Techlife News
FIRST SPACE-BAKED COOKIES TOOK 2 HOURS IN EXPERIMENTAL OVEN
The results are finally in for the first chocolate chip cookie bake-off in space.
2 min |
January 25, 2020
Techlife News
FIAT CHRYSLER IN TALKS WITH FOXCONN TO DEVELOP ELECTRIC CARS
Fiat Chrysler is in talks with the Taiwanese company Foxconn to develop and manufacture battery-powered vehicles, the U.S.-Italian automaker said.
1 min |
January 25, 2020
Sound & Vision
Tech to Make Guests Feel at Home
My company has installed whole-house, distributed audio systems since literally the day we opened our doors back in 1995, and over the years we’ve witnessed generational improvements in technology.
3 min |
December 2019 - January 2020
Techlife News
Netflix Holds Its Own In The Streaming Wars - For Now
Netflix added 8.8 million worldwide subscribers during its fourth quarter, surpassing expectations at a time when it faces heated competition from new streaming challengers such as Disney.
1 min |
January 25, 2020
Techlife News
US Official: China Steals ‘Massive Amounts' Of Data In West
China is stealing “massive amounts” of data from Western companies and Iran has stolen data from some 200 universities, the top U.S. cybersecurity diplomat said Wednesday.
1 min |
January 25, 2020
Techlife News
Tesla Passes $100 Billion, Teeing Up Big Payout For Musk
The meteoric rise of Tesla shares that recently pushed the company’s value over $100 billion could turn into a supercharged payday for CEO Elon Musk.
1 min |
January 25, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S NEW QUARREL WITH APPLE
The deadly shooting of three U.S. sailors at a Navy installation in December could reignite a long-simmering fight between the federal government and tech companies over data privacy and encryption.
4 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
NO ASTROVANS FOR SPACEX, CREWS RIDING TO ROCKETS IN TESLAS
Astronauts launched by SpaceX in coming months will ride to their rockets in high fashion.
1 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
UK POLICE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TESTS PUBLIC'S TOLERANCE
When British police used facial recognition cameras to monitor crowds arriving for a soccer match in Wales, some fans protested by covering their faces. In a sign of the technology’s divisiveness, even the head of a neighboring police force said he opposed it.
4 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE CEO CALLS FOR REGULATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Partnering with Europe on Responsible AI
2 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
UN EXPERTS: JEFF BEZOS PHONE HACK SHOWS LINK TO SAUDI PRINCE
The phone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner JeffBezos was hacked after receiving a file sent from an account used by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United Nations experts said Wednesday.
4 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
GM'S CRUISE HEADS DOWN NEW ROAD WITH NEW ROBOTAXI CONCEPT
General Motors’ self-driving car company will attempt to deliver on its long-running promise to provide a more environmentally friendly ride-hailing service in an unorthodox vehicle designed to eliminate the need for human operators to transport people around crowded cities.
3 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
WHY TECH HAS BEEN SLOW TO FIGHT WILDFIRES, EXTREME WEATHER
For two years running, California’s wildfires have sent plumes of smoke across Silicon Valley.
4 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
BOEING DOESN'T EXPECT MAX JET TO BE CLEARED UNTIL SUMMER
Boeing said that it doesn’t expect federal regulators to approve its changes to the grounded 737 Max until this summer, several months longer than the company was saying just a few weeks ago.
2 min |
January 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Drones: Soaring Innovation Changing The World
There are few pieces of technology that excite us quite like drones. Though these unmanned ariel marvels aren’t new, it’s only now that we’re realizing their full potential across virtually every aspect of our lives, including entertainment, public services, travel, and distribution…
8 min |
January 24, 2020
Techlife News
MICROSOFT: $250M MORE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE AREA
One year after Microsoft announced it was committing $500 million toward affordable housing in the Seattle area, it’s upping that by half. The additional $250 million will provide a line of credit to help the Washington State Finance Commission finance about 3,000 additional units of affordable housing, Jane Broom, the company’s senior director of philanthropies, said in a blog post.
1 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
GROUPS PUSH FOR ‘MEDICARE FOR ALL' SUPPORT AS PRIMARIES NEAR
“Medicare for All” has played a role in nearly every stage of the Democratic presidential campaign, but there’s been some quibbling over how that phrase is defined.
3 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
US FIRM OFFERS FREE CYBERSECURITY HELP TO FEDERAL CAMPAIGNS
A major U.S. web infrastructure and security company will provide free support to federal election campaigns to help thwart any repeats of the 2016 effort by Russian agents to steal and leak sensitive campaign emails and documents.
1 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
AHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: ALIBABA PLANS TO CHANGE THE OLYMPICS
Alibaba’s promise to the Olympic family is to bring its technological might to help organizers, broadcasters and fans.
2 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
Uber And Airbnb: How The 'Sharing Economy' Is Transforming Travel
THE TECH-INSPIRED TRANSFORMATION OF AN INDUSTRY
5 min |
December 28, 2019
Techlife News
EU Legal Opinion: Mass Data Retention At Odds With EU Law
A legal adviser at the European Union’s highest court said Wednesday that the bloc’s data protection rules should prevent member states from indiscriminately holding personal data seized from Internet and phone companies, even when intelligence agencies claim that national security is at stake.
2 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
Dating Apps Leak Personal Data, Norwegian Group Says
Dating apps including Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder leak personal information to advertising tech companies in possible violation of European data privacy laws, a Norwegian consumer group said in a report this week.
2 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
Microsoft Ends Free Windows 7 Security Updates
If you’re still using Microsoft’s Windows 7, your computer might soon be at risk.
1 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
Robots Out Of Work As Automated Businesses Close In Bay Area
It has been a bad week for robots in the San Francisco Bay Area.
1 min |
January 18, 2020
Techlife News
Privacy, Once Hidden Topic, Gets Attention At CES Tech Show
Once a hidden and under-the-radar topic, privacy got more attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas last week.
3 min |
January 18, 2020
AppleMagazine
STARTUPS SEE A MARKET IN RENTING COUCHES BY THE MONTH
Zachariah Mohammed’s living room is filled with stuff he doesn’t own.
3 min |
January 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
WANT TO SELL ON AMAZON? BUSINESSES MUST WEIGH PROS, CONS
While many small manufacturers and retailers believe Amazon is the place to be, Lyris Autran is forgoing the opportunity.
4 min |
January 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS JOINING AMAZON'S SPY SERIES ‘CITADEL'
Priyanka Chopra Jonas will star opposite Richard Madden in the U.S. edition of “Citadel,” a drama series to be produced in conjunction with programs from several other countries.
2 min |
January 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
MIT WARNS FOREIGN STUDENTS OF POSSIBLE VISITS FROM ICE
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is warning international students that federal immigration officials may visit their work sites to verify that their employment is directly related to their studies.
2 min |
January 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
TO STOP SIGN STEALING, MLB COULD FIGHT TECH WITH MORE TECH
If Major League Baseball really wants to stop its teams from electronically stealing signs, it might consider fighting technology with more technology.
4 min |