Techlife News
CAN YOUR PET GET COVID-19?
Yes, pets and other animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but health officials say the risk of them spreading it to people is low.
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
BANKS SLOWLY RECONSIDER OVERDRAFT FEES, AMID PUBLIC PRESSURE
The banking industry appears to have overdone it on overdraft fees.
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
A SPIDEY SENSE OVERDOSE IN ‘NO WAY HOME'
Spider-Man movies have come in such flurries over the last two decades that you could almost tell time by them. Who needs the long centuries of the Triassic, Jurassic and the Cretaceous, when, in the span of just one generation you can have the Tobey epoch, the Garfield era and the Tomozoic?
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
DELTA AIR LINES NO LONGER EXPECTS TO LOSE MONEY IN Q4
Delta Air Lines no longer expects to lose money in the fourth quarter with travel during the holiday season heating up.
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
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.
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
YOUTUBE STAR MRBEAST RETHINKS OLD NOTIONS OF PHILANTHROPY
The line of cars started forming at dawn. It was early November in Greenville, North Carolina, and drivers waited in a line that stretched for miles to pick up Thanksgiving turkeys — 10,000 free frozen birds to anyone who asked.
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
EX-NETFLIX EXECUTIVE GETS PRISON FOR ACCEPTING TECH BRIBES
A former Netflix executive was sentenced this week to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for taking bribes and kickbacks from tech companies to approve lucrative contracts with the streaming giant.
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
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.
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Techlife News #529
Techlife News
FED TO ACCELERATE WITHDRAWAL OF ECONOMIC AID AS PRICES SURGE
Under Chair Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve is poised this week to execute a sharp turn toward tighter interest-rate policies with inflation accelerating and unemployment falling faster than expected.
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Techlife News #529
PC Gamer US Edition
“Small children and slapstick go together like a coyote and a cliff”
Finding felicitous family fun in PHOGS!
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January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
“Sean Connery's just been eaten by a dog”
Conquering a bunker in RED ALERT: REMASTERED
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January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
“An ambitious game that grapples with tough questions”
TALES OF ARISE is a resplendent JRPG with fantastic characters
2 min |
January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
SHOOTING FROM THE HIP
Celebrating the modern shooters that make aim-down-sights optional.
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January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
MAKING MAYHEM
RIOT GAMES is bigger than ever—and if it gets its way, this is only the beginning
8 min |
January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
VALORANT is out to forge its own path.
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January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
WORLD-WEARY
NEW WORLD tries to do a lot of things, but stumbles frequently
9 min |
January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
DIGGY BANK
Wallowing in my avarice in SHOVEL KNIGHT: TREASURE TROVE
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January 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek
Big Tech's New Vision
The bridge of your nose is precious real estate for purveyors of smart glasses
5 min |
December 20, 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
GUERRILLA RADIO
FAR CRY 6 demonstrates why the series needs a revolution of its own
9 min |
January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
FIGHTING A HORDE WITH SIX WIZARDS IN ICEWIND DALE II
I’m banning swords and embracing a mage-only lifestyle.
9 min |
January 2022
PC Gamer US Edition
CRUISE CONTROL
Superbrothers returns with another poetic adventure in JETT: THE FAR SHORE
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January 2022
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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December 17, 2021
AppleMagazine
Voice Plan
Putting Siri at the heart of Apple Music
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