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AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER FEARS THE METAVERSE
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen warned that the “metaverse,” the all-encompassing virtual reality world at the heart of the social media giant’s growth strategy, will be addictive and rob people of yet more personal information while giving the embattled company another monopoly online.
4 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
EV EXPERTS COMPARES THE TESLA MODEL 3 AND VOLKSWAGEN ID.4
Introduced for 2021, the Volkswagen ID.4 is the German automaker’s first all-electric SUV and part of a new wave of electric vehicles for American consumers. It boasts a spacious interior and styling that’s futuristic but not too futuristic.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
CONGRESS MANDATES NEW CAR TECHNOLOGY TO STOP DRUNKEN DRIVING
Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars.
4 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
Express
How delivery tech transformed the way we spend & live
6 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
PLENTY OF PITFALLS AWAIT ZUCKERBERG'S ‘METAVERSE' PLAN
When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” — a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine.”
5 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK MADE YOU BUY IT: A SELECTION OF VIRAL, GIFTY FINDS
Look no further than TikTok and its pandemic-expanded ranks for unique holiday gifts, from the hot Halara athleisure dress to a miracle cleaning paste called The Pink Stuff, worthy of any neat freak’s Christmas stocking.
4 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
FROM CRYPTOCURRENCY TO CASH: WAYS TO BANK YOUR DIGITAL COIN
Cryptocurrency, the blockchain-based digital currency that has captured the interest of investors and financial service firms alike, has a challenging problem. It can be hard to actually spend this currency like you would regular money. But there are new services on the horizon that could help people use bitcoin and other digital coins in more mainstream ways for their day-to-day finances.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
ROADS, TRANSIT, INTERNET: WHAT'S IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
TOM HANKS, A ROBOT AND A DOG IN ‘FINCH'
Tom Hanks doesn’t need a human or even a sentient acting partner to make a film or a scene sing. Think Wilson the volleyball, Hooch and even that laptop from “You’ve Got Mail.” So it’s not at all surprising if he’s the first guy on the list for your post-apocalyptic film about a man, a robot and a dog.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
Facebook to Shut Down Face-Recognition System, Delete Data
Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others.
5 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
China Tightens Control Over Company Data With Transfer Rules
Companies in China would need government approval to transfer important data abroad under proposed rules announced last weekend that would tighten Beijing’s control over information and might disrupt operations for international corporations.
1 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
Care About Your Credit Score? Get Strategic With Card Limits
If you have credit cards in your wallet, you might track your balances to keep your budget in check, but knowing each card’s credit limit off the top of your head is another story.
3 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MAKER NURO SECURES $600M FOR EXPANSION
Electric vehicle maker Nuro said it had secured $600 million in funding from Google, Kroger and others to continue the development of its autonomous delivery vehicle service.
1 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
NEW ZEALAND STRAIT CROSSED FOR FIRST TIME BY ELECTRIC PLANE
As he made history by becoming the first person to fly across New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane, Gary Freedman thought it only fitting that the first thing he saw when approaching the Wellington coastline was the rotating blade of a wind turbine producing renewable energy.
2 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
SOLAR WING JAMMED ON NASA SPACECRAFT CHASING ASTEROIDS
NASA is debating whether to try to fix a jammed solar panel on its newly launched Lucy spacecraft, en route to explore an unprecedented number of asteroids.
1 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
ODDBALL SAFECRACKER CHARMS IN ‘ARMY OF THIEVES'
One of the unlikeliest heroes to emerge from Zack Snyder’s horror-action flick “Army of the Dead” earlier this year was an oddball safecracker named Dieter.
3 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
M1 Powered
Macs back in the game with new processors
6 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
YAHOO PULLS OUT OF CHINA, CITING ‘CHALLENGING' ENVIRONMENT
Yahoo Inc. said this week it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment.
2 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
AirPods 3
Refined sound experience, with a huge battery
6 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
‘THE BIG DELETE:' INSIDE FACEBOOK'S CRACKDOWN IN GERMANY
Days before Germany’s federal elections, Facebook took what it called an unprecedented step: the removal of a series of accounts that worked together to spread COVID-19 misinformation and encourage violent responses to COVID restrictions.
4 min |
October 01, 2021
AppleMagazine
As Bitcoin Goes Mainstream, Wall Street Looks to Cash In
Love cryptocurrencies or hate the very idea of them, they’re becoming more mainstream by the day.
4 min |
October 22, 2021
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK'S OVERSIGHT BOARD SEEKS DETAILS ON VIPS' TREATMENT
Facebook’s semi-independent oversight board says the company has fallen short of full disclosure on its internal system that exempts high-profile users from some or all of its content rules.
3 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
TESLA'S MARKET VALUE TOPS $1T AFTER HERTZ ORDERS 100K CARS
Hertz announced Monday that it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla, one of the largest purchases of battery-powered cars in history and thelatest evidence of the nation’s increasing commitment to EV technology.
4 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
APPLE ONCE THREATENED FACEBOOK BAN OVER MIDEAST MAID ABUSE
Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast.
8 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
TOYOTA TESTING HYDROGEN COMBUSTION ENGINES IN RACE CARS
Toyota said it is testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using the technology in commercial products.
2 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
SCARY MONEY TASKS TO TACKLE NOW
There are some things no one wants to think about until they have to, like caregiving for your parents as they age and figuring out what happens to your finances when you die. But planning for these events now can spare you and your loved ones a lot of hassle later on.
3 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
TV LOOKS MORE LIKE US, VIEWERS LIKE IT, DIVERSITY STUDY SAYS
Television fare that reflects the nation’s increasing racial and ethnic diversity is finding favor with industry gatekeepers and viewers, according to a study of the 2019-20 TV season released this week.
3 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
SENATORS PUT YOUTUBE, TIKTOK, SNAP ON DEFENSIVE ON KIDS' USE
Senators put executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive this week, questioning them about what they’re doing to ensure young users’ safety on their platforms.
4 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT PROFIT UP 24% IN QUARTER, DRIVEN BY CLOUD GROWTH
Growth in Microsoft’s cloud computing business helped push its profit up 24% in the July-September quarter over the same time last year.
1 min |
October 29, 2021
AppleMagazine
4 WAYS TO SUSTAIN SAVINGS HABITS FROM THE PANDEMIC
Whether out of choice or necessity, many people spent less money in the last year and a half on things like entertainment, clothes and furniture. For some, that meant holding on to more of their income. If you were able to save some cash, you’ve set yourself up to withstand future financial crises, especially if you can continue saving.
3 min |