Despite efforts to legalize marijuana, cannabis remains unlawful under U.S. federal law. This means that it is not possible to obtain federal trademark registrations for marks used in connection with cannabis goods or services. Federal registrations for Cannabidiol (CBD) products or services are similarly very difficult to obtain. The law on this topic is developing…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
The exploit was first noticed by TikTokers. Thibault Penin/Unsplash Some Spotify users recently found a resourceful workaround to forgo paying for movies. As Fast Company first reported earlier today, the company’s “video podcast” ability is being exploited to illegally stream films like Minions: The Rise of Gru, Mean Girls, and Pinocchio—and Spotify, for one, is…
As the James Webb Space Telescope peers far into space, it could dredge up clues to how early universes were shaped by atomic interactions. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI When the first stars and galaxies formed, they didn’t just illuminate the cosmos. These bright structures also fundamentally changed the chemistry of the universe. During that time,…
Safe sex habits are the best way to prevent spread. Pexels Preliminary 2021 Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows sharply rising STD rates in the United States, with syphilis rates seeing a 26 percent increase. The increase follows an alarming trend, as infection rates for…
LibreOffice, the popular open source document processing suite, has begun charging users who download the software through the Mac App Store a one-time fee of $8.99. First spotted by The Register, it’s an unexpected step for The Document Foundation (TDF) — the organization behind LibreOffice — which since its inception has made all versions of…
Amid the festivities at its fall 2022 GTC conference, Nvidia took the wraps off new robotics-related hardware and services aimed at companies developing and testing machines across industries like manufacturing. Isaac Sim, Nvidia’s robotics simulation platform, will soon be available in the cloud, the company said. And Nvidia’s Jetson lineup of system-on-modules is expanding with…
There are about three million solar installations in the United States per year, but that process is costly and often lacks transparency. Pleasanton, Ca.-based Enact Systems wants to increase collaboration between installers and end-users with two-sided software. One side lets salespeople remotely design, price and sell solar systems, and the other enables their customers to…
Tesla is extending access to its advanced driver assistance system, Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta version 10.69.2.2, to 160,000 owners in the U.S. and Canada, according to a tweet Monday from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Around 100,000 Tesla owners currently have access to the controversial driver assist system, which, for a price tag of $15,000, promises…
As interest around large AI models — particularly large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-3 — grows, Nvidia is looking to cash in with new fully managed, cloud-powered services geared toward enterprise software developers. Today at the company’s fall 2022 GTC conference, Nvidia announced the NeMo LLM Service and BioNeMo LLM Service, which ostensibly make…
Nintendo is ending support for account logins through Facebook and Twitter on October 25, the company announced on Tuesday. After that date, players won’t be able to sign in or create a new Nintendo Account using a Facebook or Twitter account. Nintendo says players will still be able to log on or create a new…