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AppleMagazine
YOU'RE INVITED: A NEW LANDSCAPE WITH A CUTTING-EDGE APP
For almost ten years, AppleMagazine has kept you abreast of the latest in the technology world. Today marks a new chapter. Introducing the AppleMagazine app for iOS, transforming the landscape, and offering exciting new ways to stay updated on the latest consumer-tech news. Elegantly designed and highly interactive, it’s now available on the Apple App Store.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
MISSING THE MOMENT: VIRTUAL REALITY'S BREAKOUT STILL ELUSIVE
Virtual reality — computer-generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the cusp of wide acceptance for years without ever really taking off.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
SAFETY RATINGS YANKED AFTER TESLA PULLS RADAR FROM 2 MODELS
Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
HUAWEI ROLLS OUT ITS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM TO SMARTPHONES
Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
CAN VIRTUAL REALITY HELP SENIORS? STUDY HOPES TO FIND OUT
Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station, a kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional wellbeing of older people.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
AUTOMOTIVE CHIP MAKER SAYS IT'S NEARLY RECOVERED FROM BLAZE
A fire-damaged Japanese factory that supplies many of the auto industry’s computer chips is producing about 88% of what it was making before the March blaze, its owner says.
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AppleMagazine #501
AppleMagazine
REVOLUTION: THE POST-COVID DIGITAL WORLD IS COMING
COVID-19 era been a story of dramatic digital transformation for all of us, or just some of us? And what’s next?
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
WHO'S AN ASTRONAUT AS PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT PICKS UP SPEED?
As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
GERMAN REGULATOR PROBES GOOGLE'S MARKET POSITION, DATA USE
German regulators have launched an investigation into Google’s position in the market, and how the search engine and advertising giant handles user data.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
GM NOW SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT UNION AT NEW BATTERY FACTORIES
General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle battery factories that it’s building in Ohio and Tennessee with a joint-venture partner.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
UK MASS SURVEILLANCE UNLAWFUL UNDER EUROPEAN RULES
Europe’s top human rights court ruled this week that British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial victory for civil rights groups that had challenged the practices exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM WILL NOW LET YOU HIDE ‘LIKE' COUNTS
If you post a photo to social media and you don’t know how many people liked it, did you really post it?
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
AMAZON TO BUY MGM, STUDIO BEHIND JAMES BOND AND ‘SHARK TANK'
Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuffto watch.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
DC FILES ANTITRUST CASE VS AMAZON OVER TREATMENT OF VENDORS
The suit seeks to end Amazon’s use of the allegedly illegal price agreements as well as unspecified damages and penalties.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
FORD CEO SAYS US NEEDS TO REGULATE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS
The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
A NEW REASON TO SWIPE RIGHT? DATING APPS ADDING VAX BADGES
The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots.
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AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
A Facebook Food Group Comes Together To Make A Cookbook
The pandemic gave them lemons. So they made lemon rosemary chicken.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
THE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE MAKES A COMEBACK THIS SUMMER
After more than a year of benching its biggest spectacles, Hollywood is ready to dazzle again.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
OPRAH AND CNN: AT&T IS MERGING MEDIA BUSINESS WITH DISCOVERY
The merger of Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia operations, marrying the likes of HBO and CNN with HGTV and Oprah Winfrey, is another illustration of the head-spinning speed in which streaming has transformed the media world.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
VIRUS TESTING STRATEGIES, OPINIONS VARY WIDELY IN US SCHOOLS
Children are having their noses swabbed or saliva sampled at school to test for the coronavirus in cities such as Baltimore, New York and Chicago. In other parts of the U.S., school districts are reluctant to check even students showing signs of illness for COVID-19.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
PASSING ON YOUR PASSWORD? STREAMING SERVICES ARE PAST IT
Many of us were taught to share as kids. Now streaming services ranging from Netflix to Amazon to Disney+ want us to stop.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
DO I STILL HAVE TO WEAR A MASK? WHAT ABOUT KIDS?
The government’s new guidance on masks for vaccinated people has left some Americans confused and sent businesses and states scrambling to adjust their rules.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
SUMMER MOVIE CALENDAR
A rundown of notable films coming out this summer:
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA PLACES TESLA'S ‘FULL SELF-DRIVING' UNDER REVIEW
California’s Department of Motor Vehicles is reviewing whether Tesla is violating a state regulation by advertising its vehicles as being fully autonomous without meeting the legal definition of self-driving.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
PAYCHECK ADVANCE APPS: WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD
Paycheck advance apps let users borrow a small amount of their expected earnings, usually in exchange for a small fee, and repay it on their next payday.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
LOSSLESS: APPLE MUSIC PREMIERES DOLBY ATMOS, SPATIAL AUDIO
In an effort to better compete with the likes of Spotify, Apple Music has announced plans to introduce industry-leading sound quality, as well as Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos support.
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AppleMagazine #499
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC GIVES BOOST AS MORE STATES MOVE TO DIGITAL IDS
The card that millions of people use to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver’s licenses.
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AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
THE NEW APPLE TV 4K: CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE WITH A12 BIONIC CHIP & NEW SIRI REMOTE
Whilst it was the overhauls to the iMac and iPad that got people talking at this year’s Spring Loaded event held in Cupertino, California, Apple also used the virtual keynote to announce a refresh to its popular Apple TV set-top box. The latest iteration drives huge leaps forward in graphics performance, introduces the A12 Bionic chip to Apple TV, as well as an all-new Siri Remote, designed to take Apple’s cinema-athome experience to even greater heights.
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AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
RANSOMWARE GANGS GET MORE AGGRESSIVE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT
Police Chief Will Cunningham came to work four years ago to find that his six-officer department was the victim of a crime.
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AppleMagazine #498
AppleMagazine
MLB TELLS ATHLETICS TO EXPLORE RELOCATION IF NO NEW BALLPARK
Major League Baseball instructed the Athletics to explore relocation options as the team tries to secure a new waterfront ballpark it hopes will keep the club in Oakland long-term.
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