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AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK CANNOT KEEP TESLA PAY PACKAGE WORTH MORE THAN $55 BILLION, JUDGE RULES
Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.
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February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
EXPLORING APPLE VISION PRO: INSIGHTS FROM TOP TECH EXPERTS
The Apple Vision Pro, one of the most buzzedabout gadgets of the year, has been unboxed and scrutinized by a cadre of leading tech influencers and media outlets.
2 min |
February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE'S PARENT POSTS DOUBLE-DIGIT REVENUE GROWTH IN A QUARTER FOR FIRST TIME IN 1,38 NEARLY 2 YEARS
Google’s corporate parent returned to doubledigit revenue growth during last year’s final quarter, signaling the internet powerhouse has regained its footing even as it grapples with regulatory and competitive threats to its digital empire.
1 min |
February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
EU Overhaul
APPLE'S EFFORTS TO KEEP USERS SAFE IN EUROPE DESPITE DMA
5 min |
February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
AMAZON SAYS PRIME DELIVERIES REACHED THEIR FASTEST SPEEDS EVER LAST YEAR
Amazon delivered packages to its Prime customers at the fastest speeds ever in 2023, the retailer said this week, thanks to better inventory placement, a new regionalization model for shipments and more same-day warehouses.
2 min |
February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WINTERTIME DRIVING WITH AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
As a big winter storm rolled across the United States in mid-January, many news outlets reported on drivers of electric vehicles dealing with dramatically reduced range and multihour waits at public charging stations.
3 min |
February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK SAYS THE FIRST HUMAN HAS RECEIVED AN IMPLANT FROM NEURALINK, BUT OTHER DETAILS ARE SCANT
According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend.
2 min |
February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE CONCERNED YOU MIGHT BE LAID OFF - OR IF YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB
Recent mass layoffs from technology and media companies, including eBay, Riot Games and the Los Angeles Times, might have you thinking about your job security.
5 min |
February 02, 2024
AppleMagazine
FRANCE FINES AMAZON $35 MILLION FOR 'EXCESSIVELY INTRUSIVE' MONITORING OF WAREHOUSE STAFF
France’s privacy watchdog said this week that it slapped Amazon‘s French warehouse business with a 32 million euro fine ($35 million) for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity.
1 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT SAYS STATE-BACKED RUSSIAN HACKERS ACCESSED EMAILS OF SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS
State-backed Russian hackers broke into Microsoft’s corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of the company’s leadership team, as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams, the company said.
2 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
JAPAN BECOMES THE FIFTH COUNTRY TO LAND A SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON
Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday (20).
2 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
WWE'S 'RAW' IS MOVING TO NETFLIX NEXT YEAR IN A MAJOR STREAMING DEAL WORTH MORE THAN $5 BILLION
WWE’s weekly television show “Raw” will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal worth more than $5 billion.
2 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX'S GAINS 13M NEW GLOBAL 4Q SUBSCRIBERS AS IT UNWRAPS ITS BEST-EVER HOLIDAY SEASON RESULTS
Netflix registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023, closing out a comeback year that included a crackdown on viewers freeloading on the video-streaming service and a smattering of price hikes.
3 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
A LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMPANIES IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR THAT HAVE RECENTLY MADE LAYOFFS
A bunch of companies in the technology sector have been laying off some of their employees recently after quickly ramping up hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic while people spent more time and money online.
2 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
ONLINE RETAILER EBAY IS CUTTING 1.000 JOBS. IT'S THE LATEST TECH COMPANY TO REDUCE ITS WORKFORCE
Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its full-time workforce, saying its number of employees and costs have exceeded how much the business is growing in a slowing economy. It marks the latest layoffs in the tech industry.
2 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
AMERICANS' ECONOMIC OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS AS INFLATION SLOWS AND WAGES OUTPACE PRICES
After an extended period of gloom, Americans are starting to feel better about inflation and the economy — a trend that could sustain consumer spending, fuel economic growth and potentially affect President Joe Biden’s political fortunes.
5 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
APPLE TV+ ACHIEVES REMARKABLE 13 OSCAR NOMINATIONS WITH 'KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON' & 'NAPOLEON'
Apple TV+ has emerged as a major contender in this year’s Academy Awards, securing 13 nominations for its cinematic offerings, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘Napoleon’. The Oscars ceremony, set for March 10, will be a moment of truth for these Apple Original Films.
1 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
JETBLUE AND SPIRIT AIRLINES SAY THEY WILL APPEAL A JUDGE'S RULING THAT BLOCKED THEIR MERGER
JetBlue and Spirit Airlines said they will appeal a federal judge’s ruling this week that blocked their plan to combine into a single carrier.
1 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
Generative OS
THE FUTURE OF AI PERSONAL COMPUTING IS COMING IN 2024
4 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
FLEXIBLE UNDERPINNINGS OF NEW BIG STELLANTIS VEHICLES WILL HELP COMPANY NAVIGATE POLITICAL CHANGES
On the surface, you wouldn’t think the platform beneath a new generation of automobiles has anything to do with politics and elections.
2 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
AIRBNB DONATES $10 MILLION TO 120 NONPROFITS ON 6 CONTINENTS THROUGH ITS UNUSUAL COMMUNITY FUND
Airbnb on Tuesday donated a total of $10 million to more than 120 nonprofits in 44 countries on six continents, the short-term rental giant’s latest outlays in its unusual distribution of $100 million through its Airbnb Community Fund.
3 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
APPLE OFFERS RIVALS ACCESS TO TAP-AND-GO PAYMENT TECH TO RESOLVE EU ANTITRUST CASE
Apple has promised to open up its tap-and-go mobile payment system to rivals, the European Union said, as the U.S. tech company seeks to resolve an antitrust case and avoid a fine that potentially could be worth billions.
1 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
HOW (AND WHERE) TO WATCH OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMS ONLINE
The winner in the Oscar nominations race after a bruising year for the film industry was “Oppenheimer” with 13 nods, followed by the otherworldly “Poor Things” with 11 and the period epic “Killers of the Flower Moon” with 10.
7 min |
January 26, 2024
AppleMagazine
TECH FIRM BAIDU DENIES REPORT THAT ITS ERNIE AI CHATBOT IS LINKED TO CHINESE MILITARY RESEARCH
Technology company Baidu refuted a newspaper report that said its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie was linked to Chinese military research.
2 min |
January 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
AMAZON'S AUDIBLE IS LAYING OFF 5% OF ITS WORKFORCE, MARKING ANOTHER ROUND OF JOB CUTS IN TECH
Amazon-owned online audiobook and podcast service Audible is laying off about 5% of its workforce, marking the third round of job cuts at the e-commerce giant’s businesses last week as the technology industry continues to shed roles in the new year.
1 min |
January 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
BANKS PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OVER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OVERDRAFT FEES
The squabble over billion of dollars in overdraft fees that Americans get charged every year is intensifying.
4 min |
January 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
STILL TRYING TO MAKE 'FETCH' HAPPEN, NOW IN SONG: 'MEAN GIRLS' GETS A MUSICAL UPDATE
The first “Mean Girls,” that compulsively watchable high-school based social satire by Tina Fey, came out in 2004. The Broadway musical opened in 2018.
4 min |
January 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
BOEING TO INCREASE QUALITY INSPECTIONS ON 737-MAX FOLLOWING ALASKA AIRLINES BLOW OUT
Boeing told employees this week that it plans to increase quality inspections of its 737 Max 9 aircraft, following the failure of an emergency exit door panel on an Alaska Airlines flight last week.
2 min |
January 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
UBER CUTS OFF DRIZLY, THE ALCOHOL DELIVERY APP IT BOUGHT FOR $1.1 BILLION THREE YEARS AGO
Uber is shutting down alcohol delivery app Drizly, the company confirmed, three years after acquiring the platform for $1.1 billion.
1 min |
January 19, 2024
AppleMagazine
MORE CEOs FEAR THEIR COMPANIES WON'T SURVIVE 10 YEARS AS AI AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES GROW, SURVEY SAYS
More executives are feeling better about the global economy, but a growing number don’t think their companies will survive the coming decade without a major overhaul because of pressure from climate change and technology like artificial intelligence, according to a new survey of CEOs by one of the world’s largest consulting firms, PwC.
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