Monthly Archives: September 2022

Judge throws out Facebook collusion claims in Google antitrust suit

A Google G logo. | The Verge A federal judge has allowed crucial elements of an antitrust case against Google to proceed, including allegations that Google illegally monopolized the ad-tech market. However, Judge P. Kevin Castel dismissed claims of collusion between Google and Facebook (now Meta) in the “Jedi Blue” program. Castel’s ruling (spotted by…

Device passively registers temperature, switches from heating to cooling

Enlarge / The shape-changing material in the process of unrolling in response to a change in temperature. (credit: Zhang et. al.) Recent heatwaves have struck areas like Northern Europe and the Pacific Northwest that have traditionally gotten by without much air conditioning. As people in those regions adjust to the new reality, we’ll likely see…