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Monthly Archives: August 2022
Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Senate IP Subcommittee, released the first draft of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022, which if enacted would, at a minimum, overrule the Supreme Court’s decisions in Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 133 S.Ct. 2107 (2013) and Mayo Collaborative Services v….
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Teletypes may have killed a lot of forests by emitting every line to hard copy instead of a screen, but there’s something to be said for the permanence of paper. While working on building a functional Silent 700 Model 765 ASR teletype, I came across a set of teletype…
Enlarge / Look at how happy they are to be back on their TV-watching couch. Based on what we’ve seen, the new run of Beavis & Butt-Head has attached some kind of streaming box to their setup. (credit: Paramount / Comedy Central) The easiest review of this week’s new Beavis & Butt-Head TV series revival…
Anyone who has ever applied for an apartment or a mortgage knows that these companies tend to collect much more information than they need to determine if you can afford the monthly payment. The application process often involves pages of data about you and your life, but what if companies could grab just the data…
Today’s “Pokémon Presents” livestream wasn’t as chock-full of news as previous announcements about the upcoming Nintendo Switch games “Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.” Last time, we learned that the generation 9 games will be the iconic franchise’s first real attempt at an open world RPG (“Legends Arceus” doesn’t count), and will also feature a multi-player co-op…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha and Alex asked: Is it the bootstrapper’s time to jump on the…
A huge cache of data containing the full name, bank account number and nominee information of pension fund holders in India has surfaced online. Security researcher Bob Diachenko found two separate IP addresses storing over 288 million records — with some 280 million records available under one IP address and about 8.4 million were a…
Barely a day goes by without news of layoffs emerging from the tech world — from cybersecurity to gaming, no industry is impervious. It’s not limited to any particular size of company, either — everything from fledgling startups and scaleups, to billion-dollar public entities such as Netflix have all “downsized” or put their hiring plans on…
SAVE 20%: As of Aug. 3, you can snag a Nostalgia mini fridge on sale for only $39.99 at Amazon — that’s $10 in savings. With its six-can capacity, it’s a solid choice for dorm rooms, offices, and other small spaces. While you’re shopping for essentials before heading back to college, consider snagging a mini…