Month: January 2020
Apple must pay $837 million for infringing Wi-Fi patents from Caltech, jury decides
Nearly four years after the California Institute of Technology sued Apple and Broadcom for allegedly infringing four of the university’s patents on Wi-Fi data transmission, a federal jury has agreed that the two companies infringed — and has awarded $1.1 billion in damages to Caltech for the infringement, Law360 reports.…
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Tesla to begin deliveries of Model Y by end of first quarter
Tesla said Wednesday that production of the Model Y started this month with the first deliveries of the all-electric compact crossover to begin by the end of the first quarter as the company pushes to extend its profitability streak. Production of the Model Y is at limited volume for now,…
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NASA finds real uses for VR and AR in astronomy and engineering
Years after the advent of decent VR hardware, there are still precious few ways the technology has been employed as anything other than a game or gimmick. One team at NASA, however, has been assembling useful science and engineering applications, with promising and unique results. Studying the astronomical number of…
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Cisco is making Webex even smarter with AI
Webex Meetings are about to get a whole lot smarter as Cisco has announced that it is is adding new AI-powered voice intelligence capabilities to its video conferencing solution. The Cisco Webex Assistant for Webex Meetings is powered by technology from the firm’s recent acquisition of Voicea and it aims…
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LastPass is discontinuing its native Mac app and replacing it with a more universal web app
Password management app LastPass has announced it will be discontinuing its native macOS app on February 29th, directing users in an email to switch over to the new web-based version of the app that will replace it. According to the email, LastPass is making the change to “provide the best…
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Nest thermostats can alert homeowners of potential heating or cooling problems
Google is testing a feature that can send Nest owners alerts about their furnaces when “unusual or unexpected patterns” are detected. The HVAC alerts will be automatically sent to subscribers of the Nest Home Report email list, notifying homeowners of any small issue in their heating, cooling, or ventilation system…
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