AppleMagazine
US POLICE RARELY DEPLOY DEADLY ROBOTS TO CONFRONT SUSPECTS
The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects.
5 min |
AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
MAN GOES TO TRIAL ON CHARGES HE RAN UNLICENSED BITCOIN BIZ
A New Hampshire man accused of running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange business catered to romance and imposter scammers who conned their victims into wiring him money that he shared as virtual currency with the criminals after taking his cut, a prosecutor alleged during opening statements in his trial Tuesday.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #580
AppleMagazine
REVIEW: WILL SMITH-LED 'EMANCIPATION' IS AN ACTION THRILLER
It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua's \"Emancipation,\" starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil War-era Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #580
Techlife News
NETFLIX NIGHTS STILL COME WRAPPED IN RED-AND-WHITE ENVELOPES
Netflix’s trailblazing DVD-by-mail rental service has been relegated as a relic in the age of video streaming, but there is still a steady — albeit shrinking — audience of diehards like Amanda Konkle who are happily paying to receive those discs in the iconic red-and-white envelopes.
5 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
UK WATERS DOWN ONLINE RESTRICTIONS AFTER FREE SPEECH OUTCRY
The British government abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.
2 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
4 REASONS FOR THRIFT STORE GIFTS THIS YEAR
Thrifting is hot, and Goodwill finds are cool again. But while we’re thrilled to find the perfect throwback tee for our own closet, gifting used goods still carries a stigma for some.
3 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
IN WHY ARE MAN UNITED AND LIVERPOOL SUDDENLY ON THE MARKET?
English soccer’s two most storied teams are suddenly in play.
4 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
STATES SETTLE WITH GOOGLE, IHEARTMEDIA OVER MISLEADING ADS
The Federal Trade Commission and a handful of states announced settlements with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about a Google cellphone.
1 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
AMAZON SAYS IT HAD ITS BIGGEST THANKSGIVING SHOPPING WEEKEND
Amazon said it had its biggest-ever Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend, aided by a record number of consumers looking for deals online amid high inflation.
1 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
GIVING TUESDAY RAISES $3.1B FOR CHARITIES IN TOUGH ECONOMY
GivingTuesday raised a record $3.1 billion in 24 hours for charitable causes in the U.S. earlier this week, as the event that started as a hashtag in 2012 celebrated its 10th anniversary and its status as a staple of fundraising for nonprofits, the group’s leader said Wednesday.
1 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
POWELL: FED TO KEEP RATES HIGHER FOR LONGER TO CUT INFLATION
The Federal Reserve will push rates higher than previously expected and keep them there for an extended period, Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday in remarks likely intended to underscore the Fed’s single-minded focus on combating stubborn inflation.
3 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
OHIO COURT REJECTS CITY CABLE FEES FOR STREAMING SERVICES
The streaming services Netflix and Hulu are not video service providers that would have to pay local governments in Ohio the same fees levied on cable operators, the state Supreme Court ruled in a case similar to lawsuits filed by hundreds of other municipalities nationally.
2 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
'STRANGE WORLD' EXPLORES BIG THEMES IN BOLD COLORS
Is Searcher Clade the most millennial dad in all of animated moviedom? He has that telltale hipster beard. A sensitive voice sorta like Jake Gyllenhaal. And he feeds his kid avocado toast, with an egg on top.
4 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
EU WARNS MUSK TO BEEF UP TWITTER CONTROLS AHEAD OF NEW RULES
A top European Union official warned Elon Musk this week that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc.
3 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
CHINA LAUNCHES 3 ASTRONAUTS TO COMPLETE SPACE STATION
China launched a rocket Tuesday carrying three astronauts to complete construction of the country’s permanent orbiting space station, during which they will expand the facility to its maximum capacity of six crew aboard.
3 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
CUBA'S INFORMAL MARKET FINDS NEW SPACE ON GROWING INTERNET
In the Telegram group chat, the messages roll in like waves.
5 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. NOEM BANS TIKTOK FROM STATE-OWNED DEVICES
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an executive order banning state employees and contractors from accessing the video platform TikTok on state-owned devices, citing its ties to China.
1 min |
Techlife News #579
Techlife News
VOLCANO KNOCKS MAUNA LOA CARBON MONITORING STATION OFFLINE
The eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano has temporarily knocked off power to the world’s premier station that measures heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but officials say it won’t be a problem.
2 min |
Techlife News #579
AppleMagazine
US FCC BANS SALES, IMPORT OF CHINESE TECH FROM HUAWEI, ZTE
The U.S. is banning the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting the use of some China-made video surveillance systems, citing an \"unacceptable risk\" to national security.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
UK WATERS DOWN ONLINE RESTRICTIONS AFTER FREE SPEECH OUTCRY
The British government abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
4 REASONS FOR THRIFT STORE GIFTS THIS YEAR
Thrifting is hot, and Goodwill finds are cool again. But while we’re thrilled to find the perfect throwback tee for our own closet, gifting used goods still carries a stigma for some.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
SOUTH DAKOTA GOV. NOEM BANS TIKTOK FROM STATE-OWNED DEVICES
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an executive order banning state employees and contractors from accessing the video platform TikTok on state-owned devices, citing its ties to China.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
STATES SETTLE WITH GOOGLE.IHEARTMEDIA OVER MISLEADING ADS
The Federal Trade Commission and a handful of states announced settlements with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about a Google cellphone.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
APPLE MUSIC REVEALS TOP MUSIC IN 2022 AND LISTENER CHARTS
\"Stay\" the smash hit by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber topped Apple Music's global song chart in 2022 as the giant music streamer released its endof-year lists and provided listeners with data on their own most listened-to tunes.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
SAN FRANCISCO WILL ALLOW POLICE T0 DEPLOY ROBOTS THAT KILL
Supervisors in San Francisco voted to give city police the ability to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled robots in emergency situations -- following an emotionally charged debate that reflected divisions on the politically liberal board over support for law enforcement.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
CENSUS BUREAU CHIEF DEFENDS NEW PRIVACY TOOL AGAINST CRITICS
The U.S. Census Bureau's chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the statistical agency's questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers who claim it jeopardizes the usefulness of numbers that are the foundation of the nation's data infrastructure.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
BLOCKFI FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY, LATEST CRYPTO COMPANY TO FAIL
Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest casualty of the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
TOYOTA RAV4 PRIME VS. HYUNDAI TUCSON PLUG-IN
Since its debut for the 2021 model year, the Toyota RAV4 Prime has served as a benchmark for what a small SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain can be. It's efficient, fast and nearly as practical as a regular RAV4. But now SUV shoppers have another choice to consider: the Hyundai Tucson PHEV. It too offers improved performance and efficiency over the standard gas-only Tucson.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
DRUG SLOWS ALZHEIMER'S BUT CAN IT MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE?
An experimental Alzheimer's drug modestly slowed the brain disease's inevitable worsening, researchers reported this week -- but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people's lives.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #579
AppleMagazine
'STRANGE WORLD' EXPLORES BIG THEMES IN BOLD COLORS
Is Searcher Clade the most millennial dad in all of animated moviedom? He has that telltale hipster beard. A sensitive voice sorta like Jake Gyllenhaal. And he feeds his kid avocado toast, with an egg on top.
4 min |