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AppleMagazine
SAMSUNG EXPECTED TO BUILD $17B CHIP FACTORY IN TEXAS
Samsung is planning to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory outside of Austin, Texas, amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, cars and other electronic devices.
4 min |
November 26, 2021
AppleMagazine
NYC AIMS TO BE FIRST TO REIN IN AI HIRING TOOLS
Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or analyzing their video interviews. But New York City residents could soon get more say over the computers making behind-the-scenes decisions about their careers.
4 min |
November 26, 2021
AppleMagazine
TOO MANY OLD GHOSTS MAR ‘GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE'
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — the direct cinematic follow-up to 1984 classic — is haunted, of course. But not in a good way.
3 min |
November 26, 2021
AppleMagazine
Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers as Energy Costs Spike
President Joe Biden is highlighting billions of dollars in his giant bipartisan infrastructure deal to pay for the installation of electric vehicle chargers across the country, an investment he says will go a long way to curbing planet-warming carbon emissions while creating good-paying jobs.
4 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
TWITTER ROLLS OUT REDESIGNED MISINFORMATION WARNING LABELS
Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing.
1 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
‘RED NOTICE,' ‘SQUID GAME' TOP NETFLIX HOURS-WATCHED METRIC
Netflix rolled out a new website that measures its most-viewed films and series by the amount of hours users spend watching them.
2 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
JAPAN'S TOSHIBA SPINS OFF ENERGY, COMPUTER DEVICE UNITS
Embattled Japanese technology conglomerate Toshiba said it is restructuring to improve its competitiveness, spinning off its energy infrastructure and computer devices businesses.
2 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
STRONG SALES, PROFIT FOR WALMART ON CUSP OF HOLIDAY SEASON
Walmart raised its outlook for the year after another surprisingly strong quarter as the largest retailer in the world flexed its scale to deal with rising costs and a snarled global supply chain.
2 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
ROADS, TRANSIT, INTERNET: WHAT'S IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that President Joe Biden plans to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.
3 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICIAN ORDERED TO PAY $481 MILLION FOR SCAM
A California electrician was ordered to pay $481.3 million in restitution as part of his sentence for participating in a $1 billion Ponzi schemed that suckered Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., among many others.
2 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
SPACEX LAUNCHES 53 STARLINK SATELLITES INTO ORBIT
SpaceX expanded its constellation of low Earth orbit satellites last Saturday (13) with the launch of 53 Starlink satellites from Florida.
1 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
RUSSIAN TEST BLAMED FOR SPACE JUNK THREATENING SPACE STATION
A Russian weapons test created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk that is now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station, U.S. officials said this week.
3 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
e-Wallet
How cryptocurrency could come to apple pay
7 min |
November 19, 2021
AppleMagazine
E-Wallets: What Happens to Your Crypto If You Die?
If you’re merely dipping your toe in cryptocurrency, it can be hard to imagine your crypto as something worth talking to an estate attorney about.
4 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
Air-Scrubbing Machines Gain Momentum, But Long Way to Go
On a field ringed by rolling green hills in Iceland, fans attached to metal structures that look like an industrial-sized Lego project are spinning. Their mission is to scrub the atmosphere by sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it safely underground.
5 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER FEARS THE METAVERSE
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen warned that the “metaverse,” the all-encompassing virtual reality world at the heart of the social media giant’s growth strategy, will be addictive and rob people of yet more personal information while giving the embattled company another monopoly online.
4 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
EV EXPERTS COMPARES THE TESLA MODEL 3 AND VOLKSWAGEN ID.4
Introduced for 2021, the Volkswagen ID.4 is the German automaker’s first all-electric SUV and part of a new wave of electric vehicles for American consumers. It boasts a spacious interior and styling that’s futuristic but not too futuristic.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
CONGRESS MANDATES NEW CAR TECHNOLOGY TO STOP DRUNKEN DRIVING
Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars.
4 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
Express
How delivery tech transformed the way we spend & live
6 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
PLENTY OF PITFALLS AWAIT ZUCKERBERG'S ‘METAVERSE' PLAN
When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” — a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine.”
5 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK MADE YOU BUY IT: A SELECTION OF VIRAL, GIFTY FINDS
Look no further than TikTok and its pandemic-expanded ranks for unique holiday gifts, from the hot Halara athleisure dress to a miracle cleaning paste called The Pink Stuff, worthy of any neat freak’s Christmas stocking.
4 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
FROM CRYPTOCURRENCY TO CASH: WAYS TO BANK YOUR DIGITAL COIN
Cryptocurrency, the blockchain-based digital currency that has captured the interest of investors and financial service firms alike, has a challenging problem. It can be hard to actually spend this currency like you would regular money. But there are new services on the horizon that could help people use bitcoin and other digital coins in more mainstream ways for their day-to-day finances.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
ROADS, TRANSIT, INTERNET: WHAT'S IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL
The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
TOM HANKS, A ROBOT AND A DOG IN ‘FINCH'
Tom Hanks doesn’t need a human or even a sentient acting partner to make a film or a scene sing. Think Wilson the volleyball, Hooch and even that laptop from “You’ve Got Mail.” So it’s not at all surprising if he’s the first guy on the list for your post-apocalyptic film about a man, a robot and a dog.
3 min |
November 12, 2021
AppleMagazine
Facebook to Shut Down Face-Recognition System, Delete Data
Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others.
5 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
China Tightens Control Over Company Data With Transfer Rules
Companies in China would need government approval to transfer important data abroad under proposed rules announced last weekend that would tighten Beijing’s control over information and might disrupt operations for international corporations.
1 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
Care About Your Credit Score? Get Strategic With Card Limits
If you have credit cards in your wallet, you might track your balances to keep your budget in check, but knowing each card’s credit limit off the top of your head is another story.
3 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE MAKER NURO SECURES $600M FOR EXPANSION
Electric vehicle maker Nuro said it had secured $600 million in funding from Google, Kroger and others to continue the development of its autonomous delivery vehicle service.
1 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
NEW ZEALAND STRAIT CROSSED FOR FIRST TIME BY ELECTRIC PLANE
As he made history by becoming the first person to fly across New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane, Gary Freedman thought it only fitting that the first thing he saw when approaching the Wellington coastline was the rotating blade of a wind turbine producing renewable energy.
2 min |
November 05, 2021
AppleMagazine
SOLAR WING JAMMED ON NASA SPACECRAFT CHASING ASTEROIDS
NASA is debating whether to try to fix a jammed solar panel on its newly launched Lucy spacecraft, en route to explore an unprecedented number of asteroids.
1 min |