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Scientists Reveal First Image Ever Made Of A Black Hole
Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting a fiery orange and black ring of gravity-twisted light swirling around the edge of the abyss.
3 min |
April 12, 2019
AppleMagazine
Favreau Gives ‘Star Wars' Fans 1st Look At ‘the Mandalorian'
Jon Favreau gave fans their first look at the “The Mandalorian” at the Star Wars Celebration in Chicago last weekend, previewing the most anticipated series yet from the galaxy far, far away.
1 min |
April 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
NBC, LA 2028 To Combine To Sell Sponsorships, Ad Time
NBC Universal and the LA Olympics are going into business together, combining to package commercial time on all the network’s platforms with opportunities to sponsor the American team through 2028.
2 min |
April 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
Disney, Comcast Now Hulu's Only Owners As AT&T Exits
AT&T has sold its 9.5% share in Hulu back to the streaming TV company, leaving Disney and Comcast as its owners.
1 min |
April 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
Future Can Be Bright For Apple
It’s official. By the time Game of Thrones’ long-awaited winter has come and gone for the final time, many fans of entertainment streaming services will be eagerly anticipating a new major development in the fall of 2019. Last week, Disney confirmed the long awaited news that its own streaming service, Disney+, will officially hit our screens and devices this November.
5 min |
April 19, 2019
AppleMagazine
Privacy Questions As Humans Reviewed User Audio At Facebook
Facebook has paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger service, raising privacy concerns for a company with a history of privacy lapses.
3 min |
August 16, 2019
AppleMagazine
Senators Look To Help Rural Businesses Be Energy Efficient
Maine’s U.S. senators are offering a proposal to help businesses that want to invest in energy-efficient technology.
1 min |
August 16, 2019
AppleMagazine
How Computers See Faces And Other Objects
Computers started to be able to recognize human faces in images decades ago, but now artificial intelligence systems are rivaling people’s ability to classify objects in photos and videos.
2 min |
July 06, 2018
AppleMagazine
Facebook: 800K Users May Have Had Bug Unblock Blocked People
Facebook says more than 800,000 users may have been affected by a bug that unblocked people they previously had blocked.
1 min |
July 06, 2018
AppleMagazine
Federal Facebook Probe Now Includes FBI, Sec
A federal probe into Facebook’s sharing of user data with Cambridge Analytica now involves the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department, the Washington Post reported.
1 min |
July 06, 2018
AppleMagazine
Uber Poised To Make Investment In Scooter-Rental Business
Uber is getting into the scooter-rental business.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #350
AppleMagazine
Loon And Wing Graduate From Alphabet's "Moonshot Factory'
Two of Alphabet’s high-flying startups are leaving the nest.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #350
AppleMagazine
Facebook Faces U.K. Fine Over Its Privacy Scandal
Facebook is facing its first financial penalty for allowing the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to forage through the personal data of millions of unknowing Facebook users.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #350
AppleMagazine
Child Experts File FTC Complaint Against Facebook Kids' App
Childrens and public health advocacy groups say Facebooks kid-centric messaging app violates federal law by collecting kids personal information without getting verifiable consent from their parents.
1 min |
October 5, 2018
AppleMagazine
Inflatable Sea Monster Takes Over A Rusting Warehouse
A giant sea monster has taken over a building at Philadelphias Navy Yard, but only temporarily.
1 min |
October 12, 2018
AppleMagazine
Netflix Assembles New US Production Hub In New Mexico
Netflix has chosen New Mexico as the site of a new U.S. production hub and is in final negotiations to buy an existing multimillion-dollar studio complex on the edge of the states largest city, government and corporate leaders announced this week.
1 min |
October 12, 2018
AppleMagazine
Hubble Space Telescope Sidelined By Serious Pointing Failure
The Hubble Space Telescope has been sidelined by a serious pointing problem.
2 min |
October 12, 2018
AppleMagazine
Indiana School Tries New Methods With Autistic Students
An Indianapolis high school that opened last year is attracting students with autism by taking a different approach to teaching.
1 min |
October 12, 2018
AppleMagazine
UN Report: Technologies Can Help Lives But Boost Inequality
New technologies from artificial intelligence to gene editing hold immense potential to improve peoples live but can also drive greater inequality and social dislocation, according to a U.N. report launched this week.
2 min |
October 12, 2018
AppleMagazine
Nasa Spacecraft Sets Record For Closest Approach To Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is now closer to the sun than any spacecraft has ever gotten.
1 min |
November 2, 2018
AppleMagazine
BEATLES RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘GLASS ONION' ON APPLE MUSIC
The Beatles have released a new music video on Apple Music for their 1968 song, “Glass Onion.”
1 min |
November 2, 2018
AppleMagazine
Virgin Orbit Mates Rocket To Jet For Airborne Launch System
Southern California-based Virgin Orbit has reached a milestone in developing its airborne orbital launch system.
1 min |
November 2, 2018
AppleMagazine
iPad Pro And All News From New York Event
Spirits were high at Apple’s ‘There’s more in the making’ event, which was held at the Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York on October 30.
8 min |
November 2, 2018
AppleMagazine
Samsung, Like Apple, Feels Sting Of Slowing Global Growth
Samsung expects its quarterly operating profit to fall 29 percent compared with last year, adding to the tech sector’s unease about the effect of slowing global economic growth on the industry.
1 min |
January 11, 2019
AppleMagazine
Rockstar Defends Pinkerton Name In ‘Red Dead Redemption 2'
Rockstar Games is firing back in a legal tussle over the use of a Pinkerton security company’s name in its video game “Red Dead Redemption 2.”
1 min |
January 18, 2019
AppleMagazine
Jason Reitman To Direct Ghostbusters Sequel For Summer 2020
Ivan Reitman is passing the Ghostbusters torch to his son.
1 min |
January 18, 2019
AppleMagazine
NBCUniversal Jumps Into The Streaming Fray
NBCUniversal will launch an ad-supported streaming service in 2020, free for anyone who pays for a cable service.
1 min |
January 18, 2019
AppleMagazine
Toyota, Panasonic Announce Venture For Green Auto Batteries
Toyota Motor Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are setting up a joint venture to research, manufacture and sell batteries for ecological autos, an increasingly lucrative sector amid concerns about global warming.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #378
AppleMagazine
Oracle Accused Of Underpaying Women, Minorities By $400M
U.S. government regulators are accusing software maker Oracle of engaging in discriminatory practices that resulted in thousands of its women, black and Asian employees being underpaid by more than $400 million.
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AppleMagazine #378
AppleMagazine
New System To Help In Backcountry Rescue Missions
An anonymous Wyoming resident has given more than $100,000 to Teton County Search and Rescue to help purchase a system to help find people lost or injured in remote areas with no cellphone service.
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