Techlife News
WANT TO FEEL SPECIAL? STORES AND RESTAURANTS WITH PAID MEMBERSHIPS ARE BETTING ON IT
How much does it cost to feel special?
4 min |
Techlife News #647
AppleMagazine
AN AI ROBOT IS SPOTTING SICK TULIPS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF DISEASE THROUGH DUTCH BULB FIELDS
Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for a regular farm hand, would be backbreaking labor checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
SPACEX COMES CLOSE TO COMPLETING TEST FLIGHT OF MEGA ROCKET BUT LOSES SPACECRAFT NEAR END
SpaceX came close to completing an hourlong test flight of its mega rocket on its third try Thursday (14), but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
ELECTION MISINFORMATION IS A PROBLEM IN ANY LANGUAGE.BUT SOME GETS MORE ATTENTION THAN OTHERS
Warnings about deepfakes and disinformation fueled by artificial intelligence. Concerns about campaigns and candidates using social media to spread lies about elections. Fears that tech companies will fail to address these issues as their platforms are used to undermine democracy ahead of pivotal elections.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
SPOTIFY PAID $9 BILLION IN ROYALTIES IN 2023. HERE'S WHAT FUELED THE GROWTH
Spotify paid out $9 billion in streaming royalties last year, the streaming giant said this week in its latest \"Loud and Clear\" report.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
AS ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES SLOW, US RELAXES PLANS FOR STRICTER AUTO EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR A WHILE
The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
AI IMAGE-GENERATOR MIDJOURNEY BLOCKS IMAGES OF BIDEN AND TRUMP AS ELECTION LOOMS
The popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney has started blocking its users from creating fake images of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, according to tests of the AI tool.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
FRENCH REGULATORS FINE GOOGLE $272 MILLION IN DISPUTE WITH NEWS PUBLISHERS
France's competition watchdog hit Google on Wednesday with another big fine tied to a long-running dispute over payments to French publishers for their news.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
WANT TO FEEL SPECIAL? STORES AND RESTAURANTS WITH PAID MEMBERSHIPS ARE BETTING ON IT
How much does it cost to feel special?
4 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
TEXAS APPROVES LAND-SWAPPING DEAL WITH SPACEX AS COMPANY HOPES TO EXPAND ROCKET-LAUNCH OPERATIONS
SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
APPLE TO PAY $490 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS THAT IT MISLED INVESTORS ABOUT IPHONE SALES IN CHINA
Apple has agreed to pay $490 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging CEO Tim Cook misled investors about a steep downturn in iPhone's sales in China that culminated in a jarring revision to the company's revenue forecast.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
UN SAYS E-WASTE FROM TRASHED ELECTRIC DEVICES IS PILING UP AND RECYCLING ISN'T KEEPING PACE
U.N. agencies have warned that electrical and electronic waste is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
JUDGE DENIES APPLE'S ATTEMPT TO DISMISS A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OVER AIRTAG STALKING
A judge has denied Apple ’s motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit claiming that stalkers are using its AirTag devices to track victims — and that the tech giant hasn’t done enough to prevent them.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
tv+ - SHINES THROUGH A FOCUS ON QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
As the streaming wars intensify, Apple TV+ has emerged as a formidable contender. It distinguishes itself through a curated selection of content that prioritizes quality over quantity. Though Disney and Netflix are bigger, Apple's onto a winner with its catalog.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
PAIR ACCUSED OF STEALING BATTERY MANUFACTURING SECRETS FROM TESLA AND STARTING THEIR OWN COMPANY
Two men are accused of starting a business in China using battery manufacturing technology pilfered from Tesla and trying to sell the proprietary information, federal prosecutors in New York said.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #647
AppleMagazine
BIDEN TO TOUT GOVERNMENT INVESTING $8.5 BILLION IN INTEL'S COMPUTER CHIP PLANTS IN FOUR STATES
The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans for computer chip plants in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico and Oregon.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #647
Fast Company
Orange Crush
Y Combinator was designed to be a supercondensed version of Silicon Valley. Now that it's at full potency, can it maintain its outsider pose while being the ultimate insiders' network?
10+ min |
March - April 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
PALWORLD
Shockingly, animal cruelty doesn't make for a fulfilling experience
6 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
THE BEST NON-TRADITIONAL WAR GAMES
Is it possible for wargamers to give peace a chance?
10+ min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
RICH'N BEEFY
LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH is a dizzyingly huge all-you-can-eat Yakuza buffet
6 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
MOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
PHIL STILGOE and JOE ELLS of Centroid UK on the art of motion capture
2 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
YELLOW RAT'S REVENGE
How a DMCA'd PALWORLD modder got back at Nintendo
2 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
WHEELIE GOOD
Freewheeling with Northern Irish indie studio Billy Goat Entertainment and its next project, PARCEL CORPS
10+ min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
TERMINATOR: RESISTANCE
Revisiting Teyon’s game after Robocop: Rogue City.
6 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
A SCUM SUPREME
Developers weigh-in on save scumming
4 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
ROUND 8 FIGHT!
TEKKEN 8 is a blend of nostalgia for fans and a pair of welcoming arms for newbies
7 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
SHOT DEAD
There are flashes of greatness in SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE
6 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
HOLY HELL
THE INQUISITOR is a grim yet strangely gripping dark fantasy adventure
6 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE
A whip-cracking look at the newly revealed first-person adventure
5 min |
May 2024
PC Gamer US Edition
DIVINE FREQUENCY
This horror-RPG-FPS built in the Doom engine is terrifying
2 min |