AppleMagazine - July 29, 2022

228 Pages·2022·317.2 MB·English

SUMMARY
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TOMORROW’S ‘TOP GUN’ MIGHT
HAVE DRONE WINGMAN, USE AI
 30
CALIFORNIA TO ALLOW CRYPTOCURRENCY
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS
42
MATTER - INTEGRATION: THE KEY TO
THE FUTURE OF SMART HOMES
 72
RUSSIA TO DROP OUT OF INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AFTER 2024
KOREAN FIRM’S $22B INVESTMENT WILL MEAN NEW US JOBS, WH SAYS   22
T-MOBILE SETTLES TO PAY $350M TO CUSTOMERS IN DATA BREACH   36
CHINA ADDS SCIENCE LABORATORY TO ITS ORBITING SPACE STATION   66
5 ELECTRIC SUVS FOR ALMOST ANY BUDGET   86
UNION PACIFIC TO SPEND $1B TO UPGRADE 600 OLDER LOCOMOTIVES   108
TWITTER SETS SEPTEMBER SHAREHOLDER VOTE ON ELON MUSK BUYOUT   118
FACEBOOK GIVES USERS NEW WAY TO SEE ALL THEIR FRIENDS’ POSTS   126
JUDGE: UBER DOESN’T HAVE TO OFFER WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY   130
MICROSOFT BLAMES ECONOMIC WOES FOR MISSING PROFIT TARGETS   136
AMAZON TO RAISE PRIME FEES IN EUROPE, CITES RISING COSTS   142
‘GRAY MAN’ SPARES NO EXPENSE — BUT FEELS ODDLY GRAY   162
AT HOME: GEAR, TOYS, TIPS TO HELP BEAT THE HEAT OUTDOORS   188
HAS REMOTE WORK CHANGED THE TRAVEL LANDSCAPE?   196
NEVADA COURT FIGHTS RAISE CAUTION FLAGS ON GREEN ENERGY PUSH   204
CLIMATE DISINFORMATION LEAVES LASTING MARK AS WORLD HEATS   216
MUSIC   146
MOVIES & TV SHOWS   154
TOP 10 ALBUMS   178
TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEOS   180
TOP 10 TV SHOWS   182
TOP 10 BOOKS   184
TOP 10 SONGS   186

Image: Frank Augstein
08
TOMORROW’S
‘TOP GUN’
MIGHT HAVE
DRONE
WINGMAN,
USE AI
Maverick’s next wingman could be a drone.
In the movies, fighter pilots are depicted as
highly trained military aviators with the skills
and experience to defeat adversaries in thrilling
aerial dogfights.
New technologies, though, are set to redefine
what it means to be a “Top Gun,” as algorithms,
data and machines take on a bigger role in
the cockpit — changes hinted at in “Top
Gun: Maverick.”
“A lot of people talk about, you know, the way
of the future, possibly taking the pilot out of
the aircraft,” said 1st Lt. Walker Gall, an F-35 pilot
with the U.S. 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF
Lakenheath in England. “That’s definitely not
something that any of us look forward to.”
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