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AppleMagazine
FAA SPELLS OUT DESIGN CHANGES NEEDED IN GROUNDED BOEING JET
Federal regulators said they will require several design changes to the Boeing 737 Max to fix safety issues that arose in two deadly crashes and led to the worldwide grounding of the plane.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
FLORIDA TEEN ARRESTED AS MASTERMIND OF TWITTER HACK
A Florida teen was identified last weekend as the mastermind of a scheme earlier this month that commandeered Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls and scammed people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. Two other men were also charged in the case.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
INSIDE BIG TECH: PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN WITH ‘HOT' EMAIL
The House Judiciary chairman was closing in on his Perry Mason moment with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Fortified with “hot” internal company documents, Rep. Jerrold Nadler was building his case at a hearing that seemed almost like a trial for Facebook and three other tech giants over alleged anti-competitive tactics.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
VIRTUAL SCHOOL: TEACHERS WANT TO IMPROVE BUT TRAINING VARIES
After a rocky transition to distance learning last spring, Georgia teacher Aimee Rodriguez Webb is determined to do better this fall. She bought a dry-erase board and a special camera to display worksheets, and she set up her dining room to broadcast school lessons.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
VIRGINIA FIRST TO ROLL OUT PANDEMIC APP FROM APPLE, GOOGLE
Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus, becoming the first U.S. state to use new pandemic technology created by Apple and Google.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
PHIL SCHILLER ADVANCES TO APPLE FELLOW
Apple announced that Phil Schiller will become an Apple Fellow, continuing a storied career that began at Apple in 1987. In this role, which reports to Apple CEO Tim Cook, Schiller will continue to lead the App Store and Apple Events. Greg (Joz) Joswiak, a longtime leader within the Product Marketing organization, will join the executive team as senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
SONY'S PROFIT UP AS PEOPLE STAYING HOME PLAY VIDEO GAMES
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. said that its April-June profit jumped 53% as its video game and other online businesses thrived with people staying home due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
EU REGULATORS INVESTIGATING GOOGLE'S PLAN TO BUY FITBIT
European Union regulators opened an in-depth investigation into Google’s plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
BEYONCÉ'S ‘BLACK IS KING' IS SUPREME BLACK ART
King Beyoncé’s new film takes you on a journey of Black art, music, history and fashion as the superstar transports you to Africa to tell the story of a young man in search of his crown, matched to epic songs she created while inspired by “The Lion King.”
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
A SWEET TEARJERKER IN WWII FILM ‘SUMMERLAND'
“Summerland” might look like something you’ve seen before: A scenic story about a schoolchild who must leave London during the war and take up shelter with a reluctant caregiver. But while it is comfortingly familiar in many ways, and a little cliche and overwrought in others, it also has a modern edge and bite to it that keeps it novel enough to sustain interest.
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AppleMagazine #458
AppleMagazine
Google to Keep Most of Its Employees at Home Until July 2021
Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering assessment of the pandemic’s potential staying power from the company providing the answers for the world’s most trusted internet search engine.
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July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Can You Trust Your Mobile Payment App?
Money transfer apps including Venmo, Cash App and PayPal have surged in popularity during the pandemic as people seek safe, contactless ways to send and receive money. Unfortunately, many people don’t understand the limitations of these payment platforms or how they can put someone’s finances at risk.
4 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Australian Watchdog Accuses Google of Privacy Breaches
Australia’s consumer watchdog launched court action against Google this week alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data.
3 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
GUIDE DOGS HELPING BLIND RUNNERS STAY FIT DESPITE PANDEMIC
Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a guide. But Thomas Panek has no problem because his running guide, Blaze, is a Labrador retriever.
4 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TUMBLES IN JULY AS COVID-19 SPREADS
U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in July to a reading of 92.6 as coronavirus infections spread in many parts of the country.
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July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
NASA'S NEXT MARS ROVER IS BRAWNIEST AND BRAINIEST ONE YET
With eight successful Mars landings, NASA is upping the ante with its newest rover.
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July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
U.S. AGENCY: PANDEMIC MASKS THWARTING FACE RECOGNITION TECH
Having a tough time recognizing your neighbors behind their pandemic masks? Computers are finding it more difficult, too.
2 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
XBOX: TAKING YOUR PLAY TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH SERIES X
Games Showcase, we edged even closer to the release of one of the world’s most advanced gaming machines.
6 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRGIN GALACTIC SHOWS OFF PASSENGER SPACESHIP CABIN INTERIOR
Passengers flying Virgin Galactic on suborbital trips into space will be able to see themselves floating weightless against the backdrop of the Earth below while 16 cameras document the adventures, the company said.
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July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA INDIAN TRIBE GETS BACK BIG SUR ANCESTRAL LANDS
A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s scenic Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement nearly 250 years ago.
1 min |
July 31, 2020
AppleMagazine
Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' delayed indefinitely by virus
Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which had hoped to herald Hollywood’s return to big theatrical releases, has yet again postponed its release due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
US Moves One Steo Closer To Letting The Boeing 737 Max Fly
Federal safety regulators are moving closer to letting the grounded Boeing 737 Max fly again with changes that Boeing made to the plane after two deadly crashes.
1 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Alibaba-Backed Ant Group To Go Public in Shanghai, Hong Kong
Ant Group, the online payments arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, announced plans for an initial public stock offering that could become the world’s biggest since the coronavirus pandemic began.
2 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
CAN A PREGNANT WOMAN SPREAD THE CORONAVIRUS TO HER FETUS?
Can a pregnant woman spread the coronavirus to her fetus?
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July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
FLORIDA MOVES AHEAD WITH MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLE PLANS
Florida is moving ahead with plans to dramatically expand its network of electric vehicle charging stations along major interstates and highways.
3 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
STATES SET GOALS TO JUMP-START TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC TRUCKS
A coalition of states is following California’s lead in setting goals to jump-start a transition to electric-powered trucks, vans and buses in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality for communities choked by diesel fumes.
3 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
FAST LANE: REVVING THE ENGINES ON NEW APPLE CARKEY FEATURE
Though we might still be a few years off the long-rumored Apple Car, this year’s WWDC did not disappoint, lifting the trunk on some exciting new car-related features.
6 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Q&A: WHAT'S BEHIND THE TWITTER BITCOIN HACK?
Hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of world leaders, celebrities and tech moguls last week in one of the most high-profile security breaches in recent years, highlighting a major flaw with the service millions of people have come to rely on as an essential communications tool.
3 min |
July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
DISNEY CUTS BACK ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM ADS
The Walt Disney Co. has “dramatically” slashed its advertising budget on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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July 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
NASA'S HUBBLE SUCCESSOR DELAYED AGAIN BY VIRUS, OTHER ISSUES
The launch of NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope faces seven more months of delay, this time because of the pandemic and technical issues.
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