Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
Carriers claim location data isn't protected, say they have right to jury trial. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are continuing their fight against fines for selling user location dat.....»»
I’m running out of reasons not to ditch Windows for good
I’m a long-term Windows user, but I’m finding it harder to convince myself not to ditch Windows in favor of buying the M4 Mac mini and going all-in on macOS......»»
US Appeals Court upholds law requiring TikTok sale
China-based Bytedance has one last avenue to avoid the sale of its TikTok social media service after losing a court appeal to invalidate a US law that requires the service be sold by January 19, 2025.TikTok's issues with the US government and courts.....»»
Saturday citations: The "donut effect"; basically immortal batteries; Neanderthals and H. sapiens
This week, researchers studying data from NASA's Dawn mission reported the identification of 11 sites on Ceres that suggest an internal reservoir of organic materials. A multidisciplinary team published an analysis of the dazzle camouflage patterns d.....»»
Former flight director who reviewed Orion heat shield data says there was no dissent
"If this isn’t raising red flags out there, I don’t know what will." Within hours of NASA announcing its decision to fly the Artemis II mission aboard an Orion spacecraft with.....»»
Precision mass measurements of atomic nuclei reveal proton halo structure
Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with their collaborators, have achieved the first precise mass measurements of several exotic atomic nuclei. Using this mass data, they have determined.....»»
Some Samsung Messages users are about to lose RCS support
Samsung Messages for Verizon will lose RCS support on January 6 of next year as the company makes another effort to push users to Google Messages......»»
Booking.com says typos giving strangers access to private trip info is not a bug
Popular trip site confirmed it can't stop typos after user flagged privacy issue. You may want to be extra careful if you're booking holiday travel for family and friends this yea.....»»
Dispensing privilege and favors: How luxury brands emulate royal courts
Wealth-seeking consumers must court luxury brands to convince them to grant the coveted and privileged access to specific products, called "enrichment goods," which they know will re-sell at substantially higher prices in the second-hand market, new.....»»
Brazilian court overturns injunction imposed on Apple’s App Store
Following a report earlier today about Apple appealing a Brazilian antitrust regulator’s ruling on the App Store, the Brazilian courts decided on Thursday night to overturn the injunction imposed on Apple, which would have forced the company to ena.....»»
Teenagers leading new wave of cybercrime
Global data breaches show no signs of slowing down as this year has already exceeded 2023 in the number of data breaches and consumers impacted, according to Experian. Younger cybercriminals on the rise Today, the world of cyber hacking is not confin.....»»
Last call: Apple"s 14-inch MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM on sale for $1,349
An exclusive discount is about to end on Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro M3 with a bump up to 16GB of RAM, now priced at $1,349 with a blowout deal.Apple's M3 MacBook Pro is on sale for $1,349 through Dec. 7.With other retailers selling the closeout 8GB.....»»
Apple says Brazil antitrust ruling "drastically threatens" user privacy in appeal
Apple has issued an appeal following the decision of an antitrust regulator in Brazil, which requires the company to enable sideloading or face daily fines.Apple has appealed the ruling of Brazilian regulator CADE.In 2022, an antitrust complaint agai.....»»
Europe"s native oyster ecosystems have "collapsed," scientists say
European native oyster ecosystems have been classified as a "collapsed" species, after an assessment of historical and ecological data revealed it has faced extreme decimation......»»
Providing performance information of peers is effective management tool if done in correct setting, study finds
More and more companies are gathering performance data on their employees and sharing that data among their staff. Their hope: that those employees who receive feedback that their own performance is lower than their colleagues' will be more motivated.....»»
Citizen scientist data help uncover the mysteries of a blue low-latitude aurora
Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm. Usually, auroras observed at low latitudes appear red due to the emission of oxygen atoms. But on this day, a salmon pink auro.....»»
Apple appeals Brazilian regulator’s decision requiring sideloading in iOS
As we recently reported, the Brazilian antitrust regulator known as “Cade” recently ruled that Apple can no longer prevent developers from selling content and distributing apps outside the App Store in Brazil. Unsurprisingly, Apple is now appeali.....»»
X-ray data-enhanced computational method can determine crystal structures of multiphase materials
A joint research team led by Yuuki Kubo and Shiji Tsuneyuki of the University of Tokyo has developed a new computational method that can efficiently determine the crystal structures of multiphase materials, powders that contain more than one type of.....»»
"Exceptional" wildfires across Americas in 2024: EU monitor
Severe drought stoked rampant wildfires across North and South America this year and churned up record carbon pollution in Bolivia, Nicaragua and the Pantanal wetlands, according to new data from Europe's climate monitor......»»
Backdoor slipped into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets
Solana-web3.js code library drains private keys, giving access to user wallets. Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used by developers.....»»
Some big Galaxy S25 news has left us disappointed
Three phones likely to be the Galaxy S25 series have been spotted on the FCC's database, but we're a little disappointed it's not four new Samsung S25 phones......»»