North Dakota lawmakers float bill targeting "monopolistic" app stores
The North Dakota legislature has introduced a bill that could tear down Apple's walled garden. Senate Bill 2333 proposes to outlaw online marketplaces from locking developers into their ecosystems and using their payment platforms. Nearly everything.....»»
Portugal tackles last of deadly northern forest fires
Portugal's firefighters have mastered most of the deadly forest fires in the north of the country, according to official data Thursday......»»
Gene-based model predicts when Japan"s cherry buds awake from dormancy
Japan in spring is famous for its cherry blossoms, or sakura, which begin flowering in the southern region of Kyushu and blaze upwards to the remote north of Hokkaido. The most abundant cherry tree cultivar, Somei Yoshino, is the iconic symbol of spr.....»»
iPhone 16 to be assembled in Brazil in addition to China and India
Pre-orders for the iPhone 16 have already begun and the phones will hit stores on Friday, September 20. As previously reported, Apple will assemble the new iPhones in India simultaneously with China. But it turns out that Brazil is also on the list o.....»»
Mass. dealership lawsuit against Nissan can proceed, federal judge rules
A Massachusetts dealership can pursue claims that Nissan North America's sales performance metrics and use of volume-based sales incentive programs were arbitrary and unfair, a federal judge ruled......»»
Starbucks North America CEO Michael Conway Quits After Just 6 Months In The Position
Starbucks North America CEO Michael Conway Quits After Just 6 Months In The Position.....»»
Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four years—until now
75% of infected devices were located in homes and offices in North America and Europe. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The FBI has dismantled a massive network of compromised devices that Chinese state-sponsored hackers.....»»
Scientists have found evidence of past extreme solar storms—they could be disastrous for technology-based society
In September 1859, the same year that Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," telegraph systems across Europe and North America stopped working and started sparking, leading to fires in some cases......»»
Record-Breaking Rainfall in Carolinas and Europe Explained
On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Central Europe and North Carolina have both been drenched by torrential rains.....»»
18 Inches of Rain Swamps North Carolina Town
18 Inches of Rain Swamps North Carolina Town.....»»
Democrats block Cruz attempt to pass GOP IVF bill
Democrats block Cruz attempt to pass GOP IVF bill.....»»
GM EVs gain access to Tesla Superchargers — with $225 adapter
The Tesla-designed North American Charging Standard connector will be built into future GM electric vehicles......»»
Deed to $4M North Carolina home transferred to total stranger without owner’s knowledge — here"s what happened
Deed to $4M North Carolina home transferred to total stranger without owner’s knowledge — here"s what happened.....»»
iPhone 16 has a cool new software recovery feature you’ll hopefully never have to use
The iPhone 16 isn’t even out in stores, and it might seem too early to talk about issues that might brick one of the four … The post iPhone 16 has a cool new software recovery feature you’ll hopefully never have to use appeared firs.....»»
Deadly Portugal wildfires force new evacuations
Deadly wildfires raging in Portugal have forced more people to evacuate their homes as crews battled dozens of blazes on Wednesday in the nation's north......»»
AT&T fined $13M for data breach after giving customer bill info to vendor
AT&T data should have been deleted but remained in cloud for years before hack. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Ronald Martinez) AT&T agreed to pay a $13 million fine because it gave customer bill information to a vendor.....»»
A toxic chemical was blamed for killing thousands of Teesside crabs, but a study explains why pyridine isn"t the culprit
In October 2021, thousands of dead and dying crabs and lobsters washed up along 45 miles (70km) of coastline in north-east England. This mass-mortality event coincided with the redevelopment of one of the UK's largest ports at Teesside......»»
Q&A: Is the "lung float test" accurate? Law professor is leading an effort to discredit "bad science"
Over the centuries, a flawed and controversial forensics tool known as the "floating lung test" or lung float test has sent innocent women accused of infanticide to the gallows......»»
Earth from Space: Copernicus Sential-2 captures algal bloom in north Adriatic Sea
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures algal bloom swirls in the north Adriatic Sea, along the coast of Italy......»»
Apple Intelligence will be the gift that keeps giving
The iPhone 16 arrives in stores and users’ hands next week. But one of its tentpole features—Apple Intelligence—won’t be available until October. And even then, the full AI feature set will release as a slow drip over the coming year. While s.....»»
Some iPad users will soon feature that Android has had for years
On Monday, Apple is rolling out iPadOS 18. For those in the EU, it means new beginnings as third-party app stores become real......»»