Apple today filed a legal challenge against the European Union’s Digital Markets Act ahead of the impending requirement to enable app sideloading on its devices (via Reuters). The Digital Markets Act (DMA), which came into effect on November 1, 2022, requires “gatekeeper” companies to open up their services and platforms to other companies and developers. […]
Read MoreIndia’s capital, New Delhi, is preparing a new weapon in the fight against deadly air pollution: cloud seeding. The experiment, which could take place as early as next week, would introduce chemicals like silver iodide into a cloudy sky to create rain and, it’s hoped, wash away the fine particulate matter hovering over one of […]
Read MoreIndia’s capital, New Delhi, is preparing a new weapon in the fight against deadly air pollution: cloud seeding. The experiment, which could take place as early as next week, would introduce chemicals like silver iodide into a cloudy sky to create rain and, it’s hoped, wash away the fine particulate matter hovering over one of […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Omegle launched in 2009 as an option to meet and communicate with strangers. The site featured live video and audio conversations with random strangers. Omegle has had to battle against misuse and predatory behavior since its inception. The founder, Leif K-Brooks, left a note that anybody can see on Omegle.com. […]
Read MoreIn late October this year, Samsung filed a complaint against BOE in the United States International Trade Commission, accusing BOE of unfair competition and using stolen intellectual property of Samsung to produce OLED display modules. The two tech giants have a history. A couple of years ago, Samsung Display tried to stop the wholesalers from […]
Read MoreNokia – the Finnish telecom equipment maker is suing Amazon and HP over the unauthorized use of a mix of video streaming-related essential patents. Nokia filed a lawsuit in a Delaware federal court and has also filed similar lawsuits across Germany, India, the UK and the European Unified Patent Court. Nokia clarifies that Amazon Prime […]
Read MoreIt wouldn’t be an overstatement to call the HPV vaccine a medical miracle. “It’s like the gift that keeps giving,” says Mark Jit, a professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Not only is it the sole vaccine that can prevent cancer, “we discover it’s an even better vaccine […]
Read MoreDevice insurance provider Allstate Protection Plans today shared the results of one of its annual device drop tests, and this time around, the company broke some of the most expensive smartphones on the market, including the iPhone 15 Pro Max. [embedded content] The drop and dunk tests included the $1,200 iPhone 15 Pro Max, the […]
Read MoreThe South Korean antitrust regulator has slapped a KRW 19.1 billion (around $14.3 million) fine on Broadcom, the famous US-based multinational chip company. According to a Korea Times report, after a four-year investigation, the South Korean regulator found that Broadcom has been following unfair business practices against Samsung Electronics. Broadcom used its market-dominant position and […]
Read MoreIn February, a dermatologist in New York City contacted the state’s health department about two female patients, ages 28 and 47, who were not related but suffered from the same troubling problem. They had ringworm, a scaly, crusty, disfiguring rash covering large portions of their bodies. Ringworm sounds like a parasite, but it is caused […]
Read MoreIn February, a dermatologist in New York City contacted the state’s health department about two female patients, ages 28 and 47, who were not related but suffered from the same troubling problem. They had ringworm, a scaly, crusty, disfiguring rash covering large portions of their bodies. Ringworm sounds like a parasite, but it is caused […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The United States FTC recently lost its bid to stop Microsoft from buying Activision for Xbox. Although not directly related to this specific case, FTC Chair Lina Khan was in front of a House oversight committee in the United States this week and did field questions over the ABK deal. […]
Read MoreSamsung Electronics is reportedly fighting back against California-based wireless charging technology company Mojo Mobility after the latter filed a patent infringement suit against Samsung last year. Mojo Mobility went against Samsung through a patent infringement suit filed at the Texas Eastern District Court last year. It claimed that the Korean tech giant violated a family […]
Read MoreA couple of years ago, it was impossible to be both transgender and mentally healthy—at least according to the International Classification of Diseases, an enormous guidebook doctors the world over used to diagnose their patients. For decades, “transsexualism” and “gender identity disorder of childhood” sat beside personality disorders and paraphilias, or atypical sexual interests, in […]
Read MoreAccording to a new report from Yonhap News Agency, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Samsung and Best Buy in the US. This lawsuit alleges that some of Samsung’s QLED 4K TVs don’t feature Motion Xcelerator Turbo+, FreeSync, or HDMI 2.1 ports as advertised by the company and the retailer. The lawsuit was […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Team RICOCHET is the segment of developers at Activision responsible for maintaining Call of Duty’s proprietary anti-cheat system known as RICOCHET. RICOCHET uses mitigation tactics to allow cheaters to remain in game for data collection without allowing the cheaters to affect other players’ experience. Hallucination has been added as a […]
Read MoreFor the first time in South Korea, Samsung’s Home Appliance Division obtained the international “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Management System” certificate for responsible AI-related practices. Samsung announced this week that its Home Appliance Division received the ISO/IEC 42001 certificate, which concerns companies that care about responsibly responding to and managing AI-related risks and ethics when they […]
Read MoreJellybean continues to defy expectations. The 5-year-old Labrador retriever mix jumps up and down from her favorite spot on the couch and walks around the living room with such ease, it’s as if she hadn’t ever had metastatic cancer. Her owners, Patricia and Zach Mendonca, still can’t quite believe the miracle. “She’s got a little […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Dying Light 2’s new Gut Feeling Update overhauls the game’s combat to make it much gorier, while also adding a variety of new highly requested features. The game’s new gore systems are very similar to Dead Island 2’s F.L.E.S.H., with many fans comparing the two melee-focused zombie titles and kicking […]
Read MoreThe United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last week warned users to stay away from public USB ports due to malware risks. On Twitter, the Denver FBI office (via CNBC) said that public charging stations in hotels, airports, and shopping centers can be a malware attack vector. Bad actors have learned to use public […]
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