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Apple just avoided a lawsuit that accused the company of copying heart-monitoring technology from startup AliveCor, after a federal judge ruled in Apple’s favor.  Although details of the decision are sealed because of confidentiality…

2023 devastated Silicon Valley tech workers—representing the worst 12 months since the dot.com crash two decades ago. Reasons cited for layoffs in 2023 included over-hiring during the pandemic, rising inflation, and lower consumer demand.…

The machines malfunction, IDs must be checked for age-restricted products, there are too few store workers there to help, and self-checkout technology is not living up to its promise. It falls severely short. For retailers, it was the…

OpenAI's usage policies page firmly states that the company prohibits using its technology for "military and warfare" purposes. Recently, and quietly, the statement was deleted. On January 10, the company posted an update. While it still…

Google appeared before a federal jury in Boston, arguing against a computer scientist's claims that it should pay his company $1.67 billion for infringing patents. The alleged infringing patents cover processors used by Google to power its…

This story falls under the “What were they thinking” category. An online developers conference, DevTernity, was canceled after several executives pulled out after accusations that the organizer fabricated female speakers’ profiles.…

ID Crypt Global just released a survey of 1,300 UK parents, showing that 23% say their child is addicted to gaming. It's not only the time spent playing that's concerning; they report that their child becomes annoyed, frustrated, or angry…

Boeing's internal data from defense and space contractor Boeing was published online by the Lockbit cybercrime gang, which steals and releases data unless a ransom is paid. Boeing was given until November 2 to pay the ransom. The published…

An employee of a robot installation company was crushed to death in South Korea when an industrial robot mistook him for a box. He was visiting the plant to decide whether the machine was working correctly. One of two pick-and-place robots…

It's no wonder, with all of the sanctions on technology export to a handful of countries, that there will be several examples of criminal activities. Here's one of them. A couple from Montreal and a man from Brooklyn, New York, were…