AppleMagazine
THOUSANDS OF SMARTPHONES PURCHASED BY VA WENT UNUSED
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs wasted nearly $2 million when most of the smartphones bought during the pandemic for homeless veterans went unused, according to an inspector general’s report.
2 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
‘Doctor Strange 2' Gets Weirder, Scarier, Messier
Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it’s hard to go back.
4 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
Self Service Repair
Empowering consumers to fix their devices
5 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
Amazon Fires 2 Union Organizers Tied to First U.S. Labor Win
Amazon has fired two employees with ties to the grassroots union that led the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
2 min |
May 13, 2022
Techlife News
NASA CLIMATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST WINS WORLD FOOD PRIZE
A NASA climate research scientist who has spent much of her career explaining how global food production must adapt to a changing climate was awarded the World Food Prize on Thursday.
4 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
CDC RESTATES RECOMMENDATION FOR MASKS ON PLANES, TRAINS
US health officials this week restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.
1 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
ELON MUSK ASKED TO TESTIFY ON TWITTER BY UK PARLIAMENT
A British parliamentary committee scrutinizing draft online safety legislation has invited Elon Musk to discuss his plans to buy Twitter and the changes he’s proposing for the social media platform.
1 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
IDAHO NEEDS TO SHORE UP CYBERSECURITY, TASK FORCE SAYS
Idaho needs to be better prepared to defend against inevitable cyberattacks that could harm individuals, businesses and critical infrastructure, the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force said in a report released this week.
2 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
MUSK GETS $7B BACKING FOR TWITTER BID FROM TECH HEAVYWEIGHTS
Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter with commitments of more than $7 billion from a range of investors, including Silicon Valley heavy hitters like Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison.
2 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
CALIFORNIA MOVES TO EMBRACE CRYPTOCURRENCY AND REGULATE IT
California, which has a economy larger than all but four countries and where much of the world’s technological innovation is born, on Wednesday became the first state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related innovations.
4 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
STELLANTIS POURS BILLIONS MORE INTO CANADA, ELECTRIC
Automaker Stellantis said it will invest $3.6 billion Canadian dollars ($2.8 billion) to upgrade two Canadian assembly plants and expand a research center as it accelerates its long-term electrification strategy.
1 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
TELECOMN GROUPS END FIGHT AGAINST CALIFORNIA NET NEUTRALITY
Telecommunications industry groups ended their bid to block California’s net neutrality law that bars broadband providers from throttling service.
1 min |
May 07, 2022
Techlife News
Airbus Posts Profit, Plans New Jet Assembly Line in Alabama
Airbus said that its profit in the first three months of 2022 more than tripled to 1.22 billion euros ($1.28 billion), helped by an increase in aircraft deliveries as airlines recover from the worst of the pandemic.
2 min |
May 07, 2022
AppleMagazine
ENERGY CHIEF GRANHOLM TOUTS $3B PLAN TO BOOST EV BATTERIES
Continuing its push to dramatically boost sales of electric vehicles, the Biden administration announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and recycle lithium-ion batteries.
3 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
FIFA BLOCKCHAIN DEAL IS FIRST NEW US WCUP SPONSOR SINCE 2011
FIFA got a first new American sponsor of the men’s World Cup in 11 years, signing a deal for this year’s tournament in Qatar with blockchain technology provider Algorand.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK'S BIG PLANS FOR TWITTER: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private.
5 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE ADDS WAYS TO KEEP PERSONAL INFO PRIVATE IN SEARCHES
Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
GEORGIA SETS $1.5B IN AID FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE MAKER RIVIAN
The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to built a 7,500-job, $5 billion electric vehicle plant east of Atlanta, according to documents the company and state signed this week.
2 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
NEW FACTORY IN MOSES LAKE TO BRING HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS
A battery materials company has purchased a 600,000-square foot facility in Moses Lake, Washington, to be used to manufacture lithium-ion anode battery materials for the automotive and cell phone industries.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
Fast Company
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Metaverse
Here are just a handful of the bucket-list experiences that await you in our new Web3 non-reality.
1 min |
Summer 2022
AppleMagazine
Apple Delivers Strong Quarter, but Warns of Trouble Ahead
Apple reported strong quarterly results despite supply shortages, but warned that its growth slowdown is likely to deepen.
3 min |
May 06, 2022
PC Magazine
This AI Program Can Draw Impressive Images of Whatever You Tell It to
The DALL-E 2 program can churn out both realistic and creative images from a mere text description. But the OpenAI lab is well aware the technology could be easily abused.
2 min |
May 2022
PC Magazine
Affordable, Tested Tech Actually Worth Buying
Our experts review more than 2,000 products each year: laptops, TVs, phones, routers, you name it. Here are some of the very best budget buys.
10+ min |
May 2022
PC Magazine
Amazon Glow: Connection for Kids
A tabletop projector built for connected activities and games
9 min |
May 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek
A Juice Boost
Belkin's latest power bank will get your gadgets charged when outlets are hard to find
2 min |
May 02, 2022
Techlife News
A CHILLING RUSSIAN CYBER AIM IN UKRAINE: DIGITAL DOSSIERS
Russia’s relentless digital assaults on Ukraine may have caused less damage than many anticipated. But most of its hacking is focused on a different goal that gets less attention but has chilling potential consequences: data collection.
5 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
CLIMATE CHANGE MAY INCREASE RISK OF NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study.
2 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
CHINA GRANTS FIRST DRIVERLESS TAXI PERMITS TO BAIDU, PONY.AI
China has granted Chinese internet services company Baidu and a rival autonomous car company, Pony.ai, permits to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public in Beijing, a significant regulatory step in the country’s pursuit of driverless technology.
1 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
DJI HALTS RUSSIA, UKRAINE BUSINESS TO PREVENT DRONE MISUSE
Drone company DJI Technology Co has temporarily suspended business activities in Russia and Ukraine to prevent use of its drones in combat, in a rare case of a Chinese company pulling out of Russia because of the war.
1 min |
April 30, 2022
Techlife News
COOKIE MONSTER, ELMO, ABBY UNITE FOR SHOW ‘MECHA BUILDERS'
Cookie Monster, Elmo and Abby Cadabby are utterly transformed in a new “Sesame Street” show. You might even say they’re Transformers.
2 min |