AppleMagazine
CHINA LAUNCHES 3 ASTRONAUTS TO COMPLETE SPACE STATION
China launched a rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country’s permanent orbiting space station, during which they will expand the facility to its maximum capacity of six crew aboard.
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AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
DRUG SLOWS ALZHEIMER'S BUT CAN IT MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE?
An experimental Alzheimer's drug modestly slowed the brain disease's inevitable worsening, researchers reported this week -- but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people's lives.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
'STRANGE WORLD' EXPLORES BIG THEMES IN BOLD COLORS
Is Searcher Clade the most millennial dad in all of animated moviedom? He has that telltale hipster beard. A sensitive voice sorta like Jake Gyllenhaal. And he feeds his kid avocado toast, with an egg on top.
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AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
TOYOTA RAV4 PRIME VS. HYUNDAI TUCSON PLUG-IN
Since its debut for the 2021 model year, the Toyota RAV4 Prime has served as a benchmark for what a small SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain can be. It's efficient, fast and nearly as practical as a regular RAV4. But now SUV shoppers have another choice to consider: the Hyundai Tucson PHEV. It too offers improved performance and efficiency over the standard gas-only Tucson.
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AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
CENSUS BUREAU CHIEF DEFENDS NEW PRIVACY TOOL AGAINST CRITICS
The U.S. Census Bureau's chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the statistical agency's questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers who claim it jeopardizes the usefulness of numbers that are the foundation of the nation's data infrastructure.
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AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
BLOCKFI FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY, LATEST CRYPTO COMPANY TO FAIL
Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest casualty of the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.
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AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
COMPETITORS CHIP AWAY AT TESLA'S US ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHARE
New electric vehicle models from multiple automakers are starting to chip away at Tesla's dominance of the U.S. EV market, according to national vehicle registration data.
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AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
MLB SELLS SHARE OF BAMTECH TO WALT DISNEY CO. FOR $900M
Major League Baseball has sold its remaining share of a streaming service technology company to the Walt Disney Co. for $900 million.
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Techlife News
BUFFETT DONATES OVER $750 MILLION TO HIS FAMILY CHARITIES
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett donated more than $750 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the four foundations run by his family, but unlike his annual gifts to charity each summer, the recipients didn't include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
FACIAL RECOGNITION CAN HELP CONSERVE SEALS, SCIENTISTS SAY
Facial recognition technology is mostly associated with uses such as surveillance and the authentication of human faces, but scientists believe they've found a new use for it - saving seals.
3 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
HOW STAY-AT-HOME SPOUSES CAN BUILD CREDIT
Spouses share a lot, but no matter your relationship status, your credit score belongs to you and you alone.
3 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
LG CHEM TO BUILD $3.2B BATTERY CATHODE PLANT IN TENNESSEE
Tennessee officials announced plans to invest $3.2 billion to develop a cathode materials plant for electric vehicle batteries.
1 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
FORD RECALLS OVER 634K SUVS DUE TO FUEL LEAKS AND FIRE RISK
Ford Motor Co. is recalling over 634,000 SUVs worldwide because a cracked fuel injector can spill fuel or leak vapors onto a hot engine and cause fires.
1 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
SPACE DIVERSITY: EUROPE'S SPACE AGENCY GETS 1ST PARASTRONAUT
The European Space Agency made history by selecting an amputee who lost his leg in a motorcycle accident to be among its newest batch of astronauts - a leap toward its pioneering ambition to send someone with a physical disability into space.
3 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
WHY BOOKING DIRECTLY WITH AIRLINES CAN BE MORE EXPENSIVE
Early in the pandemic, many travelers experienced headaches while trying to rebook air travel purchased through third parties such as Orbitz and Kayak.
3 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
OHIO'S INTEL PROJECT TRIGGERS HOUSING FEARS IN TIGHT MARKET
Intel's announcement earlier this year of a $20 billion manufacturing operation bringing thousands of jobs to rural Ohio was greeted as an economic boon.
5 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
HOW TO MITIGATE RISING AUTO LOAN INTEREST RATES
The Federal Reserve issued its latest interest rate hike in early November.
3 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
JUDGE ORDERS AMAZON TO STOP RETALIATIONS AGAINST ORGANIZERS
A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism, issuing a mixed ruling that also hands a loss to the federal labor agency that sued the company earlier this year.
2 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
'SLUMBERLAND' AIMS FOR ENCHANTMENT, BUT GETS LOST
An early 20th-century weekly comic strip created by Winsor McCay about Little Nemo's dream world and adventures provides the very loose inspiration for Netflix's latest big-budget spectacle, \"Slumberland.\"
2 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
NEW MEXICO INVESTMENT COUNCIL COMMITS RECORD $100M IN FUND
New Mexico's State Investment Council is pledging $100 million to a tech-focused nonprofit, the council's biggest commitment on record to a single venture fund.
1 min |
November 26, 2022
Techlife News
CHAKA KHAN TELLS STORIES THROUGH APPLE'S TIME TO WALK SERIES
Chaka Khan wants people to walk with her while she tells inspirational stories.
1 min |
November 26, 2022
AppleMagazine
Amazon Ceo Says Layoffs Will Extend Into Next Year
The mass layoffs that began in Amazon’s corporate ranks last week will extend into next year, CEO Andy Jassy said.
2 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
'Top Gun: Maverick' to Land on Paramount+ in December
Seven months after first arriving in theaters, “Top Gun: Maverick,” the year’s top film, will finally land on a streaming service.
1 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
CARRIERS FEELING CHEERY ABOUT ON-TIME HOLIDAY DELIVERIES
The nation’s major shipping companies are in the best shape to get holiday shoppers’ packages delivered on time since the start of the pandemic, suggesting a return to normalcy.
2 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
TESLA RECALLS 300K VEHICLES OVER TAILLIGHT SOFTWARE GLITCH
Tesla is recalling more than 300,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a software glitch can make taillights go off intermittently, increasing the risk of a collision.
1 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
RESEARCHERS: AI IN CONNECTED CARS EASED RUSH HOUR CONGESTION
As millions of people travel the interstates this Thanksgiving, many will encounter patches of traffic at a standstill for no apparent reason — no construction or accident. Researchers say the problem is you.
3 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
Satellite - Orbital connection & the future of mobile communication
With Apple launching Emergency SOS via Satellite across its iPhone 14 range and unlocking incredible new possibilities thanks to cutting-edge technology, all eyes are on what’s next.
4 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
NEW MEASURES FOR SIZE, AS WORLD'S PEOPLE SURPASS 8 BILLION
What is bigger: A ronna or a quetta?
2 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
FTX LAWYER: 'SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT' OF ASSETS HAS BEEN STOLEN
Lawyers for FTX disclosed that a “substantial amount” of assets has been stolen from the accounts of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, diminishing the odds that its millions of investors will get their money back.
2 min |
November 25, 2022
AppleMagazine
SMALL BUSINESSES, AND SHOPPERS, RETURN TO HOLIDAY MARKETS
On a recent evening in early November, shoppers at the Bryant Park holiday market in New York City were in the holiday spirit well before Black Friday.
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