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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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
BILL TO AID US PUBLISHERS VS. GOOGLE, FACEBOOK RISES AGAIN
A congressional effort to bolster U.S. news organizations in negotiations with Big Tech has supporters hoping that third time’s the charm.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
APPLE TV+ GIVES A STRAIGHT-TO SERIES ORDER FOR LADY IN THE LAKE
Apple announced on March 10, 2021, that it had given a straight-to-series order for a new TV show titled Lady in the Lake.
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AppleMagazine #491
AppleMagazine
UBER TO GIVE UK DRIVERS MINIMUM WAGE, PENSION, HOLIDAY PAY
Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
IN ‘YES DAY,' KIDS GET THEIR WAY FOR 24 HOURS
Like an innocuous kid version of “The Purge,” Miguel Arteta’s “Yes Day” imagines an annual 24hour holiday of lawlessness.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Music
Music
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
FORD PARTNERS WITH U-M ON ROBOTICS RESEARCH, NEW BUILDING
Digit marches on two legs across the floor of the University of Michigan’s Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, while Mini-Cheetah — staccato-like — does the same on four and the yellow-legged Cassie steps deliberately side-to-side.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
US ASTRONAUT LAUNCHING NEXT MONTH MAY SPEND YEAR IN SPACE
NASA may soon chalk up another one-year space mission thanks to an out-of-this-world Russian movie-making deal.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
GERMAN AUTOMAKER BMW RAMPS UP ELECTRIC VEHICLE OFFERINGS
German automaker BMW said this week it intends to speed the rollout of new electric cars, vowing to bring battery-powered models to 50% of global sales by 2030. The company underlined the point by unveiling a new allelectric model three months ahead of plan.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Movies & TV Shows
Movies & TV Shows
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
DATA: FLORIDA'S TEXTING WHILE-DRIVING LAW RARELY ENFORCED
A Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy was heading east on Interstate 4 in his red Dodge Charger on a brilliantly sunny afternoon in Florida when he saw him: A young driver behind the wheel of a Jeep texting on his phone.
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AppleMagazine #490
Techlife News
WILL WORK FROM HOME OUTLAST VIRUS? FORD'S MOVE SUGGESTS YES
It’s a question occupying the minds of millions of employees who have worked from home the past year: Will they still be allowed to work remotely — at least some days — once the pandemic has faded?
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
SWISS POLICE RAID OVER HACK ON U.S. SECURITY-CAMERA COMPANY
Swiss authorities confirmed a police raid at the home of a Swiss software engineer who took credit for helping to break into a U.S. security-camera company’s online networks, part of what the activist hacker cited as an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of mass surveillance.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
STRIPE CONTINUES CASH HAUL, NOW VALUED AT $95 BILLION
The online payment company Stripe continues to attract investors, raising $600 million in funding to reach a whopping company valuation of $95 billion.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
SONOMA COUNTY TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGAINST FIRES
Sonoma County officials say they will add artificial intelligence technology to help fight wildfires with a 24-7 monitor to track fire outbreaks.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
PRE-EMBRYOS MADE IN LAB COULD SPUR RESEARCH, ETHICS DEBATES
For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without running afoul of restrictions on using real embryos.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
NO CIGAR: INTERSTELLAR OBJECT IS COOKIE-SHAPED PLANET SHARD
Our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is neither a comet nor asteroid as first suspected and looks nothing like a cigar. A new study says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES NORTH CAROLINA CLOUD ENGINEERING HUB
Google announced plans Thursday to create a hub in Durham, North Carolina, for hundreds of engineers working on its Google Cloud products.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
ENCRYPTED MESSAGING APP SIGNAL BLOCKED IN CHINA
Encrypted messaging app Signal appears to have been blocked in mainland China, the latest foreign social media service to cease working in a country where the government tightly controls the flow of information.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
CHINA SUMMONS TECHNOLOGY FIRMS OVER VOICE SOFTWARE SECURITY
Chinese authorities summoned 11 companies including Alibaba and Tencent for talks regarding the security of voice software, as Beijing steps up scrutiny over the internet sector.
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Techlife News #490
Techlife News
ANXIETY, CONFUSION, TERROR, RELIEF: GIVING BIRTH IN PANDEMIC
Pregnancy, birth and life with a newborn in the middle of a pandemic has brought on high anxiety, ever-shifting hospital protocols and intense isolation for many of the millions of women who have done it around the world.
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Techlife News #490
AppleMagazine
‘MANK' LEADS OSCAR NOMINATIONS IN A YEAR OF RECORD DIVERSITY
After a pandemic year that shuttered movie theaters and upended the movie business, Academy Awards nominations went to two female filmmakers for the first time, to a historically diverse slate of actors and to David Fincher’s lead-nominee “Mank,” a traditional kind of Oscar contender — an old Hollywood homage — in very untraditional year.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
WHERE TO STREAM THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES
Normally, Academy Award nominations mean an Oscar bump in box office. This year, streaming services and digital rental platforms may get a bounce.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
FOXCONN MULLS MAKING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AT WISCONSIN PLANT
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is considering making electric vehicles at its highly anticipated Wisconsin plant that has been scaled back since its announcement in 2017, the company’s chairman said this week.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
US SENDS TEAM TO DETROIT TO INVESTIGATE TESLA-SEMI CRASH
The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is sending a team to Detroit to investigate a crash involving a Tesla that drove beneath a semitrailer.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
TESLA'S NEW MODEL S: THE CAR OF THE FUTURE, HERE TODAY
Though today the company might be one of the world’s most exclusive and innovative, it hasn’t always been an easy road for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
LG TO INVEST $4.5 BILLION IN ITS US BATTERY BUSINESS
LG Energy Solution says it will invest more than $4.5 billion in its U.S. battery production business by 2025 as automakers ramp up production of electric vehicles.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
THE RUSSO BROTHERS' CHERRY, STARRING TOM HOLLAND,NOW AVAILABLE ON APPLE TV+
On February 26, 2021, Cherry finally premiered in select theaters, with an Apple TV+ debut scheduled for March 12, 2021.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
DESPITE HACKS, US NOT SEEKING WIDENED DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE
The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official said.
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AppleMagazine #490
AppleMagazine
Google Gets Into Sleep Surveillance With New Nest Hub Screen
Google’s next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep.
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