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AppleMagazine
EU'S CALL OF DUTY: PROBE MICROSOFT ACTIVISION BLIZZARD DEAL
The European Union has launched an investigation into Microsoft's planned takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard, fearing the $69 billion deal would distort fair competition to popular titles like Call of Duty.
3 min |
November 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WEIGH NEW TAX ON RICH TO BOOST EV ADOPTION
Should California’s richest residents pay higher taxes to help put more electric vehicles on the road? That’s a question the state’s voters are weighing in the election.
3 min |
November 11, 2022
AppleMagazine
RIHANNA TALKS MOTHERHOOD, SUPER BOWL: 'IT WAS NOW OR NEVER'
Rihanna knew that if she was going to return to the stage less than a year after giving birth to her first child, the performance would have to top anything she'd done before.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK PARENT META CUTS 11,000 JOBS, 13% OF WORKFORCE
Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
CRYPTO EXCHANGE BINANCE TO BUY RIVAL FTX IN APPARENT BAILOUT
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it plans to buy its rival FTX Trading, in the latest example of how fortunes can change rapidly in the crypto world.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
NASA LAUNCH OF MOON ROCKET DELAYED AGAIN BY TROPICAL WEATHER
NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket because of a storm threatening the Florida coast.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
5 MISTAKES YOU'RE MAKING WITH MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT
Millions of retirees are in the thick of Medicare open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, but many find the process challenging.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
APPLE SAYS IPHONE SUPPLIES HURT BY ANTI-VIRUS CURBS IN CHINA
Apple Inc. is warning customers they'll have to wait longer to get its latest iPhone models after anti-virus restrictions were imposed on a contractor's factory in central China.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
BIKES, BATTERIES AND BLAZES SPARK CONCERN IN NYC
A weekend fire that injured over three dozen people and forced firefighters to use ropes to pluck people from a 20th-story window - is drawing attention to a rising concern in New York City: battery fires that can arise in the electric bikes and scooters that have proliferated here.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
Blue Check Rethinking the future of social media
After months of back and forth, Tesla founder Elon Musk closed the $44 billion deal to buy the social network Twitter, and the takeover hasn't been without its controversy.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
TWITTER’S BLUE CHECK: VITAL VERIFICATION OR STATUS SYMBOL?
The story of Twitter’s blue checkmarks — a simple verification system that’s come to be viewed as an elite status symbol — began with some high-profile impersonations, just as the site began taking off in 2008 and ‘09.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
ITALIAN EV STARTUP TAKES ON US, CHINESE RIVALS WITH DESIGN
Elon Musk’s Tesla paved the way nearly two decades ago. Now, the global transition to fully electric vehicles is littered with startups, inspired by a new era in mobility and drawn by the lower cost of building EVs compared with their fossil-fuel-guzzling forebears.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #576
AppleMagazine
J&J TO BUY CARDIO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY ABIOMED FOR $16.6B
Johnson & Johnson is spending more than $16 billion to move deeper into treating heart disease and continue a shift started last year away from its consumer health roots.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
WORKERS WALK OUT OF IPHONE FACTORY, HIGHLIGHTING VIRUS WOES
Workers who assemble Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone walked away from a factory in central China following virus outbreaks and complaints of unsafe working conditions, highlighting the clash between the disease’s enduring risks and efforts to restore the global flow of goods.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
REVIEW: 'ARMAGEDDON TIME' SET IN 1980S YET REMINDS OF TODAY
After touching the stars with Brad Pitt, filmmaker James Gray has come back to earth to explore his own childhood in “Armageddon Time.” Set in the fall of 1980, in Queens, it is a patient and mature work about a very specific time and place when he was anything but — age 11 and starting sixth grade.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
WHY BOOKING TRAVEL ON YOUR PHONE IS A BAD IDEA
Since the first iPhone launched 15 years ago, consumer shopping habits have slowly but relentlessly shifted toward mobile devices.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL: MUSK TO KEEP FUNDING KEY SATELLITE LINKS
Elon Musk has given assurances to Ukraine that he will keep funding its access to a crucial satellite network providing Kyiv with battlefield and humanitarian communications in its war with Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said.
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AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
TAYLOR SWIFT ANNOUNCES 27-DATE US STADIUM TOUR IN 2023
Fresh off one of her biggest album launches of her career, Taylor Swift announced a new U.S. stadium tour starting in 2023, with international dates to follow.
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AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
AMAZON MUSIC EXPANDS CATALOG TO 100M SONGS FOR MEMBERS
Amazon Music is gearing up for a massive content expansion: The streaming giant will offer a full catalog of music with more than 100 million songs for members.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
PROBLEM-PLAGUED BOEING SETS AMBITIOUS TURNAROUND TARGETS
Boeing officials vowed this week to significantly increase airplane production and cash flow in the next few years as the company seeks to recover from years of mistakes in its airline and defense businesses.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
PLAN TO EXPAND DATA CENTERS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA APPROVED
A plan to redevelop a rural swath of northern Virginia into data centers has received approval after a marathon public hearing that stretched through the night.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
Q&A: COMPANY'S CHEMISTRY COULD CUT EV BATTERY COSTS
A small company called Sila has contracts with most major automakers to research or provide a promising new battery chemistry that can let electric vehicles travel farther with a smaller battery.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
EMERSON SELLING CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES IN $14B DEAL
Emerson is selling a majority stake in its climate technologies business to Blackstone in a deal valued at $14 billion including debt.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
MONEY: MAXIMIZE YOUR BENEFITS TO OFFSET INFLATION
Employee benefits are one of the most attractive things about a prospective job and can determine whether you take an opportunity or leave it. When you do decide to take the job, do you maximize the benefits?
4 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
CHINA LAUNCHES 3RD AND FINAL SPACE STATION COMPONENT
China on Monday launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station and realize a more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit, as its competition with the U.S. grows increasingly fierce.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #575
AppleMagazine
DIRECTOR JAMES GUNN PETER SAFRAN TO CO-LEAD DC STUDIOS
James Gunn, the writer-director who made the \"Guardians of the Galaxy\" household names for Marvel and revived \"The Suicide Squad,\" will soon be responsible for the future of Batman, Superman and the entire DC Universe for Warner Bros. Discovery.
2 min |
October 28, 2022
AppleMagazine
TEST SCORES SHOW HISTORIC COVID SETBACKS FOR KIDS ACROSS US
The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learning setbacks for America's children, erasing decades of academic progress and widening racial disparities, according to results of a national test that provide the sharpest look yet at the scale of the crisis.
4 min |
October 28, 2022
AppleMagazine
GROSS OR GREAT? FANCY BUTTER BOARDS SOAR AS SHORTAGE LOOMS
Legit gross or crazy delicious?
3 min |
October 28, 2022
AppleMagazine
REPORT: TIKTOK BAD AT CULLING US ELECTION MISINFORMATION ADS
TikTok's algorithms are very good at finding videos to keep people glued to their phone screens for hours on end. What they are not so good at, a new report has found, is detecting ads that contain blatant misinformation about U.S. elections.
2 min |
October 28, 2022
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE'S AD SALES SLOW DRAMATICALLY, ERODING PARENT'S PROFIT
Summertime revenue growth at Google's corporate parent slipped to its slowest pace since the pandemic jarred the economy more than two years ago, with advertisers clamping down on spending and bracing for a potential recession.
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