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AppleMagazine
‘The Internet's On Fire' As Techs Race To Fix Software Flaw
A critical vulnerability in a widely used software tool — one quickly exploited in the online game Minecraft — is rapidly emerging as a major threat to organizations around the world.
3 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
EU PLAN FOR SWEEPING UPDATE OF BIG TECH RULES GAINS MOMENTUM
The European Union’s ambitious plan to update its pioneering internet rules gained momentum Tuesday after a key committee passed measures requiring technology companies to better police content and lawmakers prepared to vote on regulations to rein in Big Tech.
2 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
FAA: NO MORE COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUT WINGS, TOO MANY LAUNCHING
Heads up, future space travelers: No more commercial astronaut wings will be awarded from the Federal Aviation Administration after this year.
1 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
HARRIS UNVEILS PLAN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORK
The Biden administration released an ambitious federal strategy to build 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country and bring down the cost of electric cars with the goal of transforming the U.S. auto industry.
2 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
HARLEY TO TAKE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE COMPANY PUBLIC VIA SPAC
Harley-Davidson will take its electric motorcycle division public through a blank-check company, valuing the enterprise that has been part of the Harley for 10 years at $1.77 billion.
1 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
NASA CRAFT ‘TOUCHES' SUN FOR 1ST TIME, DIVES INTO ATMOSPHERE
A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.
1 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
TIME MAGAZINE'S “PERSON OF THE YEAR” IS ELON MUSK
Calling him a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman,” Time magazine has named Tesla CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year for 2021.
2 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
PROPOSED NEBRASKA MINE MIGHT PRODUCE MORE RARE ELEMENTS
The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make steel lighter and stronger said that it may also be able to produce some of the key ingredients needed to make the powerful magnets used in electric vehicles and other high-tech products.
3 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
UK ANTITRUST WATCHDOG INVESTIGATES MICROSOFT'S NUANCE DEAL
British antitrust regulators are opening an investigation into Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance in the latest sign they’re tightening scrutiny of big technology deals.
1 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
Voice Plan
Putting Siri at the heart of Apple Music
6 min |
December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
Cognizant Ceo Discusses Fierce Battle for Technology Talent
Digital services have become more important than ever since the pandemic began in early 2020, and that’s meant big business for major technology companies.
3 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
2021 Gift Guide
Ideas for the tech lovers in your life
7 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
5 Must-Have Features on New Cars
One of the perks of buying a new vehicle is that it offers features that promise a safer and more convenient driving experience.
4 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
JAPANESE TOURISTS DOCK AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space on Wednesday and reached the International Space Station several hours later, the first visit by self-paying space tourists to the orbiting outpost in more than a decade.
1 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
MAJOR OUTAGE AT AMAZON DISRUPTS BUSINESSES ACROSS THE US
A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for more than five hours, the latest sign of just how concentrated the business of keeping the internet running has become.
3 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
STELLANTIS WANTS TO OUTFIT CARS WITH AI TO DRIVE UP REVENUE
Carmaker Stellantis announced a strategy this week to embed AI-enabled software in 34 million vehicles across its 14 brands, hoping the tech upgrade will help it bring in 20 billion euros ($22.6 billion) in annual revenue by 2030.
2 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
TRUMP MEDIA PARTNER SAYS IT HAS LINED UP $1B IN CAPITAL
Donald Trump’s new social media company and its special purpose acquisition company partner say the partner has agreements for $1 billion in capital from institutional investors.
1 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
EUROPEAN ACTIVISTS FIGHT FOR RIGHT TO REPAIR ELECTRONICS
At a table scattered with tools and wires, volunteer repairers sit across from the owners of an assortment of inoperable electronics.
4 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
INSTAGRAM LAUNCHES TOOL URGING TEENS TO TAKE A BREAK
Instagram launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service.
2 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
Q&A: EXPLAINING THE FAST GROWTH OF STABLECOINS
Among the fastest-growing forms of cryptocurrency are stablecoins, which use blockchain technology like Bitcoin and ethereum.
3 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
ROHINGYA SUE FACEBOOK FOR $150B, ALLEGING ROLE IN VIOLENCE
Rohingya refugees sued Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what they say was the company’s failure to stop hateful posts that incited violence against the Muslim ethnic group by Myanmar’s military rulers and their supporters.
2 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
STEVEN SPIELBERG'S ROUSING ‘WEST SIDE STORY' REVIVAL
We’re so rife with reboots and remakes today that it can take a moment to gauge just what Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is.
6 min |
December 10, 2021
AppleMagazine
‘Buy Now, Pay Later' Catches on Just in Time for Holidays
As Americans shop for the holidays, they will likely see a swarm of offers to get their gifts now but pay for them later in fixed monthly installments.
6 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
Health The growing influence of Apple on healthcare
In a 2019 interview with Mad Money’s Jim Cramer, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: “If you zoomed out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’” After a short pause, he answered his own question: “It will be about health.” Two years on, his vision is already becoming a reality for the company.
5 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
COLLINS DICTIONARY PICKS NFT AS WORD OF THE YEAR 2021
Collins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream.
1 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
NEW TWITTER CEO STEPS FROM BEHIND THE SCENES TO HIGH PROFILE
Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.
2 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
NISSAN INVESTING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BATTERY DEVELOPMENT
Nissan said this week it is investing 2 trillion yen ($17.6 billion) over the next five years and developing a cheaper, more powerful battery to boost its electric vehicle lineup.
2 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
MISSISSIPPI UNVEILS MOBILE ID PROGRAM: AN APP FOR PHONES
Mississippi is unveiling a new app that’s designed to store someone’s driver license on their phone.
2 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
OUTDOOR DECORATING TRENDS: NATURAL, COZY, SUSTAINABLE
Home, as we know, has become more central to many of us during the pandemic, and that means outdoors as well as in. This holiday season, designers and retailers have suggestions for updating window, door and yard decorations.
4 min |
December 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
OMICRON UNRAVELS TRAVEL INDUSTRY'S PLANS FOR A COMEBACK
Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw up new barriers to travel in an effort to contain the omicron variant.
5 min |