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Next week, the US House of Representatives will try to force TikTok to cut ties with parent company ByteDance. The goal is ByteDance to sell its interests in the pest-like short video app within six months to avoid a ban in the US.This move comes after the Energy and Commerce Committee cast a unanimous 50-0 vote in favor of the measure, marking a significant step toward the most stringent US action against TikTok. TikTok has around 170 million users in the country, since President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to prohibit the app in 2020 (via Reuters).Efforts to regulate TikTok had…
An ultrasound, for example, might reveal that a fetus’s kidneys are smaller than they should be, but absent a glaring genetic defect, doctors can’t say why they’re small or figure out a fix. But if they can take a small sample of amniotic fluid and grow a kidney organoid, the problem might become evident, and so might a potential solution. Exciting, right? But organoids can do so much more! Let’s do a roundup of some of the weird, wild, wonderful, and downright unsettling uses that researchers have come up with for organoids. Organoids could help speed drug development. By some…
How excited are you by the prospect of seeing a new iPad Pro generation unveiled… at some point this year after Apple unexpectedly took a break from upgrading its best tablets in 2023? If your answer is “not that excited” due to pricing concerns, you might be delighted to hear about Woot’s latest deal on the 2021-released 12.9-inch monster with Apple M1 processing power.This was obviously replaced by a punchier M2 model in the fall of 2022, but considering that none of the other specifications were revised in any meaningful way, we strongly recommend you at least think about buying…
All told, the law sparked a national innovation renaissance that continues to this day. In 2002, the Economist dubbed it “possibly the most inspired piece of legislation to be enacted in America over the past half-century.” I consider it so vital that after I retired, I joined the advisory council of an organization devoted to celebrating and protecting it. But the efficacy of the Bayh-Dole Act is now under serious threat from a draft framework the Biden administration is currently in the process of finalizing after a months-long public comment period that concluded on February 6. In an attempt to…
As the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) kicks in, major tech players like Apple are adapting to meet regulatory requirements or face substantial penalties. Apple, recognized as a gatekeeper, is set for another ecosystem adjustment.According to The Verge, Apple is slated to enable EU-based iPhone users to uninstall its Safari browser by the end of 2024. Simultaneously, the company is developing a “user-friendly” data transfer feature for moving data from an iPhone to a non-Apple phone, aka an Android phone. This feature is expected to be rolled out by fall 2025, as outlined in a recent compliance document.The document…
Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at a 20-person practice in Sacramento, California, is in a bind.Since a Feb. 21 cyberattack on a previously obscure medical payment processing company, Change Healthcare, Parsons said, she and her colleagues haven’t been able to electronically bill for their services.She heard Noridian Healthcare Solutions, California’s Medicare payment processor, was not accepting paper claims as of earlier this week, she said. And paper claims can take three to six months to result in payment anyway, she estimated. “We will be in trouble in very short order, and are very stressed,” she said in an interview…
Don’t you just hate it when your smartwatch can’t make it over a day between charges? Amazon offers something with a beastly battery life at an incredible price that might be perfect for you. We’re talking about the Garmin Instinct Solar, which may be getting a bit old now but still has all the basics you’ll need, plus a massive battery life of up to 54 days. Moreover, you can now get it at 34% off via Amazon.Let’s do the math: at 34% off, the Garmin lands under the $230 mark, meaning you get to save $120 on your purchase.…
*Header image: iPad Air from 2022 in PurpleRumors have been showing up online in recent months about Apple’s new iteration of iPads. It seems this year we’re not going to have a March event, but instead, Apple is rumored to release the new iPads with a press release. Of course, we don’t know when yet. We hear a new iPad Air (2024) will be one of the devices to be announced soon. And this year, maybe we’ll be getting a bigger one as well (rumors say we’ll have a 10.9-inch model and a new 12.9-inch option)! If that’s got you…
Are you looking for your next Android phone? If you have set your eyes on something from the mid-range segment, we suggest none other than one of the best mid-range phones, the Galaxy A54 5G. This bad boy can typically set you back some $450, but Amazon now gives you a chance to snag it at 17% off, which lands it under the $380 mark. While we’ve seen this bad boy at lower prices on shopping events and other occasions, Amazon’s offer isn’t actually half bad. After all, it’s not every day that you can get such an awesome mid-ranger…
Renders of the Moto G Power (2024) have already been spotted and now the phone, at least the variant sporting 8GB of RAM, was spotted on Geekbench by MySmartPrice. Powered by a MediaTek chipset (the Dimensity 7020 application processor which is a rebranded Dimensity 930 SoC), the phone had a single-core score of 679 and a multi-core score of 2005. Yes, the Moto G Power (2024) is not the phone for a power user even if it comes with a large battery supporting 67W wired charging.The latest rumored specs say that the phone will feature a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with…
Exactly one year to the day after the U.S. made things difficult for Huawei by placing the company on the Entity List, the U.S. smacked Huawei again by announcing a change to U.S. export rules. The new rules prevented foundries using American technology from shipping cutting-edge chips to Huawei without a license. Considered a threat to national security, Huawei was prevented from working with its U.S. supply chain including Google, and from obtaining its own 5G Kirin chips designed by its HiSilicon unit.Until last year, the last Huawei phone with a 5G application processor (AP) was the Mate 40 which…
We already know that iOS 18 is going to be one of the biggest updates in Apple’s history. New AI features including a revised Siri have many iPhone users looking forward to June when Apple previews iOS 18 during WWDC 2024. Other changes will be coming to the operating system’s accessibility features. These are features designed for those with “vision, mobility, hearing, speech, and cognitive needs” and can be found in the Accessibility app.MacRumors spoke with industry sources who told them about some new accessibility features expected to be added to iOS 18. Traditionally, these are announced before WWDC which…
Are you seeking top-notch earbuds to go with your new fancy Galaxy S24 phone? In case you also happen to live in the UK, you’ll definitely appreciate Amazon UK’s deal on the fantastic Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. These are some of the best wireless earbuds on the market and by far the best Samsung in-ear headphones, now way more tempting than usual at 27% off their price tag.Not only did the UK version of the largest online merchant slash some 27% off the Buds 2 Pro price tag, but it did so across all available paintjobs. So, you can pick…
According to SlashGear, T-Mobile subscribers, over 60 million of them, are expected to experience improved 5G over the next few days. The nation’s second-largest wireless provider will soon start using the 2.5GHz mid-band spectrum that it won in FCC Auction 108 in August 2022. T-Mobile had the winning bid on 7,156 2.5GHz mid-band licenses in 2,724 counties but until recently, it could not use these licenses because Congress had allowed the FCC’s auction authority to expire.Unlike high-band mmWave spectrum, mid-band travels longer distances and isn’t as easily blocked by a tree, a building, or a really, really tall NBA player…
Sad news today for those hoping to get Gemini Nano, the mobile-friendly version of Google’s new powerful AI model, on their older Pixel devices. Launched initially as a Pixel 8 Pro exclusive and powering the device’s AI features, it appears that it will remain this way for the existing Pixel line.Hardware limitations: Gemini Nano and the Pixel 8Google confirmed this today on the Android Developers channel on YouTube, in an episode of The Android Show. In this episode, representatives from the company shared the latest from MWC 2024, Android 15, and more information on Gemini Nano. When the Gemini Nano…
Google today announced the release of Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2 (Build AP21.240216.010), which has begun to roll out today to eligible Pixel devices. So far, this update does not seem to include any new front-facing features; however, it does include the latest bug fixes and optimizations to performance and stability.QPR3 Beta 2 is available now for the Pixel 5a, Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet series devices. This release comes in at about 733 MB and mainly addresses crashing bugs and…