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Obsidian's next RPG goes all in on first-person action
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May 2024
Techlife News
THE UNITED STATES HAS ITS FIRST LARGE OFFSHORE WIND FARM, WITH MORE TO COME
America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms.
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March 16, 2024
Techlife News
THIRD TEST FLIGHT OF SPACEX'S MEGA ROCKET ENDS WITH LOSS OF SPACECRAFT
SpaceX’s mega-rocket blasted off on another test flight Thursday and made it farther than two previous attempts, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth.
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March 16, 2024
Techlife News
FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY STEVE MNUCHIN SAYS HE'S PUTTING TOGETHER INVESTOR GROUP TO BUY TIKTOK
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he’s going to put together an investor group to buy TikTok, a day after the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban the popular video app in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake.
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March 16, 2024
Techlife News
US LAWMAKERS SEE TIKTOK AS CHINA'S TOOL, EVEN AS IT DISTANCES ITSELF FROM BEIJING
If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, the United States and China could end up with something in common: TikTok might not be available in either country.
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March 16, 2024
Techlife News
'Kung Fu Panda 4' is a Sweet, Fun and Well Executed Passing of the Torch
“Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he’s nervous. “Change doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” he is told. “Kung Fu Panda 4” also finds the franchise at an inflection point, but there’s no reason for us to be nervous. DreamWorks knows what it’s doing.
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March 16, 2024
AppleMagazine
STATE AGS SEND LETTER TO META ASKING IT TO TAKE 'IMMEDIATE ACTION' ON USER ACCOUNT TAKEOVERS
A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta expressing “deep concern” over what they say is dramatic uptick of consumer complaints about account takeovers and lockouts.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
'KUNG FU PANDA 4' IS A SWEET, FUN AND WELL EXECUTED PASSING OF THE TORCH
“Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and he’s nervous. “Change doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” he is told. “Kung Fu Panda 4” also finds the franchise at an inflection point, but there’s no reason for us to be nervous. DreamWorks knows what it’s doing.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
COMPARING THREE-ROW EVS: THE KIA EV9 VS RIVIAN R1S
Shoppers thinking about buying a three-row SUV have plenty of options. Unless they want an electric SUV, that is. Fortunately, there are two models that hold a lot of promise: the Kia EV9 and the Rivian R1S. The EV9 is Kia’s latest and largest electric SUV. Think of it as a Kia Telluride that’s electric. As for the R1S, it hails from Rivian, an electric vehicle startup, and boasts massive power and impressive off-road performance. Both can haul lots of passengers and swallow loads of cargo. But which is the better buy? Car experts compare them to find out.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
OPENAI HAS 'FULL CONFIDENCE' IN CEO SAM ALTMAN AFTER INVESTIGATION, REINSTATES HIM TO BOARD
OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company’s turmoil.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
WHY YOU SHOULD STOP TEXTING YOUR KIDS AT SCHOOL
Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes:
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
NEW AI TOOLS CAN RECORD YOUR MEDICAL APPOINTMENT OR DRAFT A MESSAGE FROM YOUR DOCTOR
Don’t be surprised if your doctors start writing you overly friendly messages. They could be getting some help from artificial intelligence.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
Air vs Pro - COMPARING PROS & CONS OF THE POWERFUL M3 MACBOOK LINES
Apple has once again set the stage for a riveting comparison between its latest offerings: the M3 MacBook Air and the M3 MacBook Pro. Both laptops offer unrivaled performance but appeal to different audiences and serve unique purposes for creativity, productivity, and fun.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
APPLE REVERSES COURSE AND CLEARS WAY FOR EPIC GAMES TO SET UP RIVAL IPHONE APP STORE IN EUROPE
Apple has reversed course under regulatory pressure and cleared the way for a nettlesome adversary, video game maker Epic Games, to set up an alternative store for iPhone apps in Europe.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
REDDIT IS PREPARING TO SELL SHARES TO THE PUBLIC. HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion, projected a price for its initial public offering stock that values the 18-year-old social media platform at up to $6.4 billion.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
DELETE A BACKGROUND? EASY. SMOOTH OUT A FACE? SEAMLESS. DIGITAL PHOTO MANIPULATION IS NOW MAINSTREAM
It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event actually took place: “Pics, or it didn’t happen.”
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK VISITS A TESLA PLANT NEAR BERLIN AS PRODUCTION RESUMES AFTER A SUSPECTED ARSON ATTACK
Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the electric car maker’s first European plant on Wednesday as production resumed at the factory just outside Berlin, about a week after a suspected arson attack cut its power supply.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
MOST TEENS REPORT FEELING HAPPY OR PEACEFUL WHEN THEY GO WITHOUT SMARTPHONES, PEW SURVEY FINDS
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
US SPEARHEADS FIRST UN RESOLUTION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AIMED AT ENSURING WORLD HAS ACCESS
The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring the new technology is “safe, secure and trustworthy” and that all countries, especially those in the developing world, have equal access.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
US LAWMAKERS SAY TIKTOK WON'T BE BANNED IF IT FINDS A NEW OWNER. BUT THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE
U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a chance to keep it running.
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AppleMagazine #646
AppleMagazine
EUROPE'S WORLD-FIRST AI RULES GET FINAL APPROVAL FROM LAWMAKERS. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
European Union lawmakers gave final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year.
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AppleMagazine #646
Techlife News
FOR SOCIAL PLATFORMS, THE OUTAGE WAS SHORT. BUT PEOPLE'S STORIES VANISHED, AND THAT'S NO SMALL THING
Once upon a time, there was a brief outage on some social media platforms. It got fixed. The end. On the face of it, kind of a boring story.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
APPLE IS MAKING BIG APP STORE CHANGES IN EUROPE OVER NEW RULES. COULD IT MEAN MORE IPHONE HACKING?
Apple is opening small cracks in the iPhone's digital fortress as part of a regulatory clampdown in Europe that is striving to give consumers more choices - at the risk of creating new avenues for hackers to steal personal and financial information stored on the devices.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
SOME DOORBELL CAMERAS SOLD ON AMAZON AND OTHER ONLINE SITES HAVE MAJOR SECURITY FLAWS, REPORT SAYS
Some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad actors to view footage from the devices or control them completely, according to an investigation published by Consumer Reports.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
HUMANOID ROBOT-MAKER FIGURE PARTNERS WITH OPENAI AND GETS BACKING FROM JEFF BEZOS AND TECH GIANTS
ChatGPT-maker OpenAl is looking to fuse its artificial intelligence systems into the bodies of humanoid robots as part of a new deal with robotics startup Figure.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
DODGE MUSCLE CARS LIVE ON WITH NEW VERSIONS OF THE CHARGER POWERED BY ELECTRICITY OR GASOLINE
America's muscle car culture is adapting to the new world of electric vehicles, but the gasoline-powered high-performance road beasts will be around for at least a few more years.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
ELON MUSK SUES OPENAI AND CEO SAM ALTMAN, CLAIMING BETRAYAL OF ITS GOAL TO BENEFIT HUMANITY
Elon Musk is suing OpenAl and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker's founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
GETTING FOOD DELIVERED IN NEW YORK IS SIMPLE. FOR THE WORKERS WHO DO IT, GETTING PAID IS NOT
New Yorkers place over 100 million food delivery orders each year via a very simple process: press a few buttons on an app and it's in their hands in about 30 minutes.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
IT'S LONELY OUT IN SPACE FOR ADAM SANDLER IN PENSIVE SCI-FI PSYCHODRAMA 'SPACEMAN'
David Bowie's Major Tom, sitting in his tin can. Elton John's Rocket Man, missing Earth and his wife. Matt Damon in \"The Martian,\" left behind to starve. Matthew McConaughey in \"Interstellar,\" weeping as he watches his kids age without him.
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Techlife News #645
Techlife News
SPORTS ANALYTICS MAY BE OUTNUMBERED WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
When it comes to artificial intelligence, the sports analytics crowd may be outnumbered.
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