Nick Barclay / The Verge Facebook might ban news sharing in Canada if the country passes legislation forcing the company to pay news outlets for their content (via The Wall Street Journal). In a post shared on Friday, Facebook parent company Meta says Canada’s proposed Online News Act falsely presumes that it “unfairly benefits from…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is currently assessing comments collected pursuant to a pair of requests for public input, one focused on the agency’s subject matter eligibility guidelines for examining patent applications for 35 U.S.C. § 101 issues, and the other seeking feedback on several practices surrounding patent validity trials at the Patent…
The last we heard from Sony and its Xperia line was the arrival of the Sony Xperia 5 IV, which was announced in September. It’s a smaller version of the Sony Xperia 1 IV, with a 6.1-inch display, but a new leak suggests an even more compact device is on the way from this particular…
Former U.S President Donald Trump speaks at a ‘Save America’ rally on October 22, 2022 in Robstown, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Donald Trump said threats of being a “bride of another prisoner” should be used to find the source of the Dobbs leak. The court investigation into the Dobbs leak has not yet produced any…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives at the podium for a campaign rally at Legacy Sports USA on October 09, 2022 in Mesa, Arizona. Mario Tama/Getty Images Liz Cheney said the January 6 committee won’t let Donald Trump turn his testimony “into a circus.” The committee officially subpoenaed Trump…
Apple Apple announced the launch of iOS 16.1 in a Thursday press release. Starting Monday, iPhone users can update their phone for access to Apple’s workout subscription service Fitness+. The update will also include ‘Clean Energy Charging’ and ‘Live Activities’ features. iPhone users are getting another operating system update on Monday that will bring a…
Kherson Oblast, Ukraine on October 07, 2022. Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Institute for the Study of War has said that Russia has withdrawn its officers from Kherson. The reported move comes after Russian authorities told residents to leave the city in anticipation of increased fighting. The alleged retreat comes amidst…
After nearly three weeks of escalating rhetoric, The Wire is retracting its reporting on Meta. On Sunday, the nonprofit publication said it had discovered “certain discrepancies” with the material that had informed its reporting on the social media giant since October 6th. “The Wire believes it is appropriate to retract the stories,” the outlet said,…
Silent Hill fans have begun to decode some of the secrets hidden in the new teaser for Silent Hill: Townfall. Announced during Konami’s Silent Hill Transmission broadcast, the brief teaser given by No Code creative director Jon McKellan invited fans to analyse the video for clues… so they did. Whilst there’s no doubt much more…
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