PC Gamer US Edition
A NEW FRONTIER
Arkane’s founder is reworking the immersive sim for WEIRD WEST
4 min |
December 2020
AppleMagazine
JPMORGAN, CITI PROFITS IMPROVE AMID SIGNS OF RECOVERY
Two of the nation’s biggest banks — JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup — said that their profits improved markedly over the summer, as the U.S. economy tried to bounce back from the coronavirus shutdowns that were imposed earlier this year.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
TWILIO BUYS SEGMENT FOR $3.2B AS DEMAND FOR CLOUD TECH BOOMS
Twilio is buying customer data start-up Segment in a stock deal valued at about $3.2 billion as demand for cloud technology surges during the pandemic.
1 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE PROMISE OF 5G WIRELESS SPEED, HYPE, RISK
A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people.
3 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
iPHONE 12 PUSHING FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE
Despite a month-long delay due to COVID-19 supply chain issues, the virtual announcement of this year’s iPhone range did not disappoint.
7 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
MALCOLM JENKINS STARTS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH NFL PLAYERS
Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
WALMART TO SPREAD OUT DEALS TO AVOID BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS
Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
DISNEY REORG TO FURTHER BOLSTER COMPANY'S FOCUS ON STREAMING
Disney said that it is reorganizing its business units to focus even more on streaming.
1 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
IBM TO SPIN OFF $19B BUSINESS TO FOCUS ON CLOUD COMPUTING
IBM says it is breaking off a $19 billion chunk of its business to focus on cloud computing.
1 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
Global Watchdog Proposes Tax Overhaul For Big Tech
A global economic watchdog this week proposed an overhaul of international tax rules to make sure big tech companies pay their dues and warned that failure to adopt it would make the economic recovery from COVID-19 harder.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
Fast Company
Facebook's Quadruple Play
The tech juggernaut is weaving together its four mega apps –Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger, and Facebook itself– at the very moment watchdogs and regulators are closing in. No big deal: only democracy hangs in the balance
10+ min |
October - November 2020
Fast Company
What every business must know about the new era of broadband
As 5G networking becomes a reality, a new world of opportunity awaits. Wether or not you're ready may determine the futur of your company.
2 min |
October - November 2020
Techlife News
SOFIA COPPOLA'S ‘ON THE ROCKS' IS A MODEST DELIGHT
Few filmmakers can bring a rut to life like Sofia Coppola. When her characters are in a funk, whether it’s a Hollywood actor in between jobs, a few lost souls in a foreign place or a Queen, it’s never the stuff of melodrama.
3 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
SMALL GYMS DEVASTATED BY CORONAVIRUS FEAR, RESTRICTIONS
There’s little evidence of Americans’ passion for fitness at the tens of thousands of small and independent gyms around the country.
4 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
3 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE FOR BLACK HOLE RESEARCH
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for establishing the all-too-weird reality of black holes — the straight-out-of-science-fiction cosmic monsters that suck up light and time and will eventually swallow us, too.
4 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
MORGAN STANLEY BUYING EATON VANCE IN DEAL VALUED AT $7B
Morgan Stanley will buy the investment management firm Eaton Vance in a deal valued at about $7 billion.
1 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
NICE KNOWING YOU: LONDON HEATHROW'S FAREWELL TO BA'S JUMBOS
British Airways’ last two Boeing 747 planes at the airline’s historic base of London’s Heathrow Airport made their final flight Thursday, the fleet’s retirement having been brought forward by the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
MALCOLM JENKINS STARTS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH NFL PLAYERS
Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund.
2 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
HAWAII PUSHES FORWARD WITH TOURISM DESPITE SAFETY CONCERNS
Despite increasing coronavirus cases across the U.S., Hawaii officials hope to reboot tourism next week by loosening months of economically crippling pandemic restrictions, including a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers.
5 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
FRENCH COURT: GOOGLE MUST OPEN PAYMENT TALKS WITH PUBLISHERS
A French appeals court upheld an order for Google to open negotiations with French publishers over payments to use their news content.
1 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
2 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL CHEMISTRY PRIZE FOR GENE-EDITING TOOL
The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to two researchers Wednesday for a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized science by providing a way to alter DNA, the code of life — technology already being used to try to cure a host of diseases and raise better crops and livestock.
4 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
FACEBOOK BRACES FOR CONTESTED ELECTION, VOTER INTIMIDATION
Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards for the 2020 U.S. elections that have it better prepared to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory or contest official results and the possibility of voter intimidation by alleged — and potentially armed — “poll watchers.”
2 min |
Techlife News #467
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT PLANS $1 BILLION DATA CENTER VENTURE IN GREECE
Microsoft has announced plans to build three data center sites in greater Athens, providing a badly needed investment of up to $1 billion to the Greek economy which has been hammered by the pandemic.
2 min |
October 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
NOBEL PRIZES AND COVID-19: SLOW, BASIC SCIENCE MAY PAY OFF
While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, next week’s Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slow and steady pays off.
4 min |
October 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
WATCH SE: AN AFFORDABLE PRICE TAG & A NEW DIRECTION FOR APPLE
Alongside the new Apple Watch Series 6 announcement at this year’s September Event, Apple introduced an altogether more interesting concept: the affordable Apple Watch SE.
7 min |
October 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
LILLY SEEKS EMERGENCY USE OF ITS ANTIBODY DRUG FOR COVID-19
A drug company says it has asked the U.S. government to allow emergency use of an experimental antibody therapy based on early results from a study that suggested the drug reduced symptoms, the amount of virus, hospitalizations and ER visits for patients with mild or moderate COVID-19.
1 min |
October 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
‘DUNE' DITCHES 2020, WHILE AMC COMMITS TO STAYING OPEN
The 2020 theatrical release calendar is getting even slimmer in the wake of the announcement that Regal cinemas are temporarily closing, although AMC, North America’s largest theater chain, says it will remain open.
2 min |
October 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
HUNDREDS OF REGAL, CINEWORLD MOVIE THEATERS TO CLOSE
In the latest blow to the beleaguered film industry, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. is temporarily shuttering its locations due to a lack of blockbusters on the calendar and major domestic markets like New York remaining closed.
4 min |
October 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
JAMES BOND FILM ‘NO TIME TO DIE' PUSHED AGAIN, TO 2021
The release of the James Bond film “No Time To Die” has been delayed again, this time to 2021, because of the effects of COVID-19 on the theatrical business.
1 min |
October 09, 2020
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE, ORACLE MEET IN COPYRIGHT CLASH AT SUPREME COURT
Tech giants Google and Oracle are clashing at the Supreme Court in a copyright dispute that’s worth billions and important to the future of software development.
2 min |