AppleMagazine
2 Alaska Towns Allow Texts to 911 When Calling Not an Option
Residents in Wrangell and Petersburg now have the ability to text 911 for help when calling isn’t an option.
1 min |
September 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
‘Shang-Chi' Adds a Thrilling Hero to Marvel Universe
If the Marvel Cinematic Universe has taught us anything it’s that heroes arise from unexpected places. For their 25th film entry, that place is valet parking.
3 min |
September 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
As Flood Alerts Lit Up Phones, Did ‘Warning Fatigue' Set In?
Cellphones across New York and New Jersey pulsed with urgent warnings of catastrophic flooding as the fury of Hurricane Ida’s remnants, carrying torrential rains, upper New Jersey and New York City.
4 min |
September 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
Elizabeth Holmes' Trial To Dissect Downfall Of A Tech Star
Just six years ago, Elizabeth Holmes seemed destined to fulfill her dream of becoming Silicon Valley’s next superstar. She was the subject of business magazine cover stories describing her as the youngest self-made female billionaire in history, former President Bill Clinton was reverently quizzing her about her thoughts on technology, and then Vice President Joe Biden was hailing her ideas as an inspiration.
4 min |
September 10, 2021
Techlife News
4 WAYS TO MANAGE RETIREMENT HEALTH CARE COSTS
Health care in retirement is a big-ticket item. Experts estimate that an average 65-year-old retired couple in 2021 would need about $300,000 in after-tax savings earmarked for health care costs in their post-work life, even with Medicare, according to Fidelity.
3 min |
Techlife News #515
Stereophile
KEN MICALLEF KLH Model Five LOUDSPEAKER
In May of 2019, I heard about a promising jazz vinyl and hi-fi estate sale happening on New York’s Upper East Side. Little did I know then what treasures the dig would yield.
10+ min |
October 2021
Stereophile
HI-FI LO-FI
20 YEARS OF THE BEST-SOUNDING INDIE ROCK
10+ min |
October 2021
Stereophile
KALMAN RUBINSON Dirac Live 3 ROOM-CORRECTION SOFTWARE
Adoption of DSP-based speaker-and-room correction in home theater—a parallel universe to audiophilia—is almost universal. It’s easy to understand why.
10+ min |
October 2021
Stereophile
JASON VICTOR SERINUS Antipodes Audio K50 MUSIC SERVER
On the face of it, playing and streaming digital music files is a straightforward process.
10+ min |
October 2021
Stereophile
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
The RAAL-requisite HSA-1b headphone and speaker amplifier
10+ min |
October 2021
Stereophile
Analog Corner
OMA’s K3 direct-drive turntable and custom Schröder tonearm
10+ min |
October 2021
Techlife News
5 TIPS FOR FOSTERING A SUCCESSFUL HYBRID WORKPLACE
Businesses figured out how to work remotely on the fly when COVID-19 rapidly disrupted our way of working.
4 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
APPLE LOOSENS APP STORE PAYMENT RULES IN LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT
Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker.
3 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
FREE TV SERVICE LOCAST SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AFTER LEGAL LOSS
Locast, a service that streamed local TV for free in about three dozen U.S. cities, is suspending operations after losses in court against the broadcast industry.
2 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
SOCIAL MEDIA'S 70-UP ‘GRANDFLUENCERS' DEBUNKING AGING MYTHS
Joan MacDonald’s health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous medications with high cholesterol, rising blood pressure and kidney trouble.
6 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
SURVEY: OWNERS FRUSTRATED WHEN LINKING PHONES TO VEHICLES
Automobile quality rose last year, but glitches in pairing smartphones with infotainment systems frustrated owners more than anything, according to a large U.S. survey of auto owners.
3 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
RUSSIA URGES APPLE, GOOGLE TO REMOVE NAVALNY APP FROM STORES
Russia’s state communications watchdog warned Apple and Google on Thursday that they could face fines if they fail to remove an app created by allies of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from their stores.
3 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
FTC ORDERS COMPANY TO QUIT SURVEILLANCE APP BUSINESS
The Federal Trade Commission has for the first time banned a company that makes so-called stalker were — software used to surreptitiously track a cellphone user’s activities and location — from continuing in the surveillance app business.
2 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
IRISH WATCHDOG FINES WHATSAPP $267M AFTER EU PRIVACY PROBE
Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros ($267 million) after an investigation found it breached stringent European Union data protection rules on transparency about sharing people’s data with other Facebook companies.
2 min |
Techlife News #514
Techlife News
US ASKS TESLA HOW AUTOPILOT RESPONDS TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency wants detailed information on how Tesla’s Autopilot system detects and responds to emergency vehicles parked on highways.
2 min |
Techlife News #514
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE TO INVEST $1.2B IN GERMANY CLOUD COMPUTING PROGRAM
Google said that it is investing 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) by 2030 to expand its cloud computing infrastructure in Germany and to increase the use of renewable energy.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT FIXES CLOUD PLATFORM VULNERABILITY AFTER WARNING
Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity researchers warned could have enabled hackers to take over a cloud-based database product used by many big companies.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
UN: WEATHER DISASTERS SOAR IN NUMBERS, COST, BUT DEATHS FALL
Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports.
3 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE APPEALS $591M FRENCH FINE IN COPYRIGHT PAYMENT SPAT
Google is appealing a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine issued by French regulators over its handling of negotiations with publishers in a dispute over copyright.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
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
Apple Loosens App Store Payment Rules In Lawsuit Settlement
Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker.
3 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
China Limits Children To 3 Hours Of Online Gaming A Week
China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector.
2 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
Amazon Teams With Affirm To Offer Buy Now-Pay-Later Option
Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay later option that does not involve credit cards.
1 min |