AppleMagazine
GOOGLE TO INVEST $1.2B IN GERMANY CLOUD COMPUTING PROGRAM
Google said that it is investing 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) by 2030 to expand its cloud computing infrastructure in Germany and to increase the use of renewable energy.
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September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
MICROSOFT FIXES CLOUD PLATFORM VULNERABILITY AFTER WARNING
Microsoft says it has fixed a flaw in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity researchers warned could have enabled hackers to take over a cloud-based database product used by many big companies.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
UN: WEATHER DISASTERS SOAR IN NUMBERS, COST, BUT DEATHS FALL
Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports.
3 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE APPEALS $591M FRENCH FINE IN COPYRIGHT PAYMENT SPAT
Google is appealing a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine issued by French regulators over its handling of negotiations with publishers in a dispute over copyright.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
iCloud+: ENTERING NEW GROUNDS WITH NEXT SUBSCRIPTION GEN
This October, iCloud turns ten. In its decadelong lifespan, the cloud storage service has changed the way we work forever, allowing us to create documents on our iPads and use them on our Macs, store important memories with the Photos app, and conduct important business over the Mail app. This year, Apple’s taking iCloud to new heights, with the launch of iCloud+, a new subscription service that unlocks significant new features for power users.
6 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
MORE SCHOOLS JOIN TENNESSEE STATE-APPLE TECH INITIATIVE
A dozen historically Black colleges and universities will join Tennessee State University’s national coding hub as community centers, the school said.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
VEHICLE PRICES REMAIN HIGH THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND
If this were a normal year, Labor Day would traditionally kick off the start of end-of-model-year vehicle clearance sales. Consumers can often find good deals as dealerships are eager to sell their remaining inventory to make room for next year’s models. But this hasn’t been a normal year in the car business.
3 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
Apple Loosens App Store Payment Rules In Lawsuit Settlement
Apple has agreed to let developers of iPhone apps email their users about cheaper ways to pay for digital subscriptions and media by circumventing a commission system that generates billions of dollars annually for the iPhone maker.
3 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
China Limits Children To 3 Hours Of Online Gaming A Week
China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector.
2 min |
September 03, 2021
AppleMagazine
Amazon Teams With Affirm To Offer Buy Now-Pay-Later Option
Amazon is teaming with payments company Affirm to offer online shoppers a buy-now-pay later option that does not involve credit cards.
1 min |
September 03, 2021
Techlife News
Apple Eases App Store Rules Again, to Allow Outside Signups
Apple is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix and digital publishers to include an outside link so users can sign up for paid subscription accounts.
1 min |
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Techlife News
WITH SALES STILL SURGING, BEST BUY RAISES PROSPECTS FOR 2021
Best Buy raised its sales outlook for the year after breezing past Wall Street expectations in the second quarter.
2 min |
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Techlife News
WAYMO EXPANDING AUTONOMOUS RIDE SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO
Waymo, the Google self-driving vehicle spinoff, is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service to San Francisco.
1 min |
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Techlife News
WHY IT TAKES MONTHS TO SUBDUE SOME WILDFIRES
At nearly every community meeting on firefighting efforts in the U.S. West, residents want to know why crews don’t simply put out the flames to save their homes and the valuable forests surrounding them.
4 min |
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Techlife News
WHAT IS A COVID-19 VACCINE PASSPORT, AND DO I NEED ONE?
What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one?
1 min |
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Techlife News
FOSSIL LEAVES MAY REVEAL CLIMATE IN LAST ERA OF DINOSAURS
Richard Barclay opens a metal drawer in archives of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum containing fossils that are nearly 100 million years old. Despite their age, these rocks aren’t fragile. The geologist and botanist handles them with casual ease, placing one in his palm for closer examination.
4 min |
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Techlife News
TECH COMPANIES PLEDGE BILLIONS IN CYBERSECURITY INVESTMENTS
Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers, the White House announced Wednesday following President Joe Biden’s private meeting with top executives.
3 min |
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Techlife News
US AUTHORITIES WARN AGAINST FLYING DRONES OVER NATIONAL LAB
Drone pilots beware.
1 min |
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Techlife News
COVID-19 RESURGENCE CRIMPS SPENDING, TRAVEL RECOVERY
A COVID-19 resurgence this summer has caused consumers to turn cautious, while investors trim their investments in a travel sector still struggling to recover.
2 min |
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Techlife News
SPAIN JUDGE NIXES BACKUP SITE FOR DISPUTED HAWAII TELESCOPE
A Spanish judge in a decision cheered by environmentalists has put a halt to backup plans for the construction of a giant telescope in the Canary Islands — eliminating at least for now the primary alternative location to the preferred spot in Hawaii, where there have been protests against the telescope.
3 min |
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Techlife News
GIG APPS FOR A PANDEMIC ECONOMY: PART-TIME, NO COMMITMENT
For months, Gabrielle Walker had been looking for a part-time job. She applied to restaurant chains and retailers like Nando’s and Primark, and she scoured the job search site Indeed.
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Techlife News #513
AppleMagazine
FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR WATER TO BE RELEASED VIA UNDERSEA TUNNEL
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said this week it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) away from the plant to avoid interference with local fishing.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
SENATORS QUESTION DOJ FUNDING FOR AI-POWERED POLICING TECH
A Democratic senator said the U.S. Justice Department needs to look into whether the algorithm-powered police technologies it funds contribute to racial bias in law enforcement and lead to wrongful arrests.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
SCIENTISTS LAUNCH EFFORT TO COLLECT WATER DATA IN US WEST
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a new kind of climate observatory near the headwaters of the Colorado River that will help scientists better predict rain and snowfall in the U.S. West and determine how much of it will flow through the region.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
TIKTOK TO LET USERS SHOP THROUGH APP WITH SHOPIFY DEAL
TikTok users will soon be able to buy stuff directly through the short videos on the app — something they had only been able to do through ads until now.
1 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
WHITMER PROPOSES SPENDING $1.5B TO BOOST BUSINESS CLIMATE
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed spending more than $1.5 billion in federal pandemic rescue funding to help boost the business climate, redevelop polluted sites and take steps such as accelerating the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
REBECCA HALL SHINES IN EERIE ‘THE NIGHT HOUSE'
Rebecca Hall occupies nearly every fame of the elegant psychological thriller “ The Night House ” and you still leave wanting more of her and her character, Beth.
3 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
VEGAS-AREA COUNTY JOINS ROOM TAX FIGHT AGAINST ONLINE FIRMS
The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect what attorneys maintain could be hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid hotel room taxes owed by more than 20 online travel companies.
2 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
TESLA ROBOT
THE NEXT BREAKTHROUGH FOR AI HAS BECOME REAL
6 min |
August 27, 2021
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S MARS ROVER SOLDIERS ON AFTER COMPLETING PROGRAM
China’s Zhurong Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for frozen water that could provide clues as to whether it once supported life.
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