AppleMagazine
GM RETHINKS PLANNED STAKE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MAKER NIKOLA
General Motors will not be taking a stake in the electric vehicle company Nikola, and the company said that it was scuttling one of its marquee vehicles, an electric and hydrogen-powered pickup, after GM pulled technological support from the project.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #475
AppleMagazine
DOORDASH LOOKING FOR A VALUATION OF NEARLY $30B
DoorDash is looking for a valuation of nearly $30 billion when it takes itself public, reflecting how integral food delivery has become in millions of people’s lives during the pandemic.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #475
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S SPACE AMBITIONS: ROBOT ON MARS, A HUMAN ON THE MOON
China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on the lunar surface.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #475
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA PROVIDING $500M IN VIRUS AID FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
California will provide temporary tax relief and $500 million in aid to small businesses struggling because of coronavirus outbreak restrictions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #475
AppleMagazine
BLACK FRIDAY SEES RECORD ONLINE AS US SHOPPERS STAY HOME
Black Friday online sales hit a new record this year as pandemic-wary Americans filled virtual carts instead of real ones.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #475
Bloomberg Businessweek
Amazon's European Adventure Could Be Different From Google's
There are signs that the company and the European Union are working to avoid an antitrust showdown
3 min |
December 07, 2020
Techlife News
HOSPITALS CAN CARE FOR MEDICARE PATIENTS AT HOME IN PANDEMIC
Hospitals will be allowed to care for Medicare patients in their own homes during the pandemic under a government program announced Wednesday to help hospitals deal with the latest surge.
1 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
PENGUIN TO BUY SIMON & SCHUSTER, CREATE PUBLISHING GIANT
German media giant Bertelsmann said that its Penguin Random House division is buying rival Simon & Schuster in a megadeal that would reshape the U.S. publishing industry.
2 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DENIES PLANNED MINE NEAR ALASKA FISHERY
The Trump administration on Wednesday effectively killed a contentious proposed mine in Alaska, a gold and copper prospect once envisioned to be nearly as deep as the Grand Canyon and could produce enough waste to fill an NFL stadium nearly 3,900 times — all near the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.
4 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
THE PANDEMIC IS CHANGING HOLLYWOOD, MAYBE FOREVER
“No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding.
6 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
GOOGLE FACES UK SCRUTINY OVER NEW ADVERTISING DATA REVAMP
Google faces fresh regulatory scrutiny in Britain over plans to revamp its ad data system, after an industry lobbying group complained to the competition watchdog that the changes would cement the U.S. tech giant’s online dominance.
2 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
TWEET ON SPARE CHANGE GENERATES BIG MONEY FOR VIRUS AID
Andy Larsen is a sports writer, but with so many games scratched during the pandemic he has spent a lot of time digging into coronavirus data and its sobering implications.
2 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
EUROPEAN REGULATOR MOVES TO CLEAR BOEING 737 FOR FLIGHT
European regulators took a step closer to letting the Boeing 737 Max fly again, publishing a proposed airworthiness directive that could see the aircraft cleared within weeks after being grounded for nearly two years over deadly crashes.
2 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
CHINA DEMANDS INDIA RESCIND APP BAN AMID BORDER TENSION
China on Wednesday demanded India rescind a ban on more Chinese mobile phone apps amid tension between Beijing and other governments over technology and security.
1 min |
November 28, 2020
Techlife News
EUROPE SIGNS $102M DEAL TO BRING SPACE TRASH HOME
The European Space Agency says it is signing a 86 million-euro ($102 million) contract with a Swiss start-up company to bring a large piece of orbital trash back to Earth.
1 min |
November 28, 2020
AppleMagazine
US-EUROPEAN OCEAN MONITORING SATELLITE LAUNCHES INTO ORBIT
A U.S.-European satellite designed to extend a decades-long measurement of global sea surface heights was launched into Earth orbit from California last Saturday.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
GLOBAL TECH GIANTS THREATEN TO LEAVE PAKISTAN OVER NEW RULES
Internet and technology companies have threatened to leave Pakistan after the government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move critics say was aimed at curtailing freedom of expression in the conservative Islamic nation.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
DETROIT RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC CAMERA EXPANSION
Detroit officials’ plan to install 200 more traffic light-mounted cameras at city intersections is facing community resistance amid privacy and racial discrimination concerns.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
BEST BUY REPORTS 3Q RESULTS THAT EXCEED WALL STREET VIEWS
Best Buy Co. reported fiscal third-quarter results that blew through analysts’ expectations as the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer enjoyed surging demand for items like home theater and appliances that help people learn, cook, work and connect in their homes during the pandemic.
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AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
UNCHANGED FROM EARLY ESTIMATE, US ECONOMY GREW 33.1% IN Q3
The second of three estimates on U.S. growth for the July-September quarter was unchanged at a record pace of 33.1%. But a resurgence in the coronavirus is expected to slow growth sharply in the current quarter with some economists even raising the specter of a double-dip recession.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
LIGHTS, CAMERA, SELL: RETAILERS WANT YOU TO WATCH AND SHOP
When Jenna Powell gets in front of a camera, she can sell $10,000 worth of sparkly dresses and tie-dye hoodies in 40 minutes.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
LEFT FOR DEAD, TWICE, RADIOSHACK GETS ANOTHER SHOT ONLINE
RadioShack, a fixture at the mall for decades, has been pulled from brink of death, again.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
BUSINESS: APPLE POSITIONS iPHONE 12 AS A CORPORATE MUST-HAVE
Critics labeled the iPhone 12 Apple’s biggest leap forward in years, with analysts suggesting that the Cupertino company will shift close to 70 million units before the end of 2020. As if the iPhone 12 range wasn’t popular enough, Apple has announced a partnership with carrier Verizon to make iPhone the most compelling business smartphone, offering 5G on the go.
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AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
CHINA LAUNCHES MISSION TO BRING BACK MATERIAL FROM MOON
China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 40 years — an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #474
AppleMagazine
ALIBABA CEO SAYS REGULATIONS FOR INTERNET FIRMS 'NECESSARY'
The chairman and CEO of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group praised Chinese regulators in a possible attempt to repair ties after the stock market debut of its former financial services arm was suspended following criticism of them by billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #474
Techlife News
SPACEX CAPSULE WITH 4 ASTRONAUTS REACHES SPACE STATION
SpaceX’s newly launched capsule with four astronauts arrived Monday at the International Space Station, their new home until spring.
3 min |
November 21, 2020
Techlife News
SORRY, GRINCH. VIRUS WON'T STOP NORAD FROM TRACKING SANTA
Children of the world can rest easy. The global pandemic won’t stop them from tracking Santa Claus’ progress as he delivers gifts around the globe on Christmas Eve.
2 min |
November 21, 2020
Techlife News
EU AUDITORS: ANTITRUST PROBES TOO SLOW TO CURB TECH GIANTS
The EU’s efforts to rein in the power of big tech companies such as Google and Facebook through antitrust investigations have taken too long, dulling their effectiveness, a report said Thursday.
1 min |
November 21, 2020
Stereophile
MBL NOBLE SERIES N31 CD PLAYER–D/A PROCESSOR
In Stereophile’s February 2018 issue,1 I reviewed the MBL Noble Line N31, a baroque-styled CD player and D/A processor from German manufacturer MBL.2
6 min |
December 2020
Stereophile
Gryphon Essence Mono
POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |