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December 10, 2022
Techlife News
APPLE MUSIC OFFERS A CHANCE TO SING WITH YOUR FAVORITES
Apple Music wants to help you and your friends sing along to your favorite songs with a new feature it's rolling out just as people gather for end-of-year parties.
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December 10, 2022
Techlife News
WORK FORGES AHEAD AS SCHEDULED ON KENTUCKY EV BATTERY PLANTS
Ford Motor Co. and a South Korean partner company showed off their progress in developing a massive battery production venture in Kentucky, where they have laid the groundwork for one of the \"big bets\" the automaker is making in its electric vehicle business.
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December 10, 2022
Techlife News
INDIANA SUES TIKTOK, CITING SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS
Indiana's attorney general this week sued Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, claiming the video-sharing platform misleads its users, particularly children, about the level of inappropriate content and security of consumer information.
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December 10, 2022
Techlife News
THE MIND BEHIND THE RUBIK'S CUBE CELEBRATES A LASTING PUZZLE
If you've ever had trouble solving a Rubik's Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps. It's worth a shot: That advice is from the man who invented it.
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December 10, 2022
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PENTAGON SPLITS $9 BILLION CLOUD CONTRACT AMONG 4 COMPANIES
Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon's $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network, a year after accusations of politicization over the previously announced contract and a protracted legal battle resulted in the military starting over in its award process.
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December 10, 2022
Techlife News
2 Chainz Hosts Amazon Music Live Concerts Using NFL Platform
2 Chainz wants to capitalize off the NFL's huge "Thursday Night Football" platform to feature some of the world's most popular musical performers on Amazon Music's live concert series.
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December 10, 2022
WIRED
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December 2022 - January 2023
AppleMagazine
FDA CHANGE USHERS IN CHEAPER, EASIER-TO-GET HEARING AIDS
It's now a lot easier and cheaper - for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
TESLA LAUNCHES IN THAILAND, VYING TO COMPETE WITH CHINA EVS
Tesla has launched sales in Thailand, offering its popular Model 3 and Model Y at prices aimed at competing with rivals like China's BYD.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
NASA CAPSULE FLIES OVER APOLLO LANDING SITES, HEADS HOME
NASA's Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon Monday, flying over a couple Apollo landing sites before heading home.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
SALE JUMPSTARTS FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND POWER IN US WATERS
This week marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT STRIKES 10-YEAR DEAL WITH NINTENDO ON CALL OF DUTY
Microsoft agreed this week to make the hit video game Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years should its $69 billion purchase of game maker Activision Blizzard go through an apparent attempt to fend off objections from rival Sony.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
CHINA EASES ANTI-COVID MEASURES FOLLOWING PROTESTS
China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
WORK FORGES AHEAD AS SCHEDULED ON KENTUCKY EV BATTERY PLANTS
Ford Motor Co. and a South Korean partner company showed off their progress in developing a massive battery production venture in Kentucky, where they have laid the groundwork for one of the \"big bets\" the automaker is making in its electric vehicle business.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
BUZZFEED CUTS 12% OF STAFF CITING WORSENING ECON CONDITIONS
Digital media company BuzzFeed is cutting 12% of its workforce, citing worsening economic conditions.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
BOEING'S LAST 747 TO ROLL OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE FACTORY
After more than half a century, Boeing is set to roll its last 747 out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
ΜΕΤΑ OVERSIGHT BOARD URGES CHANGES TO VIP MODERATION SYSTEM
Facebook parent Meta’s quasi-independent oversight board said that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, from some or all of its content moderation rules needs a major overhaul.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
MARYLAND BANS TIKTOK IN STATE AGENCIES, LATEST STATE TO ACT
Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in the state’s executive branch of government, Gov. Larry Hogan said this week, the latest state to address cybersecurity risks presented by the platforms.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
BIDEN VISITS ARIZONA COMPUTER CHIP SITE, HIGHLIGHTS JOBS
President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited the site for a new computer chip plant in Arizona, using it as a chance to emphasize how his policies are fostering job growth in what could be a challenge to the incoming Republican House majority.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
US POLICE RARELY DEPLOY DEADLY ROBOTS TO CONFRONT SUSPECTS
The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.
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AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
MAN GOES TO TRIAL ON CHARGES HE RAN UNLICENSED BITCOIN BIZ
A New Hampshire man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business catered to romance and imposter scammers who conned their victims into wiring him money that he shared as virtual currency with the criminals after taking his cut, a prosecutor alleged during opening statements in his trial Tuesday.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
REVIEW: WILL SMITH-LED 'EMANCIPATION' IS AN ACTION THRILLER
It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua's \"Emancipation,\" starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil War-era Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.
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AppleMagazine #580
Techlife News
NETFLIX NIGHTS STILL COME WRAPPED IN RED-AND-WHITE ENVELOPES
Netflix’s trailblazing DVD-by-mail rental service has been relegated as a relic in the age of video streaming, but there is still a steady — albeit shrinking — audience of diehards like Amanda Konkle who are happily paying to receive those discs in the iconic red-and-white envelopes.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
UK WATERS DOWN ONLINE RESTRICTIONS AFTER FREE SPEECH OUTCRY
The British government abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
4 REASONS FOR THRIFT STORE GIFTS THIS YEAR
Thrifting is hot, and Goodwill finds are cool again. But while we’re thrilled to find the perfect throwback tee for our own closet, gifting used goods still carries a stigma for some.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
IN WHY ARE MAN UNITED AND LIVERPOOL SUDDENLY ON THE MARKET?
English soccer’s two most storied teams are suddenly in play.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
STATES SETTLE WITH GOOGLE, IHEARTMEDIA OVER MISLEADING ADS
The Federal Trade Commission and a handful of states announced settlements with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about a Google cellphone.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
AMAZON SAYS IT HAD ITS BIGGEST THANKSGIVING SHOPPING WEEKEND
Amazon said it had its biggest-ever Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend, aided by a record number of consumers looking for deals online amid high inflation.
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Techlife News #579
Techlife News
GIVING TUESDAY RAISES $3.1B FOR CHARITIES IN TOUGH ECONOMY
GivingTuesday raised a record $3.1 billion in 24 hours for charitable causes in the U.S. earlier this week, as the event that started as a hashtag in 2012 celebrated its 10th anniversary and its status as a staple of fundraising for nonprofits, the group’s leader said Wednesday.
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