rather than necessarily ‘owning’ seemingly anything and everything, and drawing upon technology in the hand to make this possible – has made itself felt in how we travel, with Uber and Airbnb the obvious market leaders.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #405
AppleMagazine
French Wine Vs US Tech Prowess: New Trump-Macron Standoff
France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech companies like Google and Facebook despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine.
2 min |
August 02, 2019
AppleMagazine
Twitter Reports Strong User Growth
Twitter reported surprisingly strong second-quarter user numbers and revenue, as it works to make the platform more user-friendly and eliminate robotic and fake accounts on its platform.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #405
AppleMagazine
Uber Lays Off 400 Employees From Global Marketing Team
Uber is laying off 400 employees in marketing, about a quarter of the marketing team’s global workforce of 1,200 people.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #405
AppleMagazine
One Hack, 106 Million People: Capital One Ensnared By Breach
A hacker accessed the personal information of 106 million Capital One credit card holders or credit card applicants in the U.S. and Canada, in the latest massive data breach at a large company.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #405
AppleMagazine
What T-Mobile Takeover Of Sprint Means For You
U.S. antitrust regulators have cleared T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeovers of rival Sprint, leaving just three major cellphone companies, while creating a smaller competitor in satellite-TV company Dish.
3 min |
August 02, 2019
AppleMagazine
Former Georgia Grocery Store Transformed Into Air Force Lab
A former grocery store in Middle Georgia is now serving high-tech aircraft manufacturing for the military.
1 min |
November 23, 2018
AppleMagazine
Rhode Island Company Gets Grant For Wind Turbine Technology
A Rhode Island company has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant for its work to improve the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines.
1 min |
November 23, 2018
AppleMagazine
Disney Results Miss As Fox Studio Business Underwhelm
Disney is feeling some pain from its biggest transformation in decades as its acquisition of Fox’s entertainment businesses contributed to a 39% drop in earnings.
2 min |
August 09, 2019
AppleMagazine
Streaming Music May Make Cases Like Katy Perry's More Common
To show that Katy Perry and the team that wrote her 2013 hit “Dark Horse” may have heard his song and stole from it, Christian rapper Marcus Gray’s primary evidence was that his 2009 song, “Joyful Noise” had played in the millions on YouTube and Spotify.
4 min |
August 09, 2019
AppleMagazine
Stolen Goods On Amazon? Shoppers Won't Care, Experts Say
News of an alleged Amazon theft ring involving contract delivery drivers is unlikely to make a dent in the online shopping giant’s massive business.
2 min |
August 09, 2019
AppleMagazine
Amazon's Self-driving Delivery Robots Head To California
Amazon’s self-driving robots will be roaming the streets of another neighborhood.
1 min |
August 09, 2019
AppleMagazine
US Officials Say Key Rail Safety Technology 90% Complete
The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said, but “significant work” is needed to ensure the technology is completely installed by a December 2020 deadline.
2 min |
August 09, 2019
AppleMagazine
Pentagon Auditor Probing Disputed Cloud Computing Contract
The Pentagon’s independent auditor is conducting a broad review of the handling of a cloud computing project potentially worth $10 billion, officials said.
2 min |
August 16, 2019
AppleMagazine
Russian Media Agency Complains Youtube Facilitates Protests
Russia’s media oversight agency said this week that it wanted Google to stop YouTube users from posting information about unsanctioned political protests or the Russian government would feel free to retaliate against the American company.
1 min |
August 16, 2019
AppleMagazine
Apple: The Future Is In AI
Why Apple needs AI to take it into the future.
6 min |