AppleMagazine
SPAIN FINES APPLE & AMAZON $218 MILLION FOR ELBOWING OUT SMALL RETAILERS
Amazon and Apple were fined a total of 194 million euros ($218 million) this week for colluding to box out competitors by favoring sales of Apple products directly from the online retail giant, Spain’s antitrust watchdog said.
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July 21, 2023
Techlife News
TWITTER SEEKS END TO US OVERSIGHT OF DATA USE AS FTC'S LINA KAHN GOES BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE
Twitter wants a federal court to end an order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission that limits its data security practices.
1 min |
July 15, 2023
Techlife News
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER TO START COMPLEX PROCESS TO DISPLAY SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR VERTICALLY
The lengthy process of putting the retired space shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position will begin this month in Los Angeles.
1 min |
July 15, 2023
Techlife News
CILLIAN MURPHY, PLAYING OPPENHEIMER, FINALLY GETS TO LEAD A CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FILM
The day Christopher Nolan called Cillian Murphy about his new film, \"Oppenheimer, Murphy hung up the phone in disbelief.
4 min |
July 15, 2023
Techlife News
ELON MUSK UNVEILS HIS NEW AI STARTUP WITH A TEAM OF TOP RESEARCHERS BUT A VAGUE MISSION
Elon Musk is finally starting to talk about the artificial intelligence company he founded to compete with ChatGPT-maker OpenAl.
1 min |
July 15, 2023
Techlife News
AMAZON PUSHES BACK AGAINST EUROPE'S PIONEERING NEW DIGITAL RULES
Amazon is disputing its status as a big online platform that needs to face stricter scrutiny under European Union digital rules taking effect next month, the first Silicon Valley tech giant to push back on the pioneering new standards.
2 min |
July 15, 2023
Techlife News
DELTA AIR LINES IS SOARING TO A RECORD $1.8 BILLION PROFIT AS SUMMER VACATIONERS PACK PLANES
Delta Air Lines soared to a record quarterly profit of more than $1.8 billion as summer vacationers packed planes, especially to international destinations, and the airline enjoyed a tailwind from falling fuel prices.
3 min |
July 15, 2023
Techlife News
3 Tax Prep Firms Shared 'Extraordinarily Sensitive' Data About Taxpayers With Meta, Lawmakers Say
A group of congressional Democrats reported this week that three large tax preparation firms sent "extraordinarily sensitive" information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.
2 min |
July 15, 2023
AppleMagazine
RELUCTANT TWITTER USERS, INFLUENCERS AND OTHERS ARE FLOCKING TO META'S NEW THREADS APP
Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta's freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk's raucous oversight of that platform.
4 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
TAKE THE LEAP WITH TOM CRUISE IN 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING, PART ONE'
Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest \"Mission: Impossible\" entry? Maybe you're sick of all the bombast at the movie theater lately? Well, put it another way: Do you really want to disappoint Tom Cruise?
3 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
MUSIC STREAMS FOR 2023 HIT 1 TRILLION IN RECORD TIME. LATIN AND K-POP ARTISTS ARE BIG REASONS WHY
Is non-English language music the future of the music business? Perhaps.
1 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
EUROPE SIGNS OFF ON A NEW PRIVACY PACT THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE'S DATA TO KEEP FLOWING TO US
The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people's personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.
2 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE SPOTS MOST DISTANT BLACK HOLE YET. MORE MAY BE LURKING
Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet using the Webb Space Telescope, but that record isn't expected to last.
1 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
Threads
TWITTER'S NEW RIVAL RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA HABITS
4 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
3 TAX PREP FIRMS SHARED 'EXTRAORDINARILY SENSITIVE' DATA ABOUT TAXPAYERS WITH META, LAWMAKERS SAY
A group of congressional Democrats reported this week that three large tax preparation firms sent \"extraordinarily sensitive\" information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.
2 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
WHAT IS THREADS? ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT META'S NEW TWITTER RIVAL, ANSWERED
Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live.
5 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT CAN MOVE AHEAD WITH RECORD $69 BILLION ACQUISITION OF ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, JUDGE RULES
A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition.
4 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ASKS APPEALS COURT TO BLOCK ORDER LIMITING ITS CONTACTS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily block a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' discussions with social media companies about controversial online posts.
3 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
TWITTER THREATENS LEGAL ACTION AGAINST META OVER ITS NEW RIVAL APP THREADS
Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform.
1 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
AMAZON PUSHES BACK AGAINST EUROPE'S PIONEERING NEW DIGITAL RULES
Amazon is disputing its status as a big online platform that needs to face stricter scrutiny under European Union digital rules taking effect next month, the first Silicon Valley tech giant to push back on the pioneering new standards.
2 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER TO START COMPLEX PROCESS TO DISPLAY SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR VERTICALLY
The lengthy process of putting the retired space shuttle Endeavour on display in the vertical launch position will begin this month in Los Angeles.
1 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
KIA TO INVEST $200M IN GEORGIA PLANT TO BEGIN BUILDING ELECTRIC SUV THERE, HIRING 200
Kia Corp. will invest $200 million in its Georgia factory to begin producing an electric-powered SUV, the company announced this week.
2 min |
July 14, 2023
AppleMagazine
WHAT IS A STRIKE IN BASEBALL? ROBOTS, RULE BOOK AND UMPIRES VIEW IT DIFFERENTLY
The education of robot umpires has been complicated by an open secret in baseball for the past 150 years: The strike zone called on the field doesn't match the one mapped out in the rule book.
4 min |
July 14, 2023
Techlife News
APPLE IS NOW THE FIRST PUBLIC COMPANY TO BE VALUED AT $3 TRILLION
Apple became the first publicly traded company to close a trading day with a $3 trillion market value, marking another milestone for a technology juggernaut that has reshaped society with a line-up of products that churn out eye-popping profits.
2 min |
Techlife News #610
Techlife News
TIKTOK AND 5 CONTENT CREATORS ASK FEDERAL JUDGE TO BLOCK MONTANA FROM BANNING APP
TikTok Inc. and a group of five content creators who are suing the state of Montana over its first-in-the-nation law to ban the video-sharing app are now asking a federal judge to block implementation of the law while the case moves through the courts and before it takes effect in January.
2 min |
Techlife News #610
Techlife News
META LOOKS TO TARGET TWITTER WITH A RIVAL APP CALLED THREADS
Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk.
2 min |
Techlife News #610
Techlife News
CANADA'S GOVERNMENT TO STOP ADVERTISING ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AFTER META SAYS IT WILL BLOCK NEWS
Canada’s government said this week it would stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram, in response to Meta’s decision to block access to news content on their social platforms as part of a temporary test.
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Techlife News #610
Techlife News
HOW TO HAVE A FUN SUMMER WHEN YOUR FINANCES FALL SHORT
With layoffs, bank closures and inflation, financial tensions remain high for many Americans heading into the summer.
3 min |
Techlife News #610
AppleMagazine
UN COUNCIL TO HOLD FIRST MEETING ON POTENTIAL THREATS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GLOBAL PEACE
The U.N. Security Council will hold a first-ever meeting on the potential threats of artificial intelligence to international peace and security, organized by the United Kingdom which sees tremendous potential but also major risks about AI’s possible use for example in autonomous weapons or in control of nuclear weapons.
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AppleMagazine #610
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK FACES LEGAL SETBACK IN EU COURT DECISION ON DATA PRIVACY & ADS
Facebook lost a legal challenge this week at the European Union’s top court over a groundbreaking German antitrust decision that limited the way the company uses data for advertising.
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