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AppleMagazine
CALIFORNIA LAYS OUT PLAN TO DRASTICALLY CUT FOSSIL FUEL USE
New homes built in California starting in 2026 need to be powered by all-electric furnaces, stoves and other appliances if California is to meet its ambitious climate change goals over the next two decades, according to a state pollution-reduction plan released this week.
3 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
THE HEART OF THE HOME GETS NEW COLOR, CUBBIES, CONNECTIVITY
As French chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud puts it, “Kitchens should be designed around what’s truly important — fun, food, and life.”
5 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
DETAILED ‘OPEN SOURCE' NEWS INVESTIGATIONS ARE CATCHING ON
One of the more striking pieces of journalism from the Ukraine war featured intercepted radio transmissions from Russian soldiers indicating an invasion in disarray, their conversations even interrupted by a hacker literally whistling “Dixie.”
5 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
HOW TO AVOID ‘RUG PULLS,' THE LATEST CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAM
A new type of scam has emerged in the hype-filled world of cryptocurrency: the “rug pull.”
3 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
EA SPORTS AND FIFA END PARTNERSHIP, BOTH EYE NEW VIDEO GAMES
Electronic Arts will stop making its hugely successful FIFA video game in its current name, marking a split in one of soccer’s most successful and lucrative partnerships after the sides failed to strike a new licensing deal.
2 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
FACE-SCANNER CLEARVIEW AGREES TO LIMITS IN COURT SETTLEMENT
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle allegations that it collected people’s photos without their consent.
4 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
THOUSANDS OF SMARTPHONES PURCHASED BY VA WENT UNUSED
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs wasted nearly $2 million when most of the smartphones bought during the pandemic for homeless veterans went unused, according to an inspector general’s report.
2 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
Self Service Repair
Empowering consumers to fix their devices
5 min |
May 13, 2022
AppleMagazine
Apple Delivers Strong Quarter, but Warns of Trouble Ahead
Apple reported strong quarterly results despite supply shortages, but warned that its growth slowdown is likely to deepen.
3 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
Amazon Workers in NYC Reject Union in a Reversal of Fortune
Amazon workers at a warehouse on Staten Island overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled offthe first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.
5 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
orkut
The comeback of the captivating social network
5 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
ENERGY CHIEF GRANHOLM TOUTS $3B PLAN TO BOOST EV BATTERIES
Continuing its push to dramatically boost sales of electric vehicles, the Biden administration announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and recycle lithium-ion batteries.
3 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
FIFA BLOCKCHAIN DEAL IS FIRST NEW US WCUP SPONSOR SINCE 2011
FIFA got a first new American sponsor of the men’s World Cup in 11 years, signing a deal for this year’s tournament in Qatar with blockchain technology provider Algorand.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK'S BIG PLANS FOR TWITTER: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private.
5 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
GOOGLE ADDS WAYS TO KEEP PERSONAL INFO PRIVATE IN SEARCHES
Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
GEORGIA SETS $1.5B IN AID FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE MAKER RIVIAN
The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to built a 7,500-job, $5 billion electric vehicle plant east of Atlanta, according to documents the company and state signed this week.
2 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
NEW FACTORY IN MOSES LAKE TO BRING HUNDREDS OF NEW JOBS
A battery materials company has purchased a 600,000-square foot facility in Moses Lake, Washington, to be used to manufacture lithium-ion anode battery materials for the automotive and cell phone industries.
1 min |
May 06, 2022
AppleMagazine
WHAT'S NEXT NOW THAT TWITTER AGREED TO MUSK BID?
Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform.
4 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
THE EDSEL, QUIBI AND CNN+? NEW ADDITION TO BUSINESS FAILURES
The Edsel. Quibi. New Coke. The Segway. DeLorean sports cars. The pantheon of colossal business failures has a new member in the CNN+ streaming service.
4 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
SPACEX LAUNCHES 4 ASTRONAUTS FOR NASA AFTER PRIVATE FLIGHT
SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires.
3 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
EU LAW TARGETS BIG TECH OVER HATE SPEECH, DISINFORMATION
Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta will have to police their platforms more strictly to better protect European users from hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content under landmark EU legislation approved last weekend.
6 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
‘THE NORTHMAN' AN AMBITIOUS, BUT LEAN REVENGE TALE
The first sign that not everyone in Robert Eggers’ 10th-century Viking revenge tale “The Northman” has their priorities entirely straight comes early in the film, when the Viking king Aurvandil (Ethan Hawke) returns home to the North Atlantic kingdom of Hrafnsey after a year of fighting overseas.
4 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
WHITE HOUSE SEEKS MORE POWER TO COUNTER USE OF DRONES IN US
The Biden administration is calling on Congress to expand authority for federal and local governments to take action to counter the nefarious use in the U.S. of drones, which are becoming a growing security concern and nuisance.
2 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
ELON MUSK BUYS TWITTER FOR $44B AND WILL TAKE IT PRIVATE
Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the social media platform where he — the world’s richest person — promotes his interests, attacks critics and opines on a wide range of issues to more than 83 million followers.
5 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
Final Cut Pro
The Pro software that filmmakers loved
6 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
BITCOIN IN 401(K) BECOMES REALITY FOR MORE, DESPITE WARNINGS
More workers may soon be able to stake some of their 401(k) retirement savings to bitcoin, as cryptocurrencies crack even deeper into the mainstream.
3 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
A LONGER LOAN FOR YOUR CAR? BAD IDEA
The traditional “20/4/10 rule” of car buying states that you should make a 20% down payment, have a loan no longer than four years, and a total monthly car budget that does not exceed 10% of your take-home pay. But the reality is only 6% of new car shoppers actually followed that advice in March, according to sales data. The average loan term for a new or used car has steadily increased over the last decade and is now about 70 months.
3 min |
April 29, 2022
AppleMagazine
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE POST-MASK WORLD OF TRAVEL?
A ruling by a federal judge has ended — at least for now — the requirement that people wear masks on planes and public transportation, and there is plenty of confusion about the new, post mask world of travel.
6 min |
April 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
2022 Rivian R1T VS 2022 RAM 1500
Electrified vehicles are indiscriminate in their automotive expansion.
4 min |
April 22, 2022
AppleMagazine
UK Plans Rules for Some Cryptocurrencies Amid Global Effort
Britain has unveiled plans to regulate some cryptocurrencies as part of a broader plan to become a global hub for digital payments, coming as authorities in the U.S. and Europe are racing to draw up rules for crypto.
2 min |