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EU Investigates Video Game Companies Over Antitrust Concerns
Techlife News

EU Investigates Video Game Companies Over Antitrust Concerns

The European Union’s competition watchdog is stepping up its investigation of a U.S. video game platform and five game makers over concerns they blocked players from buying cheaper versions of games in other countries.

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April 13, 2019
Brain Zaps Boost Memory In People Over 60, Study Finds
AppleMagazine

Brain Zaps Boost Memory In People Over 60, Study Finds

Zapping the brains of people over 60 with a mild electrical current improved a form of memory enough that they performed like people in their 20s, a new study found.

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April 12, 2019
Brain Zaps Boost Memory In People Over 60, Study Finds
Techlife News

Brain Zaps Boost Memory In People Over 60, Study Finds

Zapping the brains of people over 60 with a mild electrical current improved a form of memory enough that they performed like people in their 20s, a new study found.

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April 13, 2019
Univision Unloads Gizmodo, The Onion To Private Equity Firm
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Univision Unloads Gizmodo, The Onion To Private Equity Firm

Univision has sold tech site Gizmodo, satirical-news hub The Onion and other Englishlanguage sites to the private equity firm Great Hill Partners. Terms were not disclosed.

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April 13, 2019
Snap Joins Online Game Fray, Unveils Advertising Products
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Snap Joins Online Game Fray, Unveils Advertising Products

Snapchat is joining the online-games bandwagon with a new service that lets people play together on its mobile platform. The company says it wants to make it easier for friends to play together.

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April 13, 2019
Scientists Reveal First Image Ever Made Of A Black Hole
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Scientists Reveal First Image Ever Made Of A Black Hole

Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting a fiery orange and black ring of gravity-twisted light swirling around the edge of the abyss.

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April 13, 2019
Real Or Artificial? Tech Titans Declare AI Ethics Concerns
Techlife News

Real Or Artificial? Tech Titans Declare AI Ethics Concerns

The biggest tech companies want you to know that they’re taking special care to ensure that their use of artificial intelligence to sift through mountains of data, analyze faces or build virtual assistants doesn’t spill over to the dark side.

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April 13, 2019
House Passes Bill To Restore ‘Net Neutrality' Rules
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House Passes Bill To Restore ‘Net Neutrality' Rules

The House has passed bill Wednesday to restore Obama-era “net neutrality” rules, but the legislation faces slim odds of making it through the Republican-controlled Senate.

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April 13, 2019
737 Max The Questions Behind Automated Systems
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737 Max The Questions Behind Automated Systems

NEGOTIATING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE.

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April 13, 2019
Prince Harry, Oprah Work On Mental Health Program For Apple
AppleMagazine

Prince Harry, Oprah Work On Mental Health Program For Apple

Kensington Palace says Britain’s Prince Harry will be partnering with Oprah Winfrey to create a documentary series on mental health for Apple’s new streaming service.

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April 12, 2019
Snap Joins Online Game Fray, Unveils Advertising Products
AppleMagazine

Snap Joins Online Game Fray, Unveils Advertising Products

Snapchat is joining the online-games bandwagon with a new service that lets people play together on its mobile platform. The company says it wants to make it easier for friends to play together.

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1 min  |
April 12, 2019
Scientists Reveal First Image Ever Made Of A Black Hole
AppleMagazine

Scientists Reveal First Image Ever Made Of A Black Hole

Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting a fiery orange and black ring of gravity-twisted light swirling around the edge of the abyss.

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3 mins  |
April 12, 2019
Apple Arcade: Next-Generation Gaming
AppleMagazine

Apple Arcade: Next-Generation Gaming

With Apple pulling back the curtain on its new gaming subscription service, Apple Arcade, we take a closer look at the Cupertino firm’s plans to revolutionize the industry and delve deeper into the wider gaming landscape at a time when innovation is rife, new players are entering the market, and traditional gaming consoles are becoming a thing of the past…

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April 12, 2019
EU Investigates Video Game Companies Over Antitrust Concerns
AppleMagazine

EU Investigates Video Game Companies Over Antitrust Concerns

The European Union’s competition watchdog is stepping up its investigation of a U.S. video game platform and five game makers over concerns they blocked players from buying cheaper versions of games in other countries.

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1 min  |
April 12, 2019
Touching Holograms With Hololens 2 Is Amazing, But Phone AR Is Way More Fun
PCWorld

Touching Holograms With Hololens 2 Is Amazing, But Phone AR Is Way More Fun

Sorry, but I’d rather play with Pikachu than a hologram hummingbird.

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April 2019
The Power Of Software To Build Experiences
Techlife News

The Power Of Software To Build Experiences

While there’s always much to take away from Apple’s keynote talks, the Cupertino firm’s March 25 event was, excuse the unintended pun, ‘notable’, for the lack of one thing.

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Samsung Galaxy S10+: Phone That Goes Higher, Further, Faster
PCWorld

Samsung Galaxy S10+: Phone That Goes Higher, Further, Faster

It doesn’t fold and it doesn’t have 5G, but the Galaxy S10+ is still a force to be reckoned with.

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April 2019
How To Use Wireless Powershare!
PCWorld

How To Use Wireless Powershare!

It’s easy to share your charge with another phone.

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April 2019
Get Ready For 8K
Maximum PC

Get Ready For 8K

It was wall-to-wall 8K TVs at CES this year. 8K is almost certainly headed for the PC, but should we welcome it, wonders Jeremy Laird

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April 2019
Apple Card: The Future Of Digital Money
Techlife News

Apple Card: The Future Of Digital Money

With Apple announcing its new credit card, powered by Goldman Sachs and MasterCard, we delve deeper into the company’s fintech division, explore the implications of the new venture, examine Apple’s financial services competition, and ask whether the Cupertino firm is spreading itself too thin as it expands its services arm and enters into unmarked territory…

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Techlife News #388
3 Obstacles That Folding Phones Must Overcome
PCWorld

3 Obstacles That Folding Phones Must Overcome

The next big things could have next big problems.

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April 2019
Move On From  Windows 7
Maximum PC

Move On From Windows 7

The time has come to upgrade that old operating system.

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April 2019
To Imagine The ‘5G' Future, Revisit Our Recent Wireless Past
Techlife News

To Imagine The ‘5G' Future, Revisit Our Recent Wireless Past

The mobile industry is cranking up its hype machine for sleek new “5G” networks that it says will make your phone and everything else faster and wonderful. If you believe the marketing.

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Techlife News #388
To Imagine The ‘5G' Future, Revisit Our Recent Wireless Past
AppleMagazine

To Imagine The ‘5G' Future, Revisit Our Recent Wireless Past

The mobile industry is cranking up its hype machine for sleek new “5G” networks that it says will make your phone and everything else faster and wonderful. If you believe the marketing.

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April 5, 2019
Google To Require Benefits, Minimum Wage For Contractors
AppleMagazine

Google To Require Benefits, Minimum Wage For Contractors

Google says it will require staffing companies it works with to pay workers at least $15 an hour and give them health benefits.

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April 5, 2019
Swedish Superstars Abba: New Song Later This Year
AppleMagazine

Swedish Superstars Abba: New Song Later This Year

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says fans can expect a new song “in September or October” from the four-member Swedish pop group that broke up 37 years ago.

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April 5, 2019
 Woman Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Tech Company Of $500k
AppleMagazine

Woman Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Tech Company Of $500k

A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Rhode Island technology company out of more than $550,000 in reimbursements for business expenses.

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April 5, 2019
The Power Of Software To Build Experiences
AppleMagazine

The Power Of Software To Build Experiences

While there’s always much to take away from Apple’s keynote talks, the Cupertino firm’s March 25 event was, excuse the unintended pun, ‘notable’, for the lack of one thing.

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5 mins  |
April 5, 2019
Card: The Future Of Digital Money
AppleMagazine

Card: The Future Of Digital Money

With Apple announcing its new credit card, powered by Goldman Sachs and MasterCard, we delve deeper into the company’s fintech division, explore the implications of the new venture, examine Apple’s financial services competition, and ask whether the Cupertino firm is spreading itself too thin as it expands its services arm and enters into unmarked territory…

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8 mins  |
April 5, 2019
You've Been Hacked; This Is What You Should Do Next!
Maximum PC

You've Been Hacked; This Is What You Should Do Next!

Find out if your accounts have been hacked, and what to do about it, with Nick Peers

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April 2019