Techlife News
A TASTE FOR TRAVEL? FINNAIR TO SELL PLANE FOOD IN SHOPS
Finnish carrier Finnair will start selling business class airplane food in supermarkets in a move to keep its catering staff employed and to offer a taste of the airline experience to those missing flying in the COVID-19 times.
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Techlife News #468
PC Gamer US Edition
RPG QUEST
IT S ONE THING TO ATTEMPT TO SET OUT TO PLAY EVERY SINGLE GAME IN AN ENTIRE GENRE.
9 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
SNOW JOKE
Make friends with weirdos in cold Colorado in WASTELAND 3
3 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
LIFEBOAT
SPIRITFARER is a compassionate adventure that finds comfort in death.
4 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
TWITCH PLAYS VHS
Streamer FORGOTTEN_VCR turns ’80s found footage into mixtapes
5 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
ROGUE LEGACY 2
A great indie game dynasty reveals a new heir
3 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
GOTHAM KNIGHTS
A new Batman game—but without Batman
6 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
ALL-TIME HIGH
MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR takes ‘open world’ very literally.
8 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
CHOICE & CONSEQUENCE
NO DECISION IN WORLD OF WARCRAFT MATTERS MORE THAN YOUR RACE AND CLASS. EVERY CHARACTER, FROM HARDCORE RAIDERS TO THAT LEVEL 14 UNDEAD WARLOCK YOU STARTED SIX YEARS AGO ON A WHIM, BUT NEVER TOUCHED AGAIN, IS DEFINED BY THESE TWO TRAITS. AND FEW OF THE CHOICES YOU MAKE IN THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT UNFOLD AFTER STARTING A NEW ADVENTURE ARE EVER AS MEANINGFUL. WORLD OF WARCRAFT: SHADOWLANDS IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
10+ min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
DIRT 5
What the track editor says about the series’ identity
3 min |
December 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
A NEW FRONTIER
Arkane’s founder is reworking the immersive sim for WEIRD WEST
4 min |
December 2020
AppleMagazine
JPMORGAN, CITI PROFITS IMPROVE AMID SIGNS OF RECOVERY
Two of the nation’s biggest banks — JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup — said that their profits improved markedly over the summer, as the U.S. economy tried to bounce back from the coronavirus shutdowns that were imposed earlier this year.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
TWILIO BUYS SEGMENT FOR $3.2B AS DEMAND FOR CLOUD TECH BOOMS
Twilio is buying customer data start-up Segment in a stock deal valued at about $3.2 billion as demand for cloud technology surges during the pandemic.
1 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE PROMISE OF 5G WIRELESS SPEED, HYPE, RISK
A much-hyped network upgrade called “5G” means different things to different people.
3 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
iPHONE 12 PUSHING FURTHER THAN EVER BEFORE
Despite a month-long delay due to COVID-19 supply chain issues, the virtual announcement of this year’s iPhone range did not disappoint.
7 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
MALCOLM JENKINS STARTS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH NFL PLAYERS
Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
WALMART TO SPREAD OUT DEALS TO AVOID BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS
Walmart says it will spread out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
DISNEY REORG TO FURTHER BOLSTER COMPANY'S FOCUS ON STREAMING
Disney said that it is reorganizing its business units to focus even more on streaming.
1 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
IBM TO SPIN OFF $19B BUSINESS TO FOCUS ON CLOUD COMPUTING
IBM says it is breaking off a $19 billion chunk of its business to focus on cloud computing.
1 min |
October 16, 2020
AppleMagazine
Global Watchdog Proposes Tax Overhaul For Big Tech
A global economic watchdog this week proposed an overhaul of international tax rules to make sure big tech companies pay their dues and warned that failure to adopt it would make the economic recovery from COVID-19 harder.
2 min |
October 16, 2020
Fast Company
Facebook's Quadruple Play
The tech juggernaut is weaving together its four mega apps –Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger, and Facebook itself– at the very moment watchdogs and regulators are closing in. No big deal: only democracy hangs in the balance
10+ min |
October - November 2020
Fast Company
What every business must know about the new era of broadband
As 5G networking becomes a reality, a new world of opportunity awaits. Wether or not you're ready may determine the futur of your company.
2 min |
October - November 2020
Techlife News
SOFIA COPPOLA'S ‘ON THE ROCKS' IS A MODEST DELIGHT
Few filmmakers can bring a rut to life like Sofia Coppola. When her characters are in a funk, whether it’s a Hollywood actor in between jobs, a few lost souls in a foreign place or a Queen, it’s never the stuff of melodrama.
3 min |
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Techlife News
SMALL GYMS DEVASTATED BY CORONAVIRUS FEAR, RESTRICTIONS
There’s little evidence of Americans’ passion for fitness at the tens of thousands of small and independent gyms around the country.
4 min |
Techlife News #467
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3 SCIENTISTS WIN NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE FOR BLACK HOLE RESEARCH
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for establishing the all-too-weird reality of black holes — the straight-out-of-science-fiction cosmic monsters that suck up light and time and will eventually swallow us, too.
4 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
MORGAN STANLEY BUYING EATON VANCE IN DEAL VALUED AT $7B
Morgan Stanley will buy the investment management firm Eaton Vance in a deal valued at about $7 billion.
1 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
NICE KNOWING YOU: LONDON HEATHROW'S FAREWELL TO BA'S JUMBOS
British Airways’ last two Boeing 747 planes at the airline’s historic base of London’s Heathrow Airport made their final flight Thursday, the fleet’s retirement having been brought forward by the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
MALCOLM JENKINS STARTS VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH NFL PLAYERS
Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund.
2 min |
Techlife News #467
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HAWAII PUSHES FORWARD WITH TOURISM DESPITE SAFETY CONCERNS
Despite increasing coronavirus cases across the U.S., Hawaii officials hope to reboot tourism next week by loosening months of economically crippling pandemic restrictions, including a mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers.
5 min |
Techlife News #467
Techlife News
FRENCH COURT: GOOGLE MUST OPEN PAYMENT TALKS WITH PUBLISHERS
A French appeals court upheld an order for Google to open negotiations with French publishers over payments to use their news content.
1 min |