AppleMagazine
CYBERSECURITY LABELING FOR SMART DEVICES AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE CHOOSE ITEMS LESS LIKELY TO BE HACKED
Consumer labels designed to help Americans pick smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking could begin appearing on products before the holiday shopping season, federal officials said this week.
1 min |
May 24, 2024
AppleMagazine
USING AI, MASTERCARD EXPECTS TO FIND COMPROMISED CARDS QUICKER, BEFORE THEY GET USED BY CRIMINALS
Mastercard said this week that it expects to be able to discover that your credit or debit card number has been compromised well before it ends up in the hands of a cybercriminal.
2 min |
May 24, 2024
AppleMagazine
IS THAT 'HER'? OPENAI PAUSES A CHATGPT VOICE AFTER SOME SAY IT SOUNDS LIKE SCARLETT JOHANSSON
OpenAI says it plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, who famously voiced a fictional, and at the time futuristic, AI assistant in the 2013 film “Her.”
3 min |
May 24, 2024
AppleMagazine
AVERAGE US VEHICLE AGE HITS RECORD 12.6 YEARS AS HIGH PRICES FORCE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEM LONGER
Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new ones cost so much.
1 min |
May 24, 2024
AppleMagazine
UN SECURITY COUNCIL REJECTS RUSSIA-BACKED RESOLUTION ON BANNING WEAPONS IN SPACE
The United States said this week that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space, a possible future global trend that members of the United Nations Security Council condemned even as they failed to pass a measure against it.
2 min |
May 24, 2024
AppleMagazine
AI COMPANIES MAKE FRESH SAFETY PROMISE AT SEOUL SUMMIT, NATIONS AGREE TO ALIGN WORK ON RISKS
Leading artificial intelligence companies made a fresh pledge at a mini-summit this week to develop AI safely, while world leaders agreed to build a network of publicly backed safety institutes to advance research and testing of the technology.
2 min |
May 24, 2024
AppleMagazine
TAIWAN IS SELLING MORE TO THE US THAN CHINA IN MAJOR SHIFT AWAY FROM BEIJING
Whether it’s tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary.
3 min |
May 24, 2024
AppleMagazine
NEW CARS IN CALIFORNIA COULD ALERT DRIVERS FOR BREAKING THE SPEED LIMIT
California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law.
2 min |
May 24, 2024
Mac Life
Give your Watch a new look
Transform your Apple Watch with Watchsmith and Facer
3 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
OWC Express 1M2 Enclosure
External high-speed USB4 SSD enclosure
2 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
Eve Play
High-end AirPlay adapter for hi-fi speaker systems
1 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
The best apps for everything!
We take a look at some of the best apps for your Apple gear that are not to be missed
3 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
The iPhone 15's USB-C port
The arrival of USB-C means you can team your device with loads of add-ons
4 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
New iPad Pro with M4 chip
Next–generation chip and breakthrough screen technology
2 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
Anker MagGo Power Bank 10K
Fast wireless charging on the go
1 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
Logitech Pebble 2 Combo
A quality, yet affordable, keyboard/mouse set
2 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
Make movies with your iPhone - explained!
Make plans, grab your gear and shoot
3 min |
June 2024
Mac Life
ACDSee Photo Studio 10
Organize, edit and share your shots
2 min |
June 2024
Techlife News
CHANGES FROM VISA MEAN AMERICANS WILL CARRY FEWER PHYSICAL CREDIT, DEBIT CARDS IN THEIR WALLETS
Your wallet may soon be getting thinner.
2 min |
May 18, 2024
Techlife News
FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM FACE FRESH EU DIGITAL SCRUTINY OVER CHILD SAFETY MEASURES
The European Union opened fresh investigations Thursday into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they’re failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms.
2 min |
May 18, 2024
Techlife News
TECH TIP: PROTECTING YOUR CAR FROM THE GROWING RISK OF KEYLESS VEHICLE THEFTS
They appear like ghosts in the night, standing outside your house, one holding up an antenna while the other crouches next to the car parked on the driveway. Within seconds, your car is gone, yet another victim amid a surge in auto theft enabled by the technology designed to make it easier to unlock and start vehicles.
3 min |
May 18, 2024
Techlife News
NETFLIX WILL CARRY NFL GAMES ON CHRISTMAS DAY FOR 3 YEARS INCLUDING 2 THIS UPCOMING SEASON
Netflix and the NFL announced a three-year deal Wednesday to stream games on Christmas Day.
3 min |
May 18, 2024
AppleMagazine
US ENERGY PANEL APPROVES RULE TO EXPAND TRANSMISSION OF RENEWABLE POWER
Federal energy regulators this week approved a long-awaited rule to make it easier to transmit renewable energy such as wind and solar power to the electric grid — a key part of President Joe Biden’s goal to eliminate carbon emissions economy-wide by 2050.
4 min |
May 17, 2024
AppleMagazine
ILLNESS TOOK AWAY HER VOICE.AI CREATED A REPLICA SHE CARRIES IN HER PHONE
The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant.
6 min |
May 17, 2024
AppleMagazine
ROKU WILL STREAM WEEKLY MLB GAME ON SUNDAYS.VIEWERS WON'T NEED ONE OF THE SERVICE'S DEVICES
Roku will carry Major League Baseball games on Sundays beginning this week, and viewers will be able to watch for free and not be required to use a Roku device, the streaming service announced Monday.
1 min |
May 17, 2024
AppleMagazine
OPENAI LAUNCHES GPTO, IMPROVING CHATGPT'S TEXT, VISUAL AND AUDIO CAPABILITIES
OpenAI’s latest update to its artificial intelligence model can mimic human cadences in its verbal responses and can even try to detect people’s moods.
1 min |
May 17, 2024
AppleMagazine
VOICE-CLONING TECHNOLOGY BRINGING A KEY SUPREME COURT MOMENT TO 'LIFE'
Seventy years ago on Friday, no one outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building heard it when Chief Justice Earl Warren announced the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision on school desegregation.
3 min |
May 17, 2024
AppleMagazine
GM'S CRUISE TO START TESTING ROBOTAXIS IN PHOENIX AREA WITH HUMAN SAFETY DRIVERS ON BOARD
General Motors’ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit said it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
1 min |
May 17, 2024
AppleMagazine
iPad Pro M4
LOGIC PRO & FINAL CUT PRO: THE NEW HEIGHTS OF MOBILE COMPUTING
5 min |
May 17, 2024
AppleMagazine
INTEL EXEC ON BRINGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTO THE WORKPLACE
Artificial intelligence is just about everywhere you look these days — including the workplace.
2 min |