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FORMER GOOGLE CEO GIVES $150M FOR RESEARCH IN BIOLOGY, AI
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have given $150 million to a research institute to establish a “new era of biology” aimed at battling diseases with a mix of data and life science studies.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
AMAZON BRINGS BACK FORMER EXECUTIVE TO RUN CLOUD BUSINESS
Amazon said that it’s bringing back a former executive to run its cloud-computing unit, which has become the online shopping giant’s most profitable business.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
CONGRESS TO PRESS BIG TECH CEOS OVER SPEECH, MISINFORMATION
The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress Thursday, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO TO STREAM 21 YANKEES GAMES
Amazon Prime Video will stream 21 Yankees games to members in New York’s broadcast market for the first season, a slate that starts with an April 18 matchup against Tampa Bay.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
MISSISSIPPI LAW WILL REQUIRE COMPUTER SCIENCE IN SCHOOLS
A new law will require the Mississippi Department of Education to set a computer science curriculum for K-12 schools by the 202425 academic year.
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Techlife News #491
AppleMagazine
INTEL ANNOUNCES ARIZONA EXPANSION AS CHIPMAKER SEEKS FOOTING
Intel announced this week it will build two new factories in Arizona and outsource more of its production as a new CEO looks to turnaround the struggling chipmaker.
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AppleMagazine
STOCK TRADING APP COMPANY ROBINHOOD FILES PLAN TO GO PUBLIC
Stock trading app company Robinhood said this week that it has submitted a confidential plan to go public later this year.
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AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK WORKING ON INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS UNDER 13
Facebook says it is working on a version of its Instagram app for kids under 13, who are technically not allowed to use the app in its current form due to federal privacy regulations.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
PART OF WRIGHT BROTHERS' 1ST AIRPLANE ON NASA'S MARS CHOPPER
A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
IN ‘HAPPILY,' 10 MILLENNIALS WALK INTO AN AIRBNB....
Their friends are annoyed — and not just because the bathroom is tied up. They’re annoyed because this honeymoon phase has lasted 14 years and shows no sign of abating.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
CYBER ATTACK TIED TO CHINA BOOSTS DEVELOPMENT BANK'S CHIEF
The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
FOR TELEVISION, NFL DEAL IS LIKELY A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The $113 billion deal to telecast NFL games through 2033 is head-swimmingly large — until you consider that the very survival of broadcast networks as we know them may depend upon it.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
CHIPS AWAY: SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE WREAKING HAVOC IN TECH
As Samsung Electronics warns that it’s grappling with the fallout of a “serious imbalance” in semiconductors, the technology world could be about to enter its own ‘lockdown’. From the PlayStation 5 to the new Tesla Model S, virtually every device maker could be forced to temporarily halt production, caught off-guard and causing delays to 2021 product pipelines.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
BILL TO AID US PUBLISHERS VS. GOOGLE, FACEBOOK RISES AGAIN
A congressional effort to bolster U.S. news organizations in negotiations with Big Tech has supporters hoping that third time’s the charm.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
APPLE TV+ GIVES A STRAIGHT-TO SERIES ORDER FOR LADY IN THE LAKE
Apple announced on March 10, 2021, that it had given a straight-to-series order for a new TV show titled Lady in the Lake.
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AppleMagazine
UBER TO GIVE UK DRIVERS MINIMUM WAGE, PENSION, HOLIDAY PAY
Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
IN ‘YES DAY,' KIDS GET THEIR WAY FOR 24 HOURS
Like an innocuous kid version of “The Purge,” Miguel Arteta’s “Yes Day” imagines an annual 24hour holiday of lawlessness.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Music
Music
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AppleMagazine
FORD PARTNERS WITH U-M ON ROBOTICS RESEARCH, NEW BUILDING
Digit marches on two legs across the floor of the University of Michigan’s Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, while Mini-Cheetah — staccato-like — does the same on four and the yellow-legged Cassie steps deliberately side-to-side.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
US ASTRONAUT LAUNCHING NEXT MONTH MAY SPEND YEAR IN SPACE
NASA may soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
GERMAN AUTOMAKER BMW RAMPS UP ELECTRIC VEHICLE OFFERINGS
German automaker BMW said this week it intends to speed the rollout of new electric cars, vowing to bring battery-powered models to 50% of global sales by 2030. The company underlined the point by unveiling a new allelectric model three months ahead of plan.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Movies & TV Shows
Movies & TV Shows
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
DATA: FLORIDA'S TEXTING WHILE-DRIVING LAW RARELY ENFORCED
A Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy was heading east on Interstate 4 in his red Dodge Charger on a brilliantly sunny afternoon in Florida when he saw him: A young driver behind the wheel of a Jeep texting on his phone.
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Techlife News
WILL WORK FROM HOME OUTLAST VIRUS? FORD'S MOVE SUGGESTS YES
It’s a question occupying the minds of millions of employees who have worked from home the past year: Will they still be allowed to work remotely — at least some days — once the pandemic has faded?
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
SWISS POLICE RAID OVER HACK ON U.S. SECURITY-CAMERA COMPANY
Swiss authorities confirmed a police raid at the home of a Swiss software engineer who took credit for helping to break into a U.S. security-camera company’s online networks, part of what the activist hacker cited as an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of mass surveillance.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
STRIPE CONTINUES CASH HAUL, NOW VALUED AT $95 BILLION
The online payment company Stripe continues to attract investors, raising $600 million in funding to reach a whopping company valuation of $95 billion.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
SONOMA COUNTY TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGAINST FIRES
Sonoma County officials say they will add artificial intelligence technology to help fight wildfires with a 24-7 monitor to track fire outbreaks.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
PRE-EMBRYOS MADE IN LAB COULD SPUR RESEARCH, ETHICS DEBATES
For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without running afoul of restrictions on using real embryos.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
NO CIGAR: INTERSTELLAR OBJECT IS COOKIE-SHAPED PLANET SHARD
Our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is neither a comet nor asteroid as first suspected and looks nothing like a cigar. A new study says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES NORTH CAROLINA CLOUD ENGINEERING HUB
Google announced plans Thursday to create a hub in Durham, North Carolina, for hundreds of engineers working on its Google Cloud products.
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