Stereophile
Focal Diva Utopia
WIRELESS STREAMING ACTIVE LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM
10+ min |
March 2025
Techlife News
TECH TIP: HOW TO BLOCK YOUR PHONE FROM TRACKING YOUR LOCATION
Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they're privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you've been ― if you let them.
4 min |
Techlife News #693
Techlife News
HOW THE NONPROFIT CHANGE REACTION GETS MONEY TO LA HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY WILDFIRES SO FAST
As Angelenos reel from the devastating wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and businesses and killed at least 29 people, an LA-based nonprofit is handing out cash payments of as much as $5,000 to provide fast, unrestricted help to some of those impacted.
4 min |
Techlife News #693
Techlife News
GOOGLE SCRAPS ITS DIVERSITY HIRING GOALS AS IT COMPLIES WITH TRUMP'S NEW GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR RULES
Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have abandoned or scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
3 min |
Techlife News #693
Techlife News
HONEYWELL, ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING US INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES, WILL SPLIT INTO THREE COMPANIES
Honeywell, one of the last remaining U.S. industrial conglomerates, will split into three independent companies, following in the footsteps of manufacturing giants like General Electric and Alcoa.
2 min |
Techlife News #693
AppleMagazine
TEXAS GOVERNOR ORDERS BAN ON DEEPSEEK, REDNOTE FOR GOVERNMENT DEVICES
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a ban on Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek for government-issued devices, becoming the first state to restrict the popular chatbot in such a manner.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE'S RISING HOLIDAY'S SEASON AD SALES AREN'T ENOUGH TO EASE WORRIES ABOUT AI LETDOWN
Google's digital ad sales continued to grow at a healthy clip during the holiday season, but that wasn't enough to offset investors' worries about whether its big bet on artificial intelligence will be lucrative as once envisioned.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
RESEARCHERS SAY CHINA'S DEEPSEEK CHATBOT IS LINKED TO STATE TELECOM, RAISING DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS
The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States, security researchers say.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
DeepSeek A NEW BIG PLAYER FROM CHINA TO SHAKE UP THE AI BATTLEFIELD
A new player has taken the tech world by storm, climbing to the top of the App Store charts and surpassing even established giants like ChatGPT.
6 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
CHINA COUNTERS WITH TARIFFS ON US PRODUCTS.IT WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE GOOGLE.
China announced retaliatory tariffs on select American imports and an antitrust investigation into Google on Tuesday, just minutes after a sweeping levy on Chinese products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
A WEDDING NECKLACE AND POLISH DUMPLINGS WILL BE PART OF A MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
What do a wedding necklace, Polish savory dumplings and a photo of Hungary's first astronaut have in common?
1 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
CHINA LAUNCHES AN ANTITRUST PROBE INTO GOOGLE. HERE'S WHAT IT MEANS
The Chinese government's move to open an antitrust probe into Google is the latest development in a long and tangled relationship that goes back to the early 2000s.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA'S INSURANCE CRISIS LEAVES NEIGHBORS FACING UNEQUAL RECOVERY AFTER WILDFIRES
Before a wildfire ravaged their street in northwest Altadena, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson lived next door to each other in nearly identical houses.
6 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
NFL OFFICIALS SPOTTING THE FOOTBALL ISN'T GOING AWAY DESPITE SEVERAL TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
The NFL will engage its Competition Committee on technology to take virtual line-to-gain measurements next season, but officials will continue to spot the football.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
A SPINE-ZAPPING IMPLANT HELPED 3 PEOPLE WITH A MUSCLE WASTING DISEASE WALK BETTER
Three people with a muscle-destroying disease destined to worsen got a little stronger - able to stand and walk more easily - when an implanted device zapped their spinal cord.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
APPLE LASHES OUT AT IPHONE PORN APP MAKER AND THE EU RULES ALLOWING ITS DOWNLOAD
Apple has chided a newly available pornography app available in the European Union, and warned that the bloc's digital rules opening the way for third-party app store downloads undermines consumer confidence in the tech giant.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
APPLE'S IPHONE SALES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON SLIPPED DESPITE A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AI ROLLOUT
Apple disclosed its iPhone sales dipped slightly during the holiday-season quarter, signaling a sluggish start to the trendsetting company's effort to catch up to the rest of Big Tech in the race to bring artificial intelligence to the masses.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE MAKES ITS APPEAL TO OVERTURN JURY VERDICT BRANDING THE PLAY STORE AS ILLEGAL MONOPOLY
Google went to appeals court this week in an attempt to convince a three-judge panel to overturn a jury's verdict declaring its app store for Android smartphones as an illegal monopoly and block the penalties imposed by a federal judge to stop the misbehavior.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
JAPAN'S TOYOTA ANNOUNCES EV AND BATTERY PUSH IN CHINA AND U.S., AS ITS QUARTERLY PROFIT SURGES
Toyota is developing and making electric vehicles and EV batteries in China, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday, under a new partnership with the Shanghai government.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #693
AppleMagazine
JAPAN GAME MAKER NINTENDO REPORTS LOWER PROFIT AS DEMAND FOR SWITCH CONSOLES WANES
Nintendo's profits tumbled as sales of its Switch console lost momentum, prompting the Japanese video-game maker to lower its full-year forecasts.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #693
Techlife News
AMAZON SUES STATE AGENCY TO BLOCK RELEASE OF COMPANY RECORDS TO BEZOS-OWNED WASHINGTON POST
Amazon is suing a Washington state agency to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post, the newspaper which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
1 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
TESLA 04 RESULTS FALL SHORT OF FORECASTS. MUSK SEES UNSUPERVISED FULL SELF-DRIVING IN TEXAS IN JUNE
Tesla's fourth-quarter adjusted profits rose slightly amid a big push to sell its electric vehicles with offers of zero financing and other incentives, but the results still fell short of Wall Street forecasts.
3 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES TO BLOCK $14 BILLION JUNIPER BUYOUT BY HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to take a softer approach to mergers.
2 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
META AGREES TO PAY $25 MILLION TO SETTLE LAWSUIT FROM TRUMP AFTER JAN. 6 SUSPENSION
Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter.
2 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
DEEPSEEK'S NEW AI CHATBOT AND CHATGPT ANSWER SENSITIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINA DIFFERENTLY
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
3 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
WHAT IS DEEPSEEK, THE CHINESE AI COMPANY UPENDING THE STOCK MARKET?
A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fueling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing Al technology.
2 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
NVIDIA FACES A RECKONING AS AN UPSTART RIVAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WALL STREET'S DARLING
The superstar run for Nvidia’s stock the last few years has been astonishing. So was its tumble Monday, which caused $595 billion in wealth to vanish. That’s about as much as PepsiCo, McDonalds, Starbucks and Target are worth, combined.
3 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
Model Y
THE NEW VERSION OF THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING CAR
6 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
BIG TECH WANTS TO PLUG DATA CENTERS RIGHT INTO POWER PLANTS. UTILITIES SAY IT'S NOT FAIR
Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to plug in directly, avoiding a potentially longer and more expensive process of hooking into a fraying electric grid that serves everyone else.
4 min |
Techlife News #692
Techlife News
LINKEDIN FOUNDER REID HOFFMAN SEES BRIGHT AI FUTURE AND HOPES HIS TECH PEERS ARE RIGHT ABOUT TRUMP
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has been immersed in Silicon Valley since his August 1967 birth in Palo Alto, California, in the shadow of Stanford University, where he and fellow technology luminary Peter Thiel became friends as college students during the 1980s.
4 min |