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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.

SAFETY RATINGS YANKED AFTER TESLA PULLS RADAR FROM 2 MODELS

Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company has stopped using radar on its safety systems.

HUAWEI ROLLS OUT ITS OWN OPERATING SYSTEM TO SMARTPHONES

Huawei launched its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets on Wednesday as it adapts to having lost access to Google mobile services two years ago after the U.S. put the Chinese telecommunications company on a trade blacklist.

CAN VIRTUAL REALITY HELP SENIORS? STUDY HOPES TO FIND OUT

Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station, a kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional wellbeing of older people.

AUTOMOTIVE CHIP MAKER SAYS IT'S NEARLY RECOVERED FROM BLAZE

A fire-damaged Japanese factory that supplies many of the auto industry’s computer chips is producing about 88% of what it was making before the March blaze, its owner says.

REVOLUTION: THE POST-COVID DIGITAL WORLD IS COMING

COVID-19 era been a story of dramatic digital transformation for all of us, or just some of us? And what’s next?

WHO'S AN ASTRONAUT AS PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT PICKS UP SPEED?

As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?

GERMAN REGULATOR PROBES GOOGLE'S MARKET POSITION, DATA USE

German regulators have launched an investigation into Google’s position in the market, and how the search engine and advertising giant handles user data.

GM NOW SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT UNION AT NEW BATTERY FACTORIES

General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle battery factories that it’s building in Ohio and Tennessee with a joint-venture partner.

UK MASS SURVEILLANCE UNLAWFUL UNDER EUROPEAN RULES

Europe’s top human rights court ruled this week that British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial victory for civil rights groups that had challenged the practices exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM WILL NOW LET YOU HIDE ‘LIKE' COUNTS

If you post a photo to social media and you don’t know how many people liked it, did you really post it?

AMAZON TO BUY MGM, STUDIO BEHIND JAMES BOND AND ‘SHARK TANK'

Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuffto watch.

DC FILES ANTITRUST CASE VS AMAZON OVER TREATMENT OF VENDORS

The suit seeks to end Amazon’s use of the allegedly illegal price agreements as well as unspecified damages and penalties.

FORD CEO SAYS US NEEDS TO REGULATE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS

The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems.

A NEW REASON TO SWIPE RIGHT? DATING APPS ADDING VAX BADGES

The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots.

A Facebook Food Group Comes Together To Make A Cookbook

The pandemic gave them lemons. So they made lemon rosemary chicken.