Technology
AppleMagazine
iCloud+: ENTERING NEW GROUNDS WITH NEXT SUBSCRIPTION GEN
This October, iCloud turns ten. In its decadelong lifespan, the cloud storage service has changed the way we work forever, allowing us to create documents on our iPads and use them on our Macs, store important memories with the Photos app, and conduct important business over the Mail app. This year, Apple’s taking iCloud to new heights, with the launch of iCloud+, a new subscription service that unlocks significant new features for power users.
6 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
MORE SCHOOLS JOIN TENNESSEE STATE-APPLE TECH INITIATIVE
A dozen historically Black colleges and universities will join Tennessee State University’s national coding hub as community centers, the school said.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
VEHICLE PRICES REMAIN HIGH THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND
If this were a normal year, Labor Day would traditionally kick off the start of end-of-model-year vehicle clearance sales. Consumers can often find good deals as dealerships are eager to sell their remaining inventory to make room for next year’s models. But this hasn’t been a normal year in the car business.
3 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
Data Breach Exposes Student Requests For Vaccine Exemptions
Personal information from students at a California college who requested a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine has been posted online after an apparent data breach.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
Google Founder Gets New Zealand Residency, Raising Questions
Google co-founder Larry Page has gained New Zealand residency, officials confirmed, stoking debate over whether extremely wealthy people can essentially buy access to the South Pacific country.
2 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR WATER TO BE RELEASED VIA UNDERSEA TUNNEL
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said this week it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) away from the plant to avoid interference with local fishing.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
SENATORS QUESTION DOJ FUNDING FOR AI-POWERED POLICING TECH
A Democratic senator said the U.S. Justice Department needs to look into whether the algorithm-powered police technologies it funds contribute to racial bias in law enforcement and lead to wrongful arrests.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
SCIENTISTS LAUNCH EFFORT TO COLLECT WATER DATA IN US WEST
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River that will help scientists better predict rain and snowfall in the U.S. West and determine how much of it will flow through the region.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK TO LET USERS SHOP THROUGH APP WITH SHOPIFY DEAL
TikTok users will soon be able to buy stuff directly through the short videos on the app — something they had only been able to do through ads until now.
1 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
WHITMER PROPOSES SPENDING $1.5B TO BOOST BUSINESS CLIMATE
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed spending more than $1.5 billion in federal pandemic rescue funding to help boost the business climate, redevelop polluted sites and take steps such as accelerating the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
REBECCA HALL SHINES IN EERIE ‘THE NIGHT HOUSE'
Rebecca Hall occupies nearly every fame of the elegant psychological thriller “ The Night House ” and you still leave wanting more of her and her character, Beth.
3 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
VEGAS-AREA COUNTY JOINS ROOM TAX FIGHT AGAINST ONLINE FIRMS
The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect what attorneys maintain could be hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid hotel room taxes owed by more than 20 online travel companies.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
TESLA ROBOT
THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH FOR AI HAS BECOME REAL
6 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S MARS ROVER SOLDIERS ON AFTER COMPLETING PROGRAM
China’s Zhurong Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for frozen water that could provide clues as to whether it once supported life.
1 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
Walmart Boosts Outlook As Back-to School Sales Return
Walmart raised its sales outlook for the year as Americans returned to shopping for back to-school clothes and travel goods during the second quarter.
3 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
Boeing Astronaut Capsule Grounded For Months By Valve Issue
Boeing’s astronaut capsule is grounded for months and possibly even until next year because of a vexing valve problem.
2 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
Are Honeybees Dying Off? It Depends On Whom You Ask
Talk to a local beekeeper, and the potential consequences of the decline of the honeybee population are alarming, causing problems for pollination and sending ripple effects through the food supply chain and the entire ecosystem.
10 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
HYDROGEN-POWERED VEHICLES: A REALISTIC PATH TO CLEAN ENERGY?
Each morning at a transit facility in Canton, Ohio, more than a dozen buses pull up to a fueling station before fanning out to their routes in this city south of Cleveland.
6 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
PUBLIC BETA
GAIN EARLY ACCESS TO CUTTING-EDGE NEW FEATURES
5 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
DATA OF 40 MILLION PLUS EXPOSED IN LATEST T-MOBILE BREACH
The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said.
2 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
US PROBING AUTOPILOT PROBLEMS ON 765,000 TESLA VEHICLES
The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot partially automated driving system after a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles.
5 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
FOLLOWING PROTESTS, CUBA LAYS OUT LAWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA USE
Cuba’s government spelled out its laws against using social media or the internet to stir up protests or insult the state — and offered people a form to report offenders.
1 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
FED'S POWELL: THERE'S NO RETURNING TO PRE-PANDEMIC ECONOMY
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the U.S. economy has been permanently changed by the COVID pandemic and it is important that the central bank adapt to those changes.
2 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
CENSUS HIT BY CYBERATTACK, US COUNT UNAFFECTED
U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn’t involve the 2020 census, and hackers’ attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released this week.
2 min |
August 20, 2021
AppleMagazine
Us Consumer Prices Rose In July But At Slower Pace
Prices for U.S. consumers rose last month but at the slowest pace since February, a sign that Americans may gain some relief after four months of sharp increases that have imposed a financial burden on the nation’s households.
4 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
Us Lawyers Appeal UK Decision To Block Assange Extradition
Lawyers acting on behalf of the U.S. government this week challenged a British judge’s decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges in the United States, arguing that assessments of Assange’s mental health should be reviewed.
2 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
WHAT THE $65B BROADBAND SERVICE PLAN WILL DO
The Senate’s $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan includes a $65 billion investment in broadband that the White House says will “deliver reliable, affordable, high-speed internet to every household.”
4 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC PROMPTS CHANGES IN HOW FUTURE TEACHERS ARE TRAINED
Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn’t seen as the program’s most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning, and suddenly material from that course was being infused into others.
4 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
HIGHER BUT STILL SLIM ODDS OF ASTEROID BENNU SLAMMING EARTH
The good news is that scientists have a better handle on asteroid Bennu’s whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than previously thought.
2 min |
August 13, 2021
AppleMagazine
HOW CRYPTOCURRENCY FITS INTO INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
What does Bitcoin have to do with roads and bridges?
4 min |