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AppleMagazine
BOEING POSTS A $355 MILLION LOSS AS THE PLANE MAKER TRIES TO DIG OUT FROM UNDER ITS LATEST CRISIS
Boeing said this week that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers.
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April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WRAPPING YOUR CAR
Gaze around the next time you’re stuck in traffic and see if you’re not surprised, maybe even a little saddened, by the monochromatic sea around you.
3 min |
April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
APPLE PULLS WHATSAPP AND THREADS FROM APP STORE ON BEIJING'S ORDERS
Apple said it had removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China to comply with orders from Chinese authorities.
1 min |
April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
WALL STREET IS LOOKING TO TESLA'S EARNINGS FOR CLUES TO MUSK'S PLAN TO RESTORE COMPANY'S WILD GROWTH
But Wall Street was unimpressed and will be looking for other answers from CEO Elon Musk when Tesla releases a report on its first-quarter finances after the U.S. stock market’s closing bell Tuesday.
4 min |
April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK MAY BE BANNED IN THE US. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN INDIA DID IT
The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
3 min |
April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
SENATE PASSES BILL FORCING TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY TO SELL OR FACE BAN, SENDS TO BIDEN FOR SIGNATURE
The Senate passed legislation this week that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by U.S. lawmakers that’s expected to face legal challenges and disrupt the lives of content creators who rely on the short-form video app for income.
4 min |
April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
INSIDER Q&A: TRUST AND SAFETY EXEC TALKS ABOUT AI AND CONTENT MODERATION
Alex Popken was a longtime trust and safety executive at Twitter focusing on content moderation before leaving in 2023.
4 min |
April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
Education THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM FROM PLAYGROUNDS TO UNIVERSITY LABS
Technology is pivotal in learning environments that constantly adapt and evolve, and Apple is at the forefront.
4 min |
April 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
Browsing in Incognito Mode Doesn't Protect You as Much as You Might Think
Although a private browsing mode known as “Incognito” in Google’s widely used Chrome browser has been available for nearly a decade, a legal settlement involving the way it works has cast new attention on this commonly available setting.
3 min |
April 05, 2024
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN UNION QUESTIONS TIKTOK ON NEW APP THAT PAYS USERS FOR WATCHING
European Union regulators said this week they're seeking details from TikTok on a new app from the video sharing platform that pays users to watch videos.
1 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
UBER AND LYFT DELAY THEIR PLANS TO LEAVE MINNEAPOLIS AFTER OFFICIALS PUSH BACK DRIVER PAY PLAN
The ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said they will delay their planned exit from Minneapolis after city officials decided to push back the start of a driver pay raise by two months.
2 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
FACED WITH POSSIBLY PAYING FOR NEWS, GOOGLE REMOVES LINKS TO CALIFORNIA NEWS SITES FOR SOME USERS
Google began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content.
4 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
NASA IS SEEKING A FASTER AND CHEAPER WAY TO BRING MARS SAMPLES TO EARTH
NASA's plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there's a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said.
2 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
TESLA TO ASK SHAREHOLDERS TO REINSTATE $55 BILLION PAY PACKAGE FOR MUSK REJECTED BY DELAWARE JUDGE
Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate a compensation package for CEO Elon Musk potentially worth $55 billion that was rejected by a judge in Delaware this year and to move the electric car maker's corporate home from Delaware to Texas.
2 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
MASSACHUSETTS OFFICIAL WARNS AI SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.ANTI-BIAS LAWS
Developers, suppliers, and users of artificial intelligence must comply with existing state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data privacy laws, the Massachusetts attorney general cautioned this week.
2 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
NISSAN SAYS IT WILL MAKE NEXT-GENERATION EV BATTERIES BY EARLY 2029
Nissan expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029, the company said this week during a media tour of an unfinished pilot plant.
1 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AGREES TO PROVIDE $6.4 BILLION TO SAMSUNG FOR MAKING COMPUTER CHIPS IN TEXAS
The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas.
1 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
ONLY 26% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY GET AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP, NEW GALLUP POLL SAYS
If you’re feeling — YAWN — sleepy or tired while you read this and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you’re not alone.
4 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
APPLE CEO SAYS COMPANY WILL 'LOOK AT' MANUFACTURING IN INDONESIA
\"We talked about the president's desire to see manufacturing in the country, and it's something that we will look at,\" Cook told reporters after the meeting.
1 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
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TRANSFORMING PRODUCTIVITY WITH A MAC DESKTOP SETUP
5 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
AI-GENERATED MODELS COULD BRING MORE DIVERSITY TO THE FASHION INDUSTRY OR LEAVE IT WITH LESS
London-based model Alexsandrah has a twin, but not in the way you’d expect: Her counterpart is made of pixels instead of flesh and blood.
5 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
AMAZON REMOVED JUST WALK OUT FROM MANY OF ITS OWN STORES BUT WANTS TO SELL THE SYSTEM TO OTHERS
Amazon wants the public and - especially other businesses - to know it's not giving up on its Just Walk Out technology.
3 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT INVESTS $1.5 BILLION IN AI FIRM G42, OVERSEEN BY UAE'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in a technology firm based in the United Arab Emirates and overseen by the country's powerful national security adviser.
1 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
CHARACTERS ENTER THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.WINNIE THE POOH BECOMES A KILLER.WHERE IS REMIX CULTURE GOING?
The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats.
6 min |
April 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
CONTENT CREATION HOLDS APPEAL FOR LAID-OFF WORKERS SEEKING FLEXIBILITY
With a compact mirror in one hand and an eyelash curler in the other, Grace Xu told her roughly 300,000 TikTok followers she was likely about to be laid off.
4 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
INTERNET PROVIDERS MUST NOW BE MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT FEES, PRICING, FCC SAYS
Much like nutritional labels on food products, “broadband labels” for internet packages will soon tell you just what is going into the pricing of your service, thanks to new rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission this week.
2 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
WARNER BROS. TEASES 'JOKER' SEQUEL, 'BEETLEJUICE 2 AND MORE AT CINEMACON
Warner Bros. isn’t resting on its “ Barbie “ laurels: The 100-year studio has its sights on a recordbreaking 2024 as well, with a release slate that includes a new Mad Max film, “ Furiosa,” Kevin Costner’s two-part Western epic, “ Horizon: An American Saga, “ the “ Beetlejuice “ sequel, and “Joker: Folie à Deux,” which brings Lady Gaga to Gotham City.
3 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
IN ALEX GARLAND'S POTENT 'CIVIL WAR.' JOURNALISTS ARE AMERICA'S LAST HOPE
The United States is crumbling in Alex Garland’s sharp new film “ Civil War, “ a bellowing and haunting big-screen experience.
3 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SETS FIRST-EVER LIMITS ON SO-CALLED 'FOREVER CHEMICALS' IN DRINKING WATER
The Biden administration finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured.
4 min |
April 12, 2024
AppleMagazine
SOME STATES ARE SEEKING TO RESTRICT TIKTOK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEIR GOVERNORS AREN'T USING IT
POV: You’re on TikTok, and so is your governor — even as your Legislature considers banning the app from state-owned devices and networks.
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