Techlife News
NEVADA SAYS TESLA'S POSSIBLE TAX BREAKS STAY SECRET, FOR NOW
The details of any potential tax breaks for Tesla’s $3.6 billion expansion of its Nevada factory will remain secret until late February, under a nondisclosure agreement that state officials signed with the electric carmaker.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
GOOGLE HAS THE NEXT MOVE AS MICROSOFT EMBRACES OPENAI BUZZ
Before the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT was unleashed into the world, the novelist Robin Sloan was testing a similar AI writing assistant built by researchers at Google.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
AMAZON AXES FREE GROCERY DELIVERY ON PRIME ORDERS UNDER $150
Amazon is axing free grocery delivery for Prime members on orders less than $150.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
BOEING BIDS FAREWELL TO AN ICON.DELIVERS LAST 747 JUMBO JET
Boeing bid farewell to an icon this week, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
CHEATERS BEWARE: CHATGPT MAKER RELEASES AI DETECTION TOOL
The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
AFTER TESLA PRICE CUT, FORD FOLLOWS SUIT WITH MUSTANG MACH-E
Ford is cutting prices on its Mustang Mach-E electric SUV by as much as $6,000 just weeks after market leader Tesla took similar steps.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
COURT UPHOLDS MINNESOTA 'CLEAN CAR RULE' TIED TO CALIFORNIA
The Minnesota Court of Appeals this week upheld the state’s “Clean Car Rule,” which ties the state’s vehicle emission standards to California regulations, as judges accepted assurances that California’s planned phaseout of gasoline-powered cars won’t automatically apply in Minnesota.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
EU OFFICIAL PUSHES MUSK FOR TWITTER'S PROGRESS ON NEW RULES
A top European Union official told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for a new law aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content, adding pressure on the company to ensure it complies.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
IMSA TAKES NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS CARS INTO HYBRID ERA
The Cadillac growls, while the Porsche and BMW scream. The Acura sounds like an Indy car, and for fun, turn your back to the track and listen carefully as the cars roar around Daytona International Speedway in a new era of IMSA sports car racing.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
Apple Search The efforts to replace and surpass the Google service
As Apple increasingly looks to find ways to boost its services revenue and encourage customers to move away from exploitative ad-backed platforms like Facebook, the firm is reportedly on the verge of announcing its own supercharged search engine to rival Google.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
APPLE AND GOOGLE APP STORES GET THUMBS DOWN FROM WHITE HOUSE
The Biden administration is taking aim at Apple and Google for operating mobile app stores that it says stifle competition.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
GUNN'S NEW DC SLATE FEATURES SUPERMAN, SUPERGIRL AND BATMAN
New DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran debuted their plans for a revamped and newly unified DC Universe of films and television series, including a new Superman film in 2025, a Wonder Woman prequel and a Batman movie that won’t star Robert Pattinson.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
FTC FINES GOODRX FOR UNAUTHORIZED SHARING OF HEALTH DATA
In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
META POSTS LOWER Q4 PROFIT, ANNOUNCES HUGE STOCK BUYBACK
Facebook parent company Meta posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
TECH INDUSTRY JOB CUTS COME RAPIDLY AND IN BIG NUMBERS
In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree in over the past several years due to a demand for their products, software and services surged with millions of people working remotely. However, even with all of the layoffs announced in recent weeks, most tech companies are still vastly larger than they were three years ago. Here’s a look at some of the companies that have announced layoffs so far.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TESLA AUTOMATED DRIVING DOCUMENTS
The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
US BLOCKS EXPORT LICENSE RENEWALS FOR CHINA'S HUAWEI
China’s government accused Washington of pursuing “technology hegemony,” as the United States has begun stepping up pressure on tech giant Huawei by blocking access to American suppliers.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
CANNES BREAKOUT 'CLOSE' TELLS OF INNOCENCE AND GRIEF
“Close” is a crushing story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont. At its heart is a friendship, loving and deep, between two 13-year-old boys, Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele), in the countryside.
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Techlife News #588
Techlife News
DUTCH, JAPANESE JOIN US LIMITS ON CHIP TECH TO CHINA
Japan and the Netherlands have agreed to a deal with the U.S. to restrict China’s access to materials used to make advanced computer chips, a person familiar with the agreement told.
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Techlife News #588
AppleMagazine
APPLE AND GOOGLE APP STORES GET THUMBS DOWN FROM WHITE HOUSE
The Biden administration is taking aim at Apple and Google for operating mobile app stores that it says stifle competition.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
AMAZON AXES FREE GROCERY DELIVERY ON PRIME ORDERS UNDER $150
Amazon is axing free grocery delivery for Prime members on orders less than $150.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
GUNN'S NEW DC SLATE FEATURES SUPERMAN, SUPERGIRL AND BATMAN
New DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran debuted their plans for a revamped and newly unified DC Universe of films and television series, including a new Superman film in 2025, a Wonder Woman prequel and a Batman movie that won’t star Robert Pattinson.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TESLA AUTOMATED DRIVING DOCUMENTS
The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” features, according to a regulatory filing.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
BOEING BIDS FAREWELL TO AN ICON.DELIVERS LAST 747 JUMBO JET
Boeing bid farewell to an icon this week, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of workers who helped build the planes over the past 55 years looked on.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
Search The efforts to replace and surpass the Google service
As Apple increasingly looks to find ways to boost its services revenue and encourage customers to move away from exploitative ad-backed platforms like Facebook, the firm is reportedly on the verge of announcing its own supercharged search engine to rival Google.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
AFTER TESLA PRICE CUT, FORD FOLLOWS SUIT WITH MUSTANG MACH-E
Ford is cutting prices on its Mustang Mach-E electric SUV by as much as $6,000 just weeks after market leader Tesla took similar steps.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
CANNES BREAKOUT 'CLOSE' TELLS OF INNOCENCE AND GRIEF
“Close” is a crushing story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont. At its heart is a friendship, loving and deep, between two 13-year-old boys, Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi (Gustav De Waele), in the countryside.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
IMSA TAKES NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS CARS INTO HYBRID ERA
The Cadillac growls, while the Porsche and BMW scream. The Acura sounds like an Indy car, and for fun, turn your back to the track and listen carefully as the cars roar around Daytona International Speedway in a new era of IMSA sports car racing.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
TECH INDUSTRY JOB CUTS COME RAPIDLY AND IN BIG NUMBERS
In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree in over the past several years due to a demand for their products, software and services surged with millions of people working remotely. However, even with all of the layoffs announced in recent weeks, most tech companies are still vastly larger than they were three years ago. Here’s a look at some of the companies that have announced layoffs so far.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #588
AppleMagazine
CHEATERS BEWARE: CHATGPT MAKER RELEASES AI DETECTION TOOL
The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating machine with a new tool that can help teachers detect if a student or artificial intelligence wrote that homework.
4 min |