AppleMagazine
DAPPER LABS, CREATORS OF NBA TOP SHOT, GET $305M IN FUNDING
Canadian blockchain technology company Dapper Labs has secured $305 million in private funding — some of it from current and former NBA players, including Michael Jordan — to scale up its virtual NBA trading card site, the company said this week.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
TWO SPACE FANS GET SEATS ON BILLIONAIRE'S PRIVATE FLIGHT
A billionaire’s private SpaceX flight filled its two remaining seats this week with a scientist-teacher and a data engineer whose college friend actually won a spot but gave him the prize.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
LITTLE THINGS: THE KEY PILLAR IN APPLE DESIGN & INNOVATION
Apple’s design language has changed a great deal in recent years, away from the silvers and rounded edges towards a modern, industrialinspired design, as sported by the iPad Pro and iPhone 12.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
CHINA CUTS TAXES TO SPUR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVELOPMENT
China announced tax breaks this week to spur growth of its semiconductor industry following U.S. sanctions that alarmed the ruling Communist Party by cutting offaccess to American processor chips for tech giant Huawei and some other companies.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH IN ‘GODZILLA VS. KONG'
“Godzilla vs. Kong” begins, fittingly, with the big guy asleep.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
EPIC GAMES COMPLAINS ABOUT APPLE TO UK COMPETITION WATCHDOG
Epic Games submitted a complaint this week about Apple’s alleged “monopolistic practices” to the U.K. competition watchdog, which is investigating the iPhone maker over concerns it has a dominant position in app distribution.
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AppleMagazine #492
AppleMagazine
AUTOMAKERS BMW, VOLVO BACK MORATORIUM ON DEEP SEABED MINING
Automakers BMW and Volvo announced that they support a moratorium on deep seabed mining for minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other products.
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AppleMagazine #492
Sound & Vision
Headphones
Headphones
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February - March 2021
Sound & Vision
Wireless Speakers
Wireless Speakers
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February - March 2021
Sound & Vision
Subwoofers
Subwoofers
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February - March 2021
Sound & Vision
Extras
Extras
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February - March 2021
Techlife News
TWITTER TO ESTABLISH LEGAL ENTITY IN TURKEY, COMPLY WITH LAW
Twitter has announced it will establish a legal entity in Turkey in order to continue operating in the country, which passed a controversial social media law last year.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
REGAL CINEMAS, 2ND LARGEST CHAIN IN US, TO REOPEN IN APRIL
Regal Cinemas, the second largest movie theater chain in the U.S., will reopen beginning April 2, its parent company, Cineworld Group, announced this week.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
TOOL CREATED TO AID CLEANUP FROM MICROSOFT HACK IN BROAD USE
A tool designed to help businesses protect themselves from further compromises after a global hack of Microsoft email server software has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since it was released last week, the White House’s National Security Council said this week.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
TEXTING 911 NOW AN OPTION IN SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakotans now have the option to text 911 when they’re unable to make a 911 call.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
AUTO INDUSTRY BRACES FOR MORE CHIP SHORTAGES AFTER FIRE
A fire at a plant owned by Japanese chipmaker Renesas could deepen the ongoing global semiconductor shortage that has especially hampered automobile production.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
‘60 MINUTES' WILL HAVE STREAMING SPINOFF ON PARAMOUNT+
CBS News is launching a streaming version of “60 Minutes” on the new Paramount+ service, hoping to expose the durable brand to a younger and more diverse audience.
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Techlife News #487
Techlife News
FORMER GOOGLE CEO GIVES $150M FOR RESEARCH IN BIOLOGY, AI
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have given $150 million to a research institute to establish a “new era of biology” aimed at battling diseases with a mix of data and life science studies.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
AMAZON BRINGS BACK FORMER EXECUTIVE TO RUN CLOUD BUSINESS
Amazon said that it’s bringing back a former executive to run its cloud-computing unit, which has become the online shopping giant’s most profitable business.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
CONGRESS TO PRESS BIG TECH CEOS OVER SPEECH, MISINFORMATION
The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress Thursday, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO TO STREAM 21 YANKEES GAMES
Amazon Prime Video will stream 21 Yankees games to members in New York’s broadcast market for the first season, a slate that starts with an April 18 matchup against Tampa Bay.
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Techlife News #491
Techlife News
MISSISSIPPI LAW WILL REQUIRE COMPUTER SCIENCE IN SCHOOLS
A new law will require the Mississippi Department of Education to set a computer science curriculum for K-12 schools by the 202425 academic year.
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Techlife News #491
AppleMagazine
INTEL ANNOUNCES ARIZONA EXPANSION AS CHIPMAKER SEEKS FOOTING
Intel announced this week it will build two new factories in Arizona and outsource more of its production as a new CEO looks to turnaround the struggling chipmaker.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
STOCK TRADING APP COMPANY ROBINHOOD FILES PLAN TO GO PUBLIC
Stock trading app company Robinhood said this week that it has submitted a confidential plan to go public later this year.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK WORKING ON INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS UNDER 13
Facebook says it is working on a version of its Instagram app for kids under 13, who are technically not allowed to use the app in its current form due to federal privacy regulations.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
PART OF WRIGHT BROTHERS' 1ST AIRPLANE ON NASA'S MARS CHOPPER
A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
IN ‘HAPPILY,' 10 MILLENNIALS WALK INTO AN AIRBNB....
Their friends are annoyed — and not just because the bathroom is tied up. They’re annoyed because this honeymoon phase has lasted 14 years and shows no sign of abating.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
CYBER ATTACK TIED TO CHINA BOOSTS DEVELOPMENT BANK'S CHIEF
The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
FOR TELEVISION, NFL DEAL IS LIKELY A MATTER OF SURVIVAL
The $113 billion deal to telecast NFL games through 2033 is head-swimmingly large — until you consider that the very survival of broadcast networks as we know them may depend upon it.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
CHIPS AWAY: SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE WREAKING HAVOC IN TECH
As Samsung Electronics warns that it’s grappling with the fallout of a “serious imbalance” in semiconductors, the technology world could be about to enter its own ‘lockdown’. From the PlayStation 5 to the new Tesla Model S, virtually every device maker could be forced to temporarily halt production, caught off-guard and causing delays to 2021 product pipelines.
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