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NEW CYBERSECURITY ORDER ISSUED FOR US PIPELINE OPERATORS
The Department of Homeland Security announced new requirements for U.S. pipeline operators to bolster cybersecurity following a May ransomware attack that disrupted gas delivery across the East Coast.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
CANADA TO LET VACCINATED US CITIZENS ENTER COUNTRY ON AUG. 9
Canada announced this week it will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
BIDEN: ‘KILLING PEOPLE' REMARK WAS CALL FOR BIG TECH TO ACT
President Joe Biden tempered his assessment that social media giants are “killing people” by hosting misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines on their platforms, saying that he hoped they would not take it “personally” and instead would act to save lives.
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AppleMagazine #508
AppleMagazine
MUSK ON TRIAL: DEFENDS SOLARCITY, CALLS LAWYER ‘BAD HUMAN'
Tesla founder Elon Musk took to a witness stand to defend his company’s 2016 acquisition of a troubled company called SolarCity against a lawsuit that claims he’s to blame for a deal that was rife with conflicts of interest and never delivered the profits he’d promised.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
BILLIONAIRE RICHARD BRANSON REACHES SPACE IN HIS OWN SHIP
Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship last Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival JeffBezos.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
‘THE CROWN,' ‘MANDALORIAN' TOP EMMY NOMINATIONS WITH 24 EACH
“The Crown” tied with “The Mandalorian” for the most Emmy nominations Tuesday with 24 apiece, but the Marvel universe also got bragging rights with runner-up “WandaVision.”
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
UN CALLS FOR GLOBAL DATABASE OF HUMAN GENE EDITING RESEARCH
The World Health Organization issued new recommendations on human genome editing, calling for a global registry to track “any form of genetic manipulation” and proposing a whistleblowing mechanism to raise concerns about unethical or unsafe research.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
SPORTS THE DIVERSIFICATION & EXPANSION OF APPLE TV+
With Apple reportedly expressing an interest in streaming rights for the National Football League’s “Sunday Ticket” package, there’s never been a better time to sign up for Apple’s streaming service.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
FIRM HACKED TO SPREAD RANSOMWARE HAD PREVIOUS SECURITY FLAWS
For 21 years, the software company Kaseya labored in relative obscurity — at least until cybercriminals exploited it in early July for a massive ransomware attack that snarled businesses around the world and escalated U.S.Russia diplomatic tensions.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
ONE TRICK TO TRAVELING CHEAPLY: FLEXIBILITY
So you want to travel on a budget.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
FAA: NEW TOOL LIMITS DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY SPACE OPERATIONS
Federal regulators said they now can better track rocket launches and space vehicles returning to Earth, which could cut the amount of time that airplanes must be routed around space operations.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
ELECTRIFY AMERICA TO DOUBLE EV CHARGING STATIONS BY 2025
Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it plans to more than double its number of charging stations throughout the United States and Canada.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
BEZOS' BLUE ORIGIN GETS OK TO SEND HIM, 3 OTHERS TO SPACE
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
HomeKit
BUILDING THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE, TODAY
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
FIVE NEW TRUCKS & SUVS THAT ARE READY TO EXPLORE
Does a little outdoor adventure sound enticing to you? To many Americans, it does, as evidenced by crowded national parks and increased demand for trucks and SUVs. If you’re looking for a vehicle that can handle going off-road yet still be your inexpensive source for daily transportation, there are several options at your disposal.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
UK COURT ALLOWS US TO APPEAL DENIAL OF ASSANGE'S EXTRADITION
Britain’s High Court has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to the United States to face espionage charges.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
COMPANIES NAVIGATE TENSIONS OVER OFFICE REOPENING PLANS
Last year, companies around the U.S. scrambled to figure out how to shut down their offices and set up their employees for remote work as the COVID-19 virus suddenly bore down on the world.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
SOUTHWEST, AMERICAN DELAYS HINT AT HARD SUMMER FOR TRAVELERS
This summer is already shaping up to be a difficult one for air travelers.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
PENTAGON CANCELS DISPUTED JEDI CLOUD CONTRACT WITH MICROSOFT
The Pentagon said it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion. It will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon and possibly other cloud service providers.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
INSIDE THE GLASS REPORTER TO CONTINUE AS NBC EXITS NHL
NBC’s coverage of the NHL ends after the Stanley Cup finals, but its impact on how the game is broadcast will carry on due to its different innovations in 15 years.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
DETERRING TAX AVOIDANCE BY GLOBAL COMPANIES
Negotiators from 130 countries have agreed on a major overhaul of how the world’s biggest companies are taxed in an effort to deter international avoidance schemes that have cost governments billions in revenue.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
CHINESE RIDE SERVICE DIDI TOLD TO TAKE APP OFF ONLINE STORES
Ride-hailing service Didi Global Inc., which made its U.S. stock market debut last week, was ordered by Chinese regulators to remove its app from online stores while the company overhauls its handling of customer data.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
ALL UNIVERSAL FILMS COMING TO PEACOCK STARTING IN 2022
The streaming service Peacock is ramping up its offerings with a new deal with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group.
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AppleMagazine #506
AppleMagazine
HONDA CHANGING COURSE, WILL BUILD ITS OWN ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Although General Motors will build Honda’s first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
BOEING'S NEXT AIRPLANE LIKELY TO BE DELAYED BY FAA CONCERNS
Federal regulators have indicated they likely won’t certify Boeing’s next airliner until 2023 because of questions about changes the aircraft manufacturer is making in software and hardware on a new version of the two-aisle 777 jet.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
BREAK THEM UP? 5 WAYS CONGRESS IS TRYING TO REIN IN BIG TECH
Groundbreaking legislation is advancing in Congress that would curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and could force them to untie their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
CHINA'S DIDI TOUTS TECH SPENDING AHEAD OF WALL ST DEBUT
Chinese ride-hailing service Didi says it lost $5.5 billion over the past three years ahead of its U.S. stock market debut Wednesday but it’s highlighting its global reach and investments in developing electric and self-driving cars.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
COSMIC GULP: ASTRONOMERS SEE BLACK HOLE SWALLOW NEUTRON STAR
Talk about a heavy snack. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe — all in a split-second gulp.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
JAPAN'S SOFTBANK SAYS PEPPER ROBOT REMAINS ‘ALIVE' AND WELL
Japanese technology company SoftBank denies it’s pulling the plug on its friendly, talking, bubble-headed Pepper robot.
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AppleMagazine #505
AppleMagazine
PANDEMIC-ERA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS TECH FAIR KICKS OFF
A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona this week with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures, changes that reflect the new reality for industry conventions in the pandemic era.
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