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OFFICIAL: EU AGENCY TO CONFIRM ASTRAZENECA BLOOD CLOT LINK
A top official at the European Medicines Agency says there’s a causal link between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and rare blood clots, but that it’s unclear what the connection is and that the benefits of taking the shot still outweigh the risks of getting COVID-19.
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April 09, 2021
AppleMagazine
WHAT BIDEN'S NEW $100B PLAN FOR BROADBAND MEANS
The problems with U.S. broadband networks have been obvious for years. Service costs more than in many other rich nations, it still doesn’t reach tens of millions of Americans and the companies that provide it don’t face much competition.
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April 09, 2021
AppleMagazine
CEO OF GOOGLE'S SELF-DRIVING CAR SPINOFF STEPS DOWN FROM JOB
The executive who steered the transformation of Google’s self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job.
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April 09, 2021
AppleMagazine
VIRGIN GALACTIC ROLLS OUT LATEST GENERATION OF SPACESHIP
Virgin Galactic rolled out its newest spaceship as the company looks to resume test flights in the coming months at its headquarters in the New Mexico desert.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
SCIENCE PANEL: CONSIDER AIR COOLING TECH AS CLIMATE BACK-UP
The U.S. must seriously consider the idea of tinkering with the atmosphere to cool a warming Earth and accelerate research into how and whether humanity should hack the planet, the National Academy of Sciences said.
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AppleMagazine
NASA GIVES ALL CLEAR: EARTH SAFE FROM ASTEROID FOR 100 YEARS
Whew, now here’s some good cosmic news: NASA has given Earth the all clear for the next century from a particularly menacing asteroid.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
DAPPER LABS, CREATORS OF NBA TOP SHOT, GET $305M IN FUNDING
Canadian blockchain technology company Dapper Labs has secured $305 million in private funding — some of it from current and former NBA players, including Michael Jordan — to scale up its virtual NBA trading card site, the company said this week.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
TWO SPACE FANS GET SEATS ON BILLIONAIRE'S PRIVATE FLIGHT
A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight filled its two remaining seats this week with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him the prize.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
LITTLE THINGS: THE KEY PILLAR IN APPLE DESIGN & INNOVATION
Apple’s design language has changed a great deal in recent years, away from the silvers and rounded edges towards a modern, industrialinspired design, as sported by the iPad Pro and iPhone 12.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
CHINA CUTS TAXES TO SPUR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
China announced tax breaks this week to spur growth of its semiconductor industry following U.S. sanctions that alarmed the ruling Communist Party by cutting offaccess to American processor chips for tech giant Huawei and some other companies.
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AppleMagazine
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH IN ‘GODZILLA VS. KONG'
“Godzilla vs. Kong” begins, fittingly, with the big guy asleep.
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AppleMagazine
EPIC GAMES COMPLAINS ABOUT APPLE TO UK COMPETITION WATCHDOG
Epic Games submitted a complaint this week about Apple’s alleged “monopolistic practices” to the U.K. competition watchdog, which is investigating the iPhone maker over concerns it has a dominant position in app distribution.
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AppleMagazine
AUTOMAKERS BMW, VOLVO BACK MORATORIUM ON DEEP SEABED MINING
Automakers BMW and Volvo announced that they support a moratorium on deep seabed mining for minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other products.
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AppleMagazine
Malala Takes Her Passions To The Small Screen With Apple
Malala Yousafzai is a Nobel laureate known around the world for her activism, but she’s also a cartoon fan, and is taking her love of television and film to Apple TV+.
4 min |
March 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
INTEL ANNOUNCES ARIZONA EXPANSION AS CHIPMAKER SEEKS FOOTING
Intel announced this week it will build two new factories in Arizona and outsource more of its production as a new CEO looks to turnaround the struggling chipmaker.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
STOCK TRADING APP COMPANY ROBINHOOD FILES PLAN TO GO PUBLIC
Stock trading app company Robinhood said this week that it has submitted a confidential plan to go public later this year.
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AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK WORKING ON INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS UNDER 13
Facebook says it is working on a version of its Instagram app for kids under 13, who are technically not allowed to use the app in its current form due to federal privacy regulations.
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AppleMagazine
PART OF WRIGHT BROTHERS' 1ST AIRPLANE ON NASA'S MARS CHOPPER
A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars.
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AppleMagazine
IN ‘HAPPILY,' 10 MILLENNIALS WALK INTO AN AIRBNB....
Their friends are annoyed — and not just because the bathroom is tied up. They’re annoyed because this honeymoon phase has lasted 14 years and shows no sign of abating.
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AppleMagazine
CYBER ATTACK TIED TO CHINA BOOSTS DEVELOPMENT BANK'S CHIEF
The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
FOR TELEVISION, NFL DEAL IS LIKELY A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The $113 billion deal to telecast NFL games through 2033 is head-swimmingly large — until you consider that the very survival of broadcast networks as we know them may depend upon it.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
CHIPS AWAY: SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE WREAKING HAVOC IN TECH
As Samsung Electronics warns that it’s grappling with the fallout of a “serious imbalance” in semiconductors, the technology world could be about to enter its own ‘lockdown’. From the PlayStation 5 to the new Tesla Model S, virtually every device maker could be forced to temporarily halt production, caught off-guard and causing delays to 2021 product pipelines.
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AppleMagazine
BILL TO AID US PUBLISHERS VS. GOOGLE, FACEBOOK RISES AGAIN
A congressional effort to bolster U.S. news organizations in negotiations with Big Tech has supporters hoping that third time’s the charm.
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AppleMagazine
APPLE TV+ GIVES A STRAIGHT-TO SERIES ORDER FOR LADY IN THE LAKE
Apple announced on March 10, 2021, that it had given a straight-to-series order for a new TV show titled Lady in the Lake.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
‘Big Burden' For Schools Trying To Give Kids Internet Access
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast.
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AppleMagazine
Google Gets Into Sleep Surveillance With New Nest Hub Screen
Google’s next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep.
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AppleMagazine
The Long Game: Covid Changed The Way We Play, Watch, Cheer
It’s the predictable rhythm of sports that draws us in.
8 min |
March 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
UBER TO GIVE UK DRIVERS MINIMUM WAGE, PENSION, HOLIDAY PAY
Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
IN ‘YES DAY,' KIDS GET THEIR WAY FOR 24 HOURS
Like an innocuous kid version of “The Purge,” Miguel Arteta’s “Yes Day” imagines an annual 24hour holiday of lawlessness.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
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