Month: April 2024
Here’s Apple’s 916-page appeal over the Apple Watch ban
There was no question that Apple would appeal when the International Trade Commission banned Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales last year. Well, if you’ve got some time, you can now read all 916 pages of Apple’s appeal to the Federal Circuit. A quick recap: the Apple Watch…
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Anker’s folding Qi2 charger and other power banks are up to 30 percent off
The list of Qi2 smartphones expanded ever so slightly this week, with the iPhone 12 joining the ranks of Qi2-certified phones thanks to a recent update. That means we can safely say that all MagSafe-compatible iPhones — including the iPhone 13, 14, and 15 — are officially Qi2-ready. The timing…
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Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators
Apple is loosening its App Store restrictions and opening the marketplace up to retro game emulators. In an update on Friday, Apple announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games. Apple says those games must comply with “all applicable laws,” though — an indication…
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The rare NYC earthquake underscores concerns about infrastructure
Infrastructure in the US has always been a sore subject, but when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck the New York City region on Friday, many people were rightfully nervous about the structural integrity of the surrounding bridges, tunnels, and buildings. The earthquake’s epicenter was near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, but…
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Elon Musk says Tesla will reveal its robotaxi on August 8th
Tesla will reveal its long-promised robotaxi on August 8th, Elon Musk just posted on X. The forthcoming autonomous vehicle is said to be built on Tesla’s next-generation vehicle platform. The announcement came on the same day that Reuters reported that the company had canceled its plans to build a more…
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Monkey Man is a studied execution of the brutal revenge thriller
You can tell that Monkey Man, Universal and Monkey Paw’s new ultraviolent revenge thriller, is a movie that was gestating for years in writer / director / star Dev Patel’s mind. Through the film’s dizzying, over-caffeinated brawls and its story of a man waging war against a system designed to…
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