Techlife News
WHEN CAN I SHRED THIS CHECK? ANSWERS TO ONLINE BANKING FAQ
As the COVID-19 pandemic leads banking customers to lean into online technology to manage their money, those trying online banking for the first time may find themselves with questions about how to handle things previously done in person or with paper documents.
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Techlife News #464
Techlife News
WHAT ARE THE RULES ON MASKS IN SCHOOLS?
What are the rules on masks in schools?
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Techlife News #464
Techlife News
US GOVT: UPCOMING WECHAT ‘BAN' WON'T TARGET ITS USERS
A looming U.S. ban on the Chinese app WeChat won’t target people who use the app to communicate, according to a government court filing Wednesday.
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Techlife News
SONY'S NEW $500 PLAYSTATION 5 WILL LAUNCH NOV. 12
Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 video game console will cost $500 and launch Nov. 12, the company said Wednesday, setting up a holiday battle with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X over whose new console will turn up under more trees this year.
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Techlife News #464
Techlife News
Q&A: T-MOBILE PUSHES INTERNET FOR VIRTUAL SCHOOL
T-Mobile is pushing to offer internet service to schools that are doing online learning with a program aimed at low-income students who don’t have access. In the U.S., millions of students don’t have high-speed internet or computers at home — a difficult enough situation when it was just about trying to get homework done, but a much bigger problem when many school districts have moved part or all of the school day online during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Techlife News #464
Techlife News
NVIDIA TO BUY UK'S ARM, SPARKING FEARS OF CHIP DOMINANCE
U.S. graphics chip maker Nvidia said it plans to buy U.K.-based Arm Holdings in a deal worth up to $40 billion, in a move that would create a global powerhouse in the industry.
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Techlife News #464
Techlife News
EUROPE TESTS GATEWAY FOR TRACING APPS TO WORK ACROSS BORDERS
Six European Union countries and the bloc’s executive Commission have begun testing a virtual “gateway” to ensure national coronavirus tracing apps can work across borders.
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Techlife News
GOOGLE RECEIVES $25M TAX BREAK FROM NEVADA TO BUILD FACILITY
Google will receive more than $25 million in tax breaks after pledging an additional $600 million for a new data center in southern Nevada, state officials said.
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Techlife News #464
Techlife News
AUSTRALIA TO AMEND LAW MAKING FACEBOOK, GOOGLE PAY FOR NEWS
The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay for journalism said Thursday his draft legislation will be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally unchanged.
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Techlife News #464
Techlife News
AI ROBOTS SERVE RESTAURANT CUSTOMERS IN SOUTH KOREA
A burger shop in the South Korean capital is a bit different from typical fast food restaurants: Its key staff are robots.
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AppleMagazine
VENUS: ASTRONOMERS SEE POSSIBLE HINTS OF LIFE IN CLOUDS
Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
TIME FLIES:SERIES 6 AND SE TAKE APPLE WATCH TO NEW HEIGHTS
Apple’s annual Fall Event felt a little different this year. For starters, it was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with no cheers or applause to be heard. But the biggie? No new iPhones. The company already confirmed that the iPhone 12 will launch in October, but in the meantime, Tim Cook and Co used the keynote to show off the all-new Apple Watch Series 6, a low-cost Apple Watch SE, and a bunch of family-focused Watch improvements.
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AppleMagazine
REPORT FINDS GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK NOT AS BAD AS EXPECTED
The global economy is not doing as bad as previously expected, especially in the United States and China, but has still suffered an unprecedented drop due to the coronavirus pandemic, an international watchdog said this week.
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AppleMagazine
VIACOMCBS TO REBRAND CBS ALL ACCESS AS PARAMOUNT PLUS
ViacomCBS will rebrand its CBS All Access streaming service as Paramount Plus, set to debut early next year with new, original shows.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
‘WALKING DEAD' TO BE LAID TO REST IN 2022, SPIN-OFFS TO RISE
The end is coming for “The Walking Dead,” but not until 2022.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
ORACLE AND TIKTOK STRUCK A DEAL. WHAT IT IS, NONE WILL SAY
The short-video app TikTok has chosen Oracle as its corporate savior to avoid a U.S. ban ordered by President Donald Trump. The U.S. government will review the prospective deal.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE EXEC ON HOT SEAT IN CONGRESS OVER ADVERTISING POWER
GOOGLE EXEC ON HOT SEAT IN CONGRESS OVER ADVERTISING POWER
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
EU HEAVYWEIGHTS SEEK STRICT RULES FOR DIGITAL CURRENCIES
Finance ministers from five of Europe’s biggest economies called for the European Union to produce strict rules for new, private digital currencies such as Facebook-backed Libra and ban those that don’t comply.
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AppleMagazine #464
AppleMagazine
DRONE MAKER HURT BY US-CHINA RIFT, OPENING DOOR TO US RIVALS
Skateboarders, surfers and mountain bikers used to be the target customers for California startup Skydio, a maker of high-end drones that can home in on people and capture their movements on video all by themselves. Now police officers, firefighters and soldiers are interested in the self-flying machines.
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AppleMagazine #464
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
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REVINYLIZATION
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RE-TALES
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IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
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