AppleMagazine
GOING TO COLLEGE? HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT STUDENT LOANS
If you’re heading to college or starting to think about where you’d like to apply, you’re probably considering options for funding your education. If you need to borrow money to pursue your dreams, you are far from alone.
5 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
Watch Out
THE BIG CHANGES COMING TO THE APPLE WATCH RANGE
4 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
FOUNDATIONS SEEK TO ADVANCE AI FOR GOOD AND ALSO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM ITS THREATS
While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial-intelligence development, philanthropists — including long-established foundations and tech billionaires — have been responding with an uptick in grants.
5 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
DON'T EXPECT QUICK FIXES IN 'RED-TEAMING' OF AI MODELS.SECURITY WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT
White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending last weekend at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas.
4 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
FOR MARK ZUCKERBERG'S THREADS, THE REAL RIVAL IS STILL TIKTOK NOT THE FORMER TWITTER
Threads, the simple, bare-bones text-based social network created by Facebook owner Meta, burst onto the scene during a particularly bad week for the rival then still known as Twitter. It quickly amassed 100 million signups — a huge feat for a newcomer in the space — and was dubbed as a “Twitter killer.”
3 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
MOVIE REVIEW: GAL GADOT TURNS SUPERSPY IN 'HEART OF STONE'
It’s turning out to be quite a summer for superspies and supercomputers.
3 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
COINBASE GETS APPROVAL TO OFFER CRYPTO FUTURES TO ELIGIBLE US CUSTOMERS
Coinbase said it’s received regulatory approval to bring federally regulated crypto futures trading to eligible customers in the U.S., sending shares sharply higher before the opening bell Wednesday.
1 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
TESLA WINS THE EV CHARGE PLUG FORMAT WAR
You’re probably familiar with previous technology format wars, whether it be VHS versus Betamax or Blu-ray versus HD DVD. Now another has quickly brewed in the way people plug in and charge their electric vehicles. It’s a battle of CCS versus NACS, and the winning format has a familiar backer: Tesla. Edmunds’ experts break down what EV owners need to know about the format changes.
3 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
2 PINTEREST DIRECTORS RESIGN FROM NEXTDOOR'S BOARD IN RESPONSE TO ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
The Justice Department said Wednesday that two directors resigned from Nextdoor’s board in response to the department’s efforts to enforce an antitrust law aimed at barring executives from holding similar positions at rival companies.
1 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
RUSSIA IS BACK ON THE LUNAR PATH. A ROCKET BLASTS OFF ON ITS FIRST MOON MISSION IN NEARLY 50 YEARS
A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off last week (11) on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft.
2 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
HP FAILS TO DERAIL CLAIMS THAT IT BRICKS SCANNERS ON MULTIFUNCTION PRINTERS WHEN INK RUNS LOW
HP has failed to shunt aside class-action legal claims that it disables the scanners on its multifunction printers when their ink runs low. Though not for lack of trying.
2 min |
August 18, 2023
AppleMagazine
Amazon is Rolling Out a Generative AI Feature That Summarizes Product Reviews
Amazon is rolling out a new generative AI feature that summarizes product reviews for customers.
1 min |
August 18, 2023
WIRED
A.I. Is a Fiction
Stop freaking out when chatbots say they're in love or make disturbing threats. Just treat them like Pinocchio.
6 min |
September 2023
Techlife News
MORE PEOPLE ARE OPTING FOR EARLY DINNERS SINCE THE PANDEMIC, SAYS OPENTABLE CEO DEBBY SOO
When OpenTable CEO Debby Soo joined the restaurant reservation company in 2020, the industry was struggling through the pandemic.
3 min |
Techlife News #615
Techlife News
TWITTER-TURNED-X CEO LINDA YACCARINO FOCUSES ON WINNING BACK BIG BRANDS ON ELON MUSK'S PLATFORM
The new CEO of the company formerly known as Twitter says she’s spent much of the past eight weeks trying to get big brands back and advertising on the social media platform that’s been in upheaval since it was bought last year by Elon Musk.
2 min |
Techlife News #615
Techlife News
THE END-CALL BUTTON ON YOUR IPHONE COULD MOVE SOON. WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT APPLE'S IOS 17 CHANGE
Hanging up that phone call? The location of Apple’s red end-call button is set to slightly move with upcoming iOS 17 updates to the phone app, so be wary of your thumb’s muscle memory.
1 min |
Techlife News #615
Techlife News
PAPER EXAMS, CHATBOT BANS: COLLEGES SEEK TO 'CHATGPT-PROOF" ASSIGNMENTS
When philosophy professor Darren Hick came across another case of cheating in his classroom at Furman University last semester, he posted an update to his followers on social media: “Aaaaand, I’ve caught my second ChatGPT plagiarist.”
5 min |
Techlife News #615
Techlife News
SCIENTISTS LOOK BEYOND CLIMATE CHANGE AND EL NINO FOR OTHER FACTORS THAT HEAT UP EARTH
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat.
4 min |
Techlife News #615
Techlife News
DISNEY TO BOOST PRICES FOR AD-FREE DISNEY+ AND HULU SERVICES AND VOWS CRACKDOWN ON PASSWORD SHARING
Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger vowed to make its streaming services profitable via a planned October price hike on its ad-free Disney+ and Hulu plans and a crackdown on password sharing expected to extend through next year.
3 min |
Techlife News #615
Newsweek US
A Single Point of Failure?
Last year the Defense Department made a big bet on Microsoft to safeguard data. Some experts worry that means putting too many eggs in one basket
10+ min |
August 18 - 25, 2023 (Double Issue)
AppleMagazine
HIP-HOP TURNS 50, REINVENTING ITSELF AND SWATHS OF THE WORLD ALONG THE WAY
It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals dropped, instruments quieted down and the beat took the stage. It was then that hip-hop came into the world, taking the moment and reinventing it. Something new, coming out of something familiar.
8 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
SPOILER ALERT! JASON STATHAM JUMPS EVEN BIGGER SHARKS IN 'MEG 2.' (ALSO, DINOSAURS)
Before we, ahem, dive into our review of “Meg 2,” a few fun facts on the Megalodon, the titular real-life prehistoric shark, according to some unusually detailed production notes from the studio:
3 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
4 NEW OFFSHORE WIND POWER PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR NEW JERSEY SHORE: 2 WOULD BE FAR OUT TO SEA
Wind power developers proposed four new projects off the New Jersey Shore, a surge that would more than double the number of wind farms built off its coast if they are approved by regulators.
2 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
RECALLING A WILD RIDE WITH A ROBOTAXI NAMED PEACHES AS REGULATORS MULL SAN FRANCISCO EXPANSION PLAN
I won’t forget the first time I took a ride in a car without anyone sitting in the driver’s seat.
4 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
ZOOM SAYS IT ISN'T TRAINING AI ON CALLS WITHOUT CONSENT. BUT OTHER DATA IS FAIR GAME
An update to Zoom’s terms of service is raising alarm bells on social media, with users claiming it reveals the videoconferencing company is now tapping their online doctor visits and virtual happy hours to train artificial intelligence models.
3 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
MORE PEOPLE ARE OPTING FOR EARLY DINNERS SINCE THE PANDEMIC, SAYS OPENTABLE CEO DEBBY SOO
When OpenTable CEO Debby Soo joined the restaurant reservation company in 2020, the industry was struggling through the pandemic.
3 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
SCIENTISTS LOOK BEYOND CLIMATE CHANGE AND EL NINO FOR OTHER FACTORS THAT HEAT UP EARTH
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat.
4 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
Game Mode
REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS FOR MAC GAMERS
4 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
APPLE'S EARNINGS TOP ANALYSTS' FORECASTS, BUT YEAR-OVER-YEAR SALES DROP FOR THIRD STRAIGHT QUARTER
Apple’s eked out a slightly higher profit last quarter even though sales dipped during the period, a showing that may not be enough to sustain investor enthusiasm that recently made the iPhone maker the first publicly held U.S. company to be valued at $3 trillion.
2 min |
August 11, 2023
AppleMagazine
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS TELLS ILLUSTRATORS TO STOP USING AI TO GENERATE ARTWORK FOR FANTASY FRANCHISE
The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won’t allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery.
1 min |