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AppleMagazine
AMAZON TO HIRE 100,000 TO KEEP UP WITH ONLINE SHOPPING SURGE
Amazon will hire another 100,000 people to keep up with a surge of online orders.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
Trump Administration Plans Expanded Use of Personal Data
The Trump administration announced plans to expand the collection of personal “biometric” information by the agency in charge of immigration enforcement, raising concerns about civil liberties and data protection.
3 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
What to Expect at Apple's "Time Flies" Special Event on September 15
Apple Has Confirmed That It Will Hold a New Event on Tuesday, September 15 at The Steve Jobs Theater, But What Can Fans Expect?
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
Facebook's Software Kit to Blame for Popular Apps Crashing
Last friday’s widespread crashes of popular apps running on the iPhone’s iOS operating system — including Tinder, Spotify and Pinterest — serve as a reminder that Facebook is still tracking you through your phone using sophisticated software, even if you’re not browsing the social network.
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AppleMagazine #455
AppleMagazine
What Does Walmart See in TikTok? Millions of Young Shoppers
Walmart may be the world’s largest retailer but it has mostly failed in its efforts to break Amazon’s online dominance.
3 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
UN REPORT: INCREASED WARMING CLOSING IN ON AGREED UPON LIMIT
The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH NEW $500 XBOX CONSOLE NOV. 10
The holiday video game console battle is heating up. Microsoft says its Xbox Series X will cost $500 and debut Nov. 10, just ahead of the holidays.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
CHINA LAUNCHES INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL DATA SECURITY ISSUES
China has launched an initiative to address global data security issues, a countermove to the U.S. “clean network” program that is aimed at discouraging other countries from using Chinese technology.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
ITALY INVESTIGATES APPLE, GOOGLE, DROPBOX OVER CLOUD STORAGE
Italy’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Apple, Google and Dropbox over their cloud storage services.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
CHINESE CHIPMAKER DENIES MILITARY TIES AS US STEPS UP FEUD
China’s leading maker of semiconductors has denied it has any links to the military following reports Washington is considering stepping up its feud with Beijing over technology and security by imposing export controls that could disrupt manufacturing for a national industrial champion.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
NORTH AMERICAN QUALIFYING FOR 2022 WORLD CUP DELAYED
The start of World Cup qualifying for lower-ranked teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean was postponed until next year, which means there aren’t enough remaining dates in the current FIFA calendar to complete the program.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S FIRST REUSABLE SPACECRAFT LANDS AFTER 2-DAY FLIGHT
China’s first reusable spacecraft landed last Sunday after two days in orbit, a possible step toward lower-cost space flight, the government announced.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
Emmys APPLE TV+ RACKS UP AWARD NOMINATIONS
The nominations are in for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, and as is now tradition, it’s streaming giants that are stealing the spotlight from traditional broadcasters.
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AppleMagazine #463
AppleMagazine
Apple, Google Build Virus Tracing Tech Directly Into Phones
Apple and Google are trying to get more U.S. states to adopt their phone-based approach for tracing and curbing the spread of the coronavirus by building more of the necessary technology directly into phone software.
2 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
A Low-Key 'Secret Garden' That Still Blooms
For more than a century, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden,” first published in 1911, has endured.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #459
AppleMagazine
Amazon Wins FAA Aproval to Deliver Packages by Drone
Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality.
1 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
15 Years Later, Walmart to Launch It's Answer to Amazon Prime
Walmart is launching a new membership service that it hopes can compete with Amazon Prime.
2 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
UBER TO REQUIRE THAT PASSENGERS PROVIDE FACE-MASK SELFIES
Mask slackers will now have to provide photographic proof they’re wearing a face covering before boarding an Uber.
1 min |
September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
THIRD VIRUS VACCINE REACHES MAJOR HURDLE: FINAL US TESTING
A handful of the dozens of experimental COVID-19 vaccines in human testing have reached the last and biggest hurdle — looking for the needed proof that they really work as a U.S. advisory panel suggested this week a way to ration the first limited doses once a vaccine wins approval.
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September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
SAMSUNG TOUTS $2,000 FOLDABLE PHONE AS A ‘VIP' EXPERIENCE
Samsung’s second attempt at a foldable smartphone will come with a $2,000 price tag and a few elite perks aimed at affluent consumers still able to afford the finer things in life during tough times.
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September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
CONTROL OVER ADVERTS: iOS 14 FEATURES WILL CHANGE THE BATTLEFIELD
With the release of iOS 14 just around the corner, advertising giants are quaking in their boots, concerned that the Cupertino company’s upcoming changes will put the breaks on their success. Apple has made it clear: consumers should be in control over their data, and in a few weeks’ time, a real revolution will begin in the world of digital advertising…
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September 04,2020
AppleMagazine
VIRTUAL LEARNING SITES SPROUT UP TO HELP WORKING PARENTS
A dance studio in Florida. A martial arts center in Missouri. Libraries in San Francisco. These and other places are taking on a somewhat unlikely new role this fall — welcoming children for supervised distance learning while their parents go to work.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
ZOOM GLITCHES, BRIEFLY GRINDING US SCHOOLS TO A HALT
Teachers and parents got a brief glimpse of a new kind of pandemic-era nightmare Monday when Zoom — the video-conferencing service that powers everything from distance learning to business meetings to casual, socially distant get-togethers — abruptly went dead.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
FACE MASKS AMID THE ART: NEW YORK CITY'S MUSEUMS TO REOPEN
When the iconic T. Rex at the American Museum of Natural History again welcomes visitors, it will gaze down at humans acting a bit differently.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FALLS IN AUGUST TO LOWEST IN 6 YEARS
U.S. consumer confidence fell for the second consecutive month, sinking to the lowest levels in more than six years as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in many parts of the country heightened pessimism.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
‘THE 24TH' IS A SOBERING HISTORY LESSON FOR TODAY
On Aug. 23, 1917, four months after the U.S. had entered World War I, the all-Black 3rd battalion of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment mutinied in Houston.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
ALIBABA'S ANT GROUP FILES FOR IPO IN HONG KONG, SHANGHAI
Ant Group, the financial technology arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, filed for a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai, in what may be the largest share offering since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
APPLE CEO TIM COOK IS FULFILLING ANOTHER STEVE JOBS VISION
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be doing so well at it that his eventual successor may also have big shoes to fill.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
ORDERS FOR BIG-TICKET US MANUFACTURED GOODS JUMPED 11.2%
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped 11.2% in July, the third consecutive monthly gain.
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AppleMagazine #461
AppleMagazine
JULY SALES OF NEW HOMES SURGE 13.9%, FAR MORE THAN THOUGHT
Sales of new homes jumped again in July, rising 13.9% as the housing market continues to gain traction following a spring downturn caused by pandemic-related lockdowns.
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