Techlife News
Conspiracy Theorists Burn 5G Towers Claiming Link To Virus
The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the evening.
4 min |
April 25, 2020
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC AND CHILL: NETFLIX ADDS A COOL 16M SUBSCRIBERS
Netflix picked up nearly 16 million global subscribers during the first three months of the year, helping cement its status as one of the world’s most essential services in times of isolation or crisis.
2 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
CONSUMER REPORTING FIRM EQUIFAX TO PAY $18M AFTER BREACH
Attorney General Maura Healey has announced that one of the largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the country, Equifax, has agreed to pay $18.2 million after a massive data breach in 2017 that compromised the personal information of nearly three million Massachusetts residents.
1 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
BACK TO WORK? COMPANIES FINDING IT EASIER SAID THAN DONE
As state and federal leaders tussle over when and how fast to “reopen” the U.S. economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, some corporations are taking the first steps toward bringing their employees back to work. Which in many cases is easier said than done.
3 min |
April 24, 2020
AppleMagazine
Comic-Con Canceled Over Coronavirus, Plans 2021 Return
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con has been canceled due to coronavirus-related restrictions around large gatherings. Organizers say they are planning for the festival to return in July 2021.
1 min |
April 24, 2020
Sound & Vision
SUBWOOFER SETUP STEPS
SUBWOOFERS ARE LIKE the magic beans of audio, expanding a playback system’s dynamic range in a way that dramatically enhances the listening experience. There’s an attitude among some audiophiles that subwoofers represent, if not the spawn of the devil (there are numerous or More Subs for such spawns in audio lore), a bad compromise at minimum. But the truth is that adding a modest but well-designed subwoofer to speakers, even compact bookshelf models, can result in better performance than what you’d get from full-range towers that cost considerably more.
6 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Screen Gem
I OFTEN FEEL that the screen is the most overlooked component of a video projection system.
8 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Movin' On Up
WHAT WOULD you pay for a 75-inch Ultra HDTV that’s bright enough to handle virtually all high dynamic range programs without having to perform the tone mapping most 4K/HDR sets require?
9 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Smart Shades, Smart Lights
A dedicated room represents the ultimate space to attain movie watching nirvana. With the ability to minimize visual distractions, maximize acoustics, and optimally position seating and speakers, a dedicated room more easily lends itself to the creation of a no-holds-barred home theater than a space with an open floor plan.
3 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Simply Powerful
Parasound NewClassic 200 Integrated Amplifier
7 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Movies on the Move
THE PORTABLE video projector market is packed with options for anyone seeking a convenient, compact beamer to carry from room to room, indoors to outdoors, or home to vacation home.
8 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Edge of Tomorrow
WHEN TIVO burst on the scene in 1999 it changed the way millions of people watched TV.
10 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
Baby Boomer
JL Audio Fathom F11OV2 Powered Subwoofer
8 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
A New Classic
ASK A CAR GUY to identify any classic American car from the 1950s or 60s, and most would be able to pin it down to the exact year of production.
9 min |
April - May 2020
Sound & Vision
The Sound of Silver
IN 2020 many of us will get to witness the summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan—on TV at least.
10 min |
April - May 2020
Techlife News
TIRED OF ‘FROZEN?' STREAM THESE LESS OBVIOUS KIDS MOVIES
Weeks of quarantine with kids have a way of burning through a movie collection.
4 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
PENTAGON: $10B CLOUD CONTRACT THAT SNUBBED AMAZON WAS LEGAL
The Pentagon’s process for awarding a highly lucrative cloud computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was in line with legal and government purchasing standards, a government watchdog agency said Wednesday.
4 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
WOULD YOU GIVE UP HEALTH OR LOCATION DATA TO RETURN TO WORK?
Cameron Karosis usually strives to protect his personal information. But a scary bout of COVID-19 that began last month with headaches and fevers, progressed to breathing problems and led to a hospital visit has now left him eager to disclose as much as possible to help halt the virus’ spread.
5 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
FACEBOOK TO WARN USERS WHO “LIKED” CORONAVIRUS HOAXES
Have you liked or commented on a Facebook post about the COVID-19 pandemic?
2 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
EVIDENCE OF VIRUS' EFFECT ON US ECONOMY GROWS MORE OMINOUS
Evidence of the coronavirus’ devastating impact on the U.S. economy has been steadily emerging, and the signs have grown ominous.
4 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
ISRAELI POLICE USE DRONES TO CHECK IN ON VIRUS PATIENTS
The drone glides up toward a high-rise until it reaches an apartment window where a woman waves from inside, proving to police that she is self-isolating after testing positive for the coronavirus.
2 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
MAJOR AIRLINES INE UP TO SPLIT $25 BILLION IN PAYROLL AID
The Treasury Department said this week that the nation’s major airlines have tentatively agreed to terms for $25 billion in federal aid to pay workers and keep them employed through September.
3 min |
April 18, 2020
Techlife News
CHINA TRIES TO REVIVE ECONOMY BUT CONSUMER ENGINE SPUTTERS
China, where the coronavirus pandemic started in December, is cautiously trying to get back to business, but it’s not easy when many millions of workers are wary of spending much or even going out.
5 min |
April 18, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS-ERA DECISIONS: WAY TOO MANY, AND EACH WITH HIGH STAKES
Should you wash your hands?
4 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
IN SHUTDOWN, A GLIMPSE OF LIFE WITHOUT MOVIE
Jennifer Page jokes that four months in, this decade is already the worst of her life.
5 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
TELEMEDICINE SURGES IN MICHIGAN AS DOCTORS CLOSE OFFICES
The closure of doctors’ offices across Michigan during the new coronavirus pandemic has spurred a statewide surge in the embrace of telemedicine, a practice that allows doctors to treat patients remotely by phone or computer, officials said.
2 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT APPLYING FOR GIG WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC
A leap in U.S. unemployment has thrown a spotlight on one type of work in high demand during the coronavirus pandemic: Gig work delivering groceries, meals and packages.
4 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
iPHONE SE 2020 : POWERFUL & AFFORDABLE
A13 BIONIC CHIP, 4.7-INCH SCREEN & MORE
2 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
NBC'S PEACOCK LAUNCHING IN JULY WITH 'HANDFUL' OF ORIGINALS
NBCUniversal says its video-streaming service Peacock will launch nationally in July as planned, even though just a handful of its original series will be ready.
1 min |
April 17, 2020
AppleMagazine
Would You Give Up Health or Location Data to Return to Work?
Cameron Karosis usually strives to protect his personal information. But a scary bout of COVID-19 that began last month with headaches and fevers, progressed to breathing problems and led to a hospital visit has now left him eager to disclose as much as possible to help halt the virus’ spread.
5 min |