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FACEBOOK LAUNCHES PODCASTS, LIVE AUDIO SERVICE

Facebook is launching podcasts and live audio streams in the U.S. this week to keep users engaged on its platform and to compete with emerging rivals.

HOUSE PANEL PUSHES LEGISLATION TARGETING BIG TECH'S POWER

A House panel pushed ahead Wednesday with ambitious legislation that could curb the market power of tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple and force them to sever their dominant platforms from their other lines of business.

DIRTY LAUNDRY IN SPACE? NASA, TIDE TACKLE CLEANING CHALLENGE

How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t.

CAN ET SEE US? STUDY FINDS MANY STARS WITH PRIME EARTH VIEW

Feeling like you are being watched? It could be from a lot farther away than you think.

UK WATCHDOG EXAMINES APPLE-GOOGLE MOBILE SYSTEM CONTROL

U.K. competition regulators are looking into Apple and Google smartphone operating systems, app stores and browsers, over concern that the control of “mobile ecosystems” by the two tech giants is harming consumers.

UTILITY'S GREEN ENERGY PLAN FUELS DEBATE IN KANSAS, MISSOURI

Kansas’ largest electric company expects to make its first big investments in solar energy over the next three years and promises zero net carbon emissions in 2045.

NATO NATIONS READY TO JOINTLY RESPOND TO ATTACKS IN SPACE

NATO leaders expanded the use of their all for one, one for all, mutual defense clause to include a collective response to attacks in space.

WINNING AUCTION BID TO FLY IN SPACE WITH JEFF BEZOS: $28M

An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother ended with a winning $28 million bid last weekend.

REPORT SAYS TECHNOLOGY KEPT 2020 CENSUS BELOW EXPECTED COST

The 2020 census is expected to cost $14.2 billion, well below a previous estimate of $15.6 billion, reflecting a slowdown in the price tag for the nation’s head count thanks to technological innovations, according to a new watchdog report released this week.

Monterey macOS - UNLOCKING THE TRUE POWER OF THE M1 PROCESSOR

When it came to software enhancements and breakthrough features, this year’s WWDC was a little more understated than previous iterations, but after a year of coronavirus restrictions, it’s understandable that Apple would focus on refining its existing offering than try to reinvent the wheel.

BATTERY RECYCLING FIRM TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN NEVADA

A battery recycling company founded by a former executive at Tesla Inc. broke ground on 100 acres (40 hectares) of land at an industrial park near Reno as part of its expansion plan.

COMPUTER TROUBLE HITS HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, SCIENCE HALTED

The Hubble Space Telescope has been hit with computer trouble, with all astronomical viewing halted, NASA said.

BEHIND IN QUANTUM COMPUTER RACE, GERMANY GETS BOOST FROM IBM

IBM unveiled one of Europe’s most powerful quantum computers in Germany, boosting the country’s efforts to stay in the race for what’s considered a key technology of the future.

AMAZON NOW SAYS REMOTE WORK OK 2 DAYS A WEEK

Corporate and tech employees at Amazon won’t have to work in offices full time after coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

EU Gives Tiktok A Month To Respond To Consumer Complaints

The European Commission said it has given the Chinese-owned video app TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices.

GUCCI DIGITALLY OUTFITS GEN-Z IN METAVERSE FORAY WITH ROBLOX

Anyone whose virtual alter ego is wandering around the Roblox online game platform these days might run into other avatars sporting Gucci handbags, sunglasses or hats.

JUST HOW VULNERABLE IS THE INTERNET?

An outage at a little-known firm that speeds up access to websites knocked a lot of top internet destinations offline this week, disrupting business and leisure for untold millions globally. The problem was quickly resolved. The company, Fastly, blamed a configuration error in its technology.

US DROPS TRUMP ORDER TARGETING TIKTOK, PLANS ITS OWN REVIEW

The White House dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China, officials said this week.

iOS 15: CONNECT, FOCUS, EXPLORE, AND DO MORE

After making some significant leaps forward with iOS and iPadOS in 2020, it was only right that this year’s updates would be more understated, but it didn’t stop Apple from announcing some exciting new additions to its popular operating systems.

JEFF BEZOS WILL BLAST INTO SPACE ON ROCKET'S 1ST CREW FLIGHT

Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew.

EUROPEAN REGULATORS LAUNCH FRESH PROBES OF FACEBOOK, GOOGLE

European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services.

GLOBAL STING BEGAN BY CREATING MESSAGE SERVICE FOR CROOKS

When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own service.

ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID

ENERGY CHIEF CITES RISK OF CYBERATTACKS CRIPPLING POWER GRID

GLOBAL GLITCH: SWATHS OF INTERNET GO DOWN AFTER CLOUD OUTAGE

Dozens of websites went down briefly around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain’s government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet.

CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS HIT 50% HIGHER THAN PREINDUSTRIAL TIME

The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began.

China to Send 3 Male Astronauts to Its Space Station in June

A three-man crew of astronauts will blast off in June for a three-month mission on China’s new space station, according to a space official who was the country’s first astronaut in orbit.

HARVARD RESEARCHERS RECOMMEND CENSUS NOT USE PRIVACY TOOL

A group of Harvard researchers has come out against the U.S. Census Bureau’s use of a controversial method to protect privacy with the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts, saying it doesn’t produce data good enough for redistricting.

CHINESE CARGO SPACECRAFT DOCKS WITH ORBITAL STATION

An automated spacecraft docked with China’s new space station last Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew, the Chinese space agency announced.

YOU'RE INVITED: A NEW LANDSCAPE WITH A CUTTING-EDGE APP

For almost ten years, AppleMagazine has kept you abreast of the latest in the technology world. Today marks a new chapter. Introducing the AppleMagazine app for iOS, transforming the landscape, and offering exciting new ways to stay updated on the latest consumer-tech news. Elegantly designed and highly interactive, it’s now available on the Apple App Store.

MISSING THE MOMENT: VIRTUAL REALITY'S BREAKOUT STILL ELUSIVE

Virtual reality — computer-generated 3D environments that can range from startlingly realistic to abstract wonderlands — has been on the cusp of wide acceptance for years without ever really taking off.