Apple’s battle with Fortnite could change the iPhone as we know it
StandardEpic Games transformed the video game industry with Fortnite. Now it wants to upend Apple’s iPhone too. On Monday, the two companies will face off in court.
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Apple’s new Mac Mini is killing my Hackintosh
StandardCommentary: Four years ago, I built a PC, then tricked it to run Mac software. Soon, Apple will stop it from working.
Apple’s remaking Mac computers, and it’s taking control to do it
StandardApple’s new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini look the same on the outside, but they’re getting new tricks that PCs will struggle to emulate.
Tech firms face growing resentment toward parent employees during COVID-19
StandardBy Ian Sherr Silicon Valley had to change the way its employees work when the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to close, businesses to abandon their offices and millions of people to quarantine in their homes across the US starting in March. Among the changes, companies offered flexible schedules and increased time off to help caregivers and…
How video of MLK, Rodney King and George Floyd changed our view of police
StandardPolice brutality has long existed, but our smartphones and social media are finally putting it in our faces.
Silicon Valley’s learning it can’t work tech employees to the bone during coronavirus
StandardApple, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Uber have new work from home policies as tech culture clashes with family life.
This hospital is using Microsoft video chat to protect doctors fighting coronavirus
StandardVideo chat has changed the way we work during the pandemic. It’s changing medicine too.
Apple Arcade bets family gaming can blast away subscription fatigue
StandardThe tech world is obsessed with subscriptions, but many of us are tapped out on monthly fees. Apple thinks games will buck the trend.
Date night checklist: Dinner, movie… virtual reality?
StandardThanks to VR, how we spend our evenings out could soon change dramatically.
Livestreaming on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube needs radical change
StandardCommentary: As the tragedy in New Zealand shows, livestreaming has become a nightmare.