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AppleMagazine
CANADA WILDFIRE EVACUEES CAN'T GET NEWS MEDIA ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM.SOME FIND WORKAROUNDS
Before fleeing about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Yellowknife by car, Agnes Grandejambe looked to social media to find out almost everything she needed to know about escaping the encroaching wildfires.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT BUDGES ON VIDEO GAME STREAMING RIGHTS IN PUSH FOR UK TO APPROVE ACTIVISION BLIZZARD DEAL
British competition regulators opened a new investigation into Microsoft's revamped bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, representing the last major hurdle to closing one of the biggest deals in tech history.
2 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
'GRAN TURISMO' MOVIE DRIFTS INTO CLICHES AND VIDEO GAME AESTHETICS
In 2006, a Nissan marketing executive had a truly insane idea to create a competition and an \"academy\" to turn gamers into race car drivers.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
INDIA LANDS A SPACECRAFT NEAR THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE, A FIRST FOR THE WORLD AS IT JOINS ELITE CLUB
India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole on Wednesday - a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world's most populous nation.
4 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
CHILDREN'S ADVOCATES ASK FTC TO INVESTIGATE GOOGLE FOR TARGETING ADS TO KIDS
Children's advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice.
2 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
THESE CARS WILL BE GONE AFTER 2023
Just as TV shows get canceled due to poor performance or changing customer tastes, the same happens for cars and trucks.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
EUROPE'S SWEEPING RULES FOR TECH GIANTS ARE ABOUT TO KICK IN. HERE'S HOW THEY WORK
Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online.
4 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
DIGITAL CLONES AND VOCALOIDS MAY BE POPULAR IN JAPAN.ELSEWHERE, THEY COULD GET LOST IN TRANSLATION
Kazutaka Yonekura dreams of a world where everyone will have their very own digital “clone” — an online avatar that could take on some of our work and daily tasks, such as appearing in Zoom meetings in our place.
4 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
BUSINESS TYCOON CARLOS GHOSN'S RISE, FALL AND DRAMATIC ESCAPE IS SUBJECT OF NEW APPLE TV+ SERIES
Carlos Ghosn, the former rock star businessman who fell from grace and fled authorities smuggled in a music instrument box, is getting what his dramatic story deserves — a multi-part documentary series.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
GM'S CRUISE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE UNIT AGREES TO CUT FLEET IN HALF AFTER 2 CRASHES IN SAN FRANCISCO
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city.
2 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE ADVISER CALLS FOR MORE SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RISKS
When President Joe Biden has questions about artificial intelligence, one expert he turns to is his science adviser Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
3 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
SAN FRANCISCO LAUNCHES DRIVERLESS BUS SERVICE FOLLOWING ROBOTAXI EXPANSION
First came the robotaxis. Then the driverless buses arrived.
2 min |
August 25, 2023
AppleMagazine
Amazon is Rolling Out a Generative AI Feature That Summarizes Product Reviews
Amazon is rolling out a new generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews for customers.
1 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
GOING TO COLLEGE? HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT STUDENT LOANS
If you’re heading to college or starting to think about where you’d like to apply, you’re probably considering options for funding your education. If you need to borrow money to pursue your dreams, you are far from alone.
5 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
HP FAILS TO DERAIL CLAIMS THAT IT BRICKS SCANNERS ON MULTIFUNCTION PRINTERS WHEN INK RUNS LOW
HP has failed to shunt aside class-action legal claims that it disables the scanners on its multifunction printers when their ink runs low. Though not for lack of trying.
2 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
FOR MARK ZUCKERBERG'S THREADS, THE REAL RIVAL IS STILL TIKTOK NOT THE FORMER TWITTER
Threads, the simple, bare-bones text-based social network created by Facebook owner Meta, burst onto the scene during a particularly bad week for the rival then still known as Twitter. It quickly amassed 100 million signups — a huge feat for a newcomer in the space — and was dubbed as a “Twitter killer.”
3 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
MOVIE REVIEW: GAL GADOT TURNS SUPERSPY IN 'HEART OF STONE'
It’s turning out to be quite a summer for superspies and supercomputers.
3 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
RUSSIA IS BACK ON THE LUNAR PATH. A ROCKET BLASTS OFF ON ITS FIRST MOON MISSION IN NEARLY 50 YEARS
A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off last week (11) on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft.
2 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
INTEL CALLS OFF $5.4B TOWER DEAL AFTER FAILING TO OBTAIN REGULATORY APPROVALS
Intel will terminate a $5.4 billion deal to acquire Israeli chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor after China failed to sign off on the deal amid rising tensions with the United States.
1 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
2 PINTEREST DIRECTORS RESIGN FROM NEXTDOOR'S BOARD IN RESPONSE TO ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
The Justice Department said Wednesday that two directors resigned from Nextdoor’s board in response to the department’s efforts to enforce an antitrust law aimed at barring executives from holding similar positions at rival companies.
1 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
DON'T EXPECT QUICK FIXES IN 'RED-TEAMING' OF AI MODELS.SECURITY WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT
White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending last weekend at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas.
4 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
PEOPLE ARE LOSING MORE MONEY TO SCAMMERS THAN EVER BEFORE. HERE'S HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE
With the help of technology, scammers are tricking Americans out of more money than ever before. But there are steps you can take to keep your money and information safe.
5 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
TESLA WINS THE EV CHARGE PLUG FORMAT WAR
You’re probably familiar with previous technology format wars, whether it be VHS versus Betamax or Blu-ray versus HD DVD. Now another has quickly brewed in the way people plug in and charge their electric vehicles. It’s a battle of CCS versus NACS, and the winning format has a familiar backer: Tesla. Edmunds’ experts break down what EV owners need to know about the format changes.
3 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
Watch Out
THE BIG CHANGES COMING TO THE APPLE WATCH RANGE
4 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
FORD LURES APPLE EXECUTIVE TO OVERSEE ITS NEW SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES UNIT
Ford has hired away a key Apple executive to run a new business unit that will sell software-related subscription services to vehicle owners.
2 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
COINBASE GETS APPROVAL TO OFFER CRYPTO FUTURES TO ELIGIBLE US CUSTOMERS
Coinbase said it’s received regulatory approval to bring federally regulated crypto futures trading to eligible customers in the U.S., sending shares sharply higher before the opening bell Wednesday.
1 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
FOUNDATIONS SEEK TO ADVANCE AI FOR GOOD AND ALSO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM ITS THREATS
While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial-intelligence development, philanthropists — including long-established foundations and tech billionaires — have been responding with an uptick in grants.
5 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
Artificial Intelligence is Gaining State Lawmakers' Attention, and They Have a Lot of Questions
As state lawmakers rush to get a handle on fast-evolving artificial intelligence technology, they’re often focusing first on their own state governments before imposing restrictions on the private sector.
5 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
4 NEW OFFSHORE WIND POWER PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR NEW JERSEY SHORE: 2 WOULD BE FAR OUT TO SEA
Wind power developers proposed four new projects off the New Jersey Shore, a surge that would more than double the number of wind farms built off its coast if they are approved by regulators.
2 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
SCIENTISTS LOOK BEYOND CLIMATE CHANGE AND EL NINO FOR OTHER FACTORS THAT HEAT UP EARTH
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat.
4 min |