AppleMagazine
UBER TO REQUIRE THAT PASSENGERS PROVIDE FACE-MASK SELFIES
Mask slackers will now have to provide photographic proof they’re wearing a face covering before boarding an Uber.
1 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
Trump Administration Plans Expanded Use of Personal Data
The Trump administration announced plans to expand the collection of personal “biometric” information by the agency in charge of immigration enforcement, raising concerns about civil liberties and data protection.
3 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
Amazon Wins FAA Aproval to Deliver Packages by Drone
Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality.
1 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
Facebook: Apple Privacy Changes Will Muck Up Online Ads
Facebook is pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices — and putting app developers in the middle.
3 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
Apple, Google Build Virus Tracing Tech Directly Into Phones
Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of the coronavirus by building more of the necessary technology directly into phone software.
2 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
What Does Walmart See in TikTok? Millions of Young Shoppers
Walmart may be the world’s largest retailer but it has mostly failed in its efforts to break Amazon’s online dominance.
3 min |
September 04,2020
RotorDrone
VIDEO POST-PRODUCTION ADVICE
Color correction with Log and Lookup Tables
5 min |
October/ November 2020
RotorDrone
THERMAL IMAGING ABCs
SEE THE WORLD IN A NEW LIGHT
8 min |
October/ November 2020
RotorDrone
REMOTE ID & UNIVERSAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Your top 10 questions answered
7 min |
October/ November 2020
RotorDrone
Satellite Control
Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants, part of the Capgemini Group, have announced a collaboration that will exploit Iridium’s state-of-the-art satellite communications to safely control unmanned aerial vehicles from a central control hub.
1 min |
October/ November 2020
RotorDrone
EMESENT'S HOVERMAP SCANNER SUPERCHARGES DJI MATRICE 300
Emesent’s Hovermap LiDAR scanner is being used to supercharge the Matrice 300 RTK (M300) next generation industrial drone.
1 min |
October/ November 2020
RotorDrone
High-Risk Operations
Embry-Riddle bridge-inspection challenges
9 min |
October/ November 2020
RotorDrone
BVLOS Powerline Inspection
Skyqraft, a data-driven infrastructure inspection company from Sweden, was granted BVLOS operation permission for the Vertical Technologies DeltaQuad VTOL UAV to inspect a large portion of the Swedish power grid. Fully autonomous from takeoff to landing and using long-range radio transmission combined with LTE based video and control links, Skyqraft was able to perform multiple BVLOS missions gathering high-resolution images for over 1,000 km of powerlines.
2 min |
October/ November 2020
Techlife News
GOOGLE LOCATION-TRACKING TACTICS TROUBLED ITS OWN ENGINEERS
Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy surveillance, according to unsealed documents in a consumer fraud case.
2 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
SCIENCE FOUNDATION DISCUSSES FUNDING GIANT HAWAII TELESCOPE
The National Science Foundation has launched an informal outreach to Hawaii about possible funding efforts for the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope project.
2 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
TIKTOK CEO RESIGNS AMID US PRESSURE TO SELL VIDEO APP
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid U.S. pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk.
1 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
SOMETIME SOON, YOUR CAR WILL PARK ITSELF IN URBAN GARAGES
So after the coronavirus threat has passed, you head downtown for a baseball game.
2 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
MORE THAN 1 MILLION AMERICANS FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, AGAIN
Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse.
3 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
MILITARY'S TOP CYBER OFFICIAL DEFENDS MORE AGGRESSIVE STANCE
The U.S. military’s top cyber official is defending the government’s shift toward a more aggressive strategy in cyberspace, saying the mission has evolved over the last decade to become more proactive and offensive in order to keep pace with sophisticated threats.
2 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
EUROPEAN FLIGHT SAFETY AGENCY TO START 737 MAX TEST FLIGHTS
Europe’s flight safety authority said it had scheduled the first flight tests for the Boeing 737 Max, which has been grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes revealed design issues with the jet.
1 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
HUAWEI, ZTE LOSE PATENT APPEAL CASES AT UK SUPREME COURT
Britain’s Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by Chinese telecoms firms Huawei and ZTE over mobile data patent disputes.
1 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
FACEBOOK: APPLE PRIVACY CHANGES WILL MUCK UP ONLINE ADS
Facebook is pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices — and putting app developers in the middle.
2 min |
Techlife News #461
Techlife News
DOES A FACE MASK PROTECT ME, OR JUST THE PEOPLE AROUND ME?
Does a face mask protect me, or just the people around me?
1 min |
Techlife News #461
AppleMagazine
VIRTUAL LEARNING SITES SPROUT UP TO HELP WORKING PARENTS
A dance studio in Florida. A martial arts center in Missouri. Libraries in San Francisco. These and other places are taking on a somewhat unlikely new role this fall — welcoming children for supervised distance learning while their parents go to work.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
ZOOM GLITCHES, BRIEFLY GRINDING US SCHOOLS TO A HALT
Teachers and parents got a brief glimpse of a new kind of pandemic-era nightmare Monday when Zoom — the video-conferencing service that powers everything from distance learning to business meetings to casual, socially distant get-togethers — abruptly went dead.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
FACE MASKS AMID THE ART: NEW YORK CITY'S MUSEUMS TO REOPEN
When the iconic T. Rex at the American Museum of Natural History again welcomes visitors, it will gaze down at humans acting a bit differently.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FALLS IN AUGUST TO LOWEST IN 6 YEARS
U.S. consumer confidence fell for the second consecutive month, sinking to the lowest levels in more than six years as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in many parts of the country heightened pessimism.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
‘THE 24TH' IS A SOBERING HISTORY LESSON FOR TODAY
On Aug. 23, 1917, four months after the U.S. had entered World War I, the all-Black 3rd battalion of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment mutinied in Houston.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
ALIBABA'S ANT GROUP FILES FOR IPO IN HONG KONG, SHANGHAI
Ant Group, the financial technology arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, filed for a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, in what may be the largest share offering since the coronavirus pandemic began.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
APPLE CEO TIM COOK IS FULFILLING ANOTHER STEVE JOBS VISION
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be doing so well at it that his eventual successor may also have big shoes to fill.
4 min |