AppleMagazine
iOS 15: CONNECT, FOCUS, EXPLORE, AND DO MORE
After making some significant leaps forward with iOS and iPadOS in 2020, it was only right that this year’s updates would be more understated, but it didn’t stop Apple from announcing some exciting new additions to its popular operating systems.
7 min |
AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
JEFF BEZOS WILL BLAST INTO SPACE ON ROCKET'S 1ST CREW FLIGHT
Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN REGULATORS LAUNCH FRESH PROBES OF FACEBOOK, GOOGLE
European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
GLOBAL STING BEGAN BY CREATING MESSAGE SERVICE FOR CROOKS
When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own service.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID
ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID
1 min |
AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
GLOBAL GLITCH: SWATHS OF INTERNET GO DOWN AFTER CLOUD OUTAGE
Dozens of websites went down briefly around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain’s government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #502
AppleMagazine
CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS HIT 50% HIGHER THAN PREINDUSTRIAL TIME
The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #502
Sound & Vision
The Wireless Meta-verse
WE LIVE now in the wireless world, and the major loudspeaker makers have been quick to embrace it with serious-performance, near-full-range designs. But each seems to have a different idea of what a “wireless speaker” should entail. Some simply connect to an existing component stack via a supplied small wireless transmitter. Others incorporate the whole smart-speaker thang, with full multiroom audio system and Alexa-Google-Siri voice control integration.
9 min |
June - July 2021
Sound & Vision
Masterclass Acts
The Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy Camp changed its tune during the pandemic from offering in-person seminars with stars to streaming Masterclass sessions. In many ways, the shift broadened the scope of what the Camp has to offer.
4 min |
June - July 2021
Sound & Vision
Sonos Roam Portable Wireless Speaker
Roam on the Range
4 min |
June - July 2021
Sound & Vision
A Garden Oasis in The Heart of Pittsburgh
This custom-installed outdoor A/V system sets the mood for parties, sports, or just chilling out and enjoying a City of Bridges sunset
5 min |
June - July 2021
Sound & Vision
Faceoff - 10 Wire-Free Bud Options That Block Noise So You Can Hear Music
Noise-canceling true wireless earbuds
10+ min |
June - July 2021
Techlife News
JAPAN'S VACCINE PUSH AHEAD OF OLYMPICS LOOKS TO BE TOO LATE
It may be too little, too late.
4 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
EU GIVES TIKTOK A MONTH TO RESPOND TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS
The European Commission said it has given the Chinese-owned video app TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices.
1 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
EU PLANS DIGITAL ID WALLET FOR BLOC'S POST-PANDEMIC LIFE
The European Union unveiled plans for a digital ID wallet that residents could use to access services across the 27-nation bloc, part of a post-pandemic recovery strategy that involves accelerating the shift to an online world.
2 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
IN VISIONS OF POST-PANDEMIC LIFE, ROARING '20S BECKON AGAIN
History repeats itself. But do decades duplicate?
5 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
TECH CALMS DOWN, BUT STILL STRONG AS THE WORLD GOES DIGITAL
Technology company stocks are in rest mode this year, but what may seem like weakness as the economy recovers is really just dormancy.
3 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
TWITTER STARTS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA
Twitter is rolling out a subscription service, starting in Canada and Australia, that offers perks like an undo button for subscribers.
1 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
GOV'T USE OF CHINESE DRONES IN LIMBO AS CONGRESS WEIGHS BAN
More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it’s starting to look like they won’t be flying again any time soon — if ever.
4 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
SHOPPERS GO BACK TO STORES, BUT RETAILERS FACE CHALLENGES
Americans are going back to one of their favorite pastimes: store shopping.
4 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
SUPREME COURT LIMITS PROSECUTORS' USE OF ANTI-HACKING LAW
The Supreme Court limited prosecutors’ ability to use an anti-hacking law to charge people with computer crimes.
1 min |
Techlife News #501
Techlife News
IN POST-PANDEMIC EUROPE, MIGRANTS WILL FACE DIGITAL FORTRESS
As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away!
4 min |
Techlife News #501
AppleMagazine
HARVARD RESEARCHERS RECOMMEND CENSUS NOT USE PRIVACY TOOL
A group of Harvard researchers has come out against the U.S. Census Bureau’s use of a controversial method to protect privacy with the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn’t produce data good enough for redistricting.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
CHINESE CARGO SPACECRAFT DOCKS WITH ORBITAL STATION
An automated spacecraft docked with China’s new space station last Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
YOU'RE INVITED: A NEW LANDSCAPE WITH A CUTTING-EDGE APP
For almost ten years, AppleMagazine has kept you abreast of the latest in the technology world. Today marks a new chapter. Introducing the AppleMagazine app for iOS, transforming the landscape, and offering exciting new ways to stay updated on the latest consumer-tech news. Elegantly designed and highly interactive, it’s now available on the Apple App Store.
7 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
EU Gives Tiktok A Month To Respond To Consumer Complaints
The European Commission said it has given the Chinese-owned video app TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
MISSING THE MOMENT: VIRTUAL REALITY'S BREAKOUT STILL ELUSIVE
Virtual reality — computer-generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the cusp of wide acceptance for years without ever really taking off.
4 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
China to Send 3 Male Astronauts to Its Space Station in June
A three-man crew of astronauts will blast off in June for a three-month mission on China’s new space station, according to a space official who was the country’s first astronaut in orbit.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
SAFETY RATINGS YANKED AFTER TESLA PULLS RADAR FROM 2 MODELS
Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
HUAWEI ROLLS OUT ITS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM TO SMARTPHONES
Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist.
3 min |