Fitbit set for legal faceoff with Australian watchdog over refund and replacement policy

Google-owned fitness company Fitbit has been slammed by new allegations on behalf of Australia’s competition watchdog, the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission), who alleges the company has made “false or misleading representations” about guarantee rights for customers “under the Australian Consumer Law after their Fitbit wearable devices malfunctioned”. The allegations further claim that between…

New UK PM Rishi Sunak is a child of privilege, married into almost $1 billion in tech money, and takes over a country struggling to afford heating

Leon Neal/Getty Images Rishi Sunak will soon become the new prime minister of the UK. His family’s wealth clocks in at an estimated $825 million, making him one of the richest people in Britain. Sunak has drawn intense criticism for tax and visa scandals in the past. Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s newest…

DeSantis dodges on whether he’d serve out full time as governor but zings Biden and Crist as ‘worn-out old donkey’ in the process

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and his Democratic opponent Charlie Crist take to the stage for their only scheduled debate in Fort Pierce, Florida, Monday, October 24, 2022. Crystal Vander Weit/TCPalm.com via AP, Pool DeSantis dodged a question about whether he’d serve out all four years as governor.  “The only worn-out old donkey I…

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey compares Facebook’s metaverse to a ‘project car,’ with Mark Zuckerberg pursuing an expensive passion project that no one thinks is valuable

Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey displays an Oculus Touch input during an event in San Francisco Thomson Reuters Luckey founded Oculus and sold it to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014. He wants the metaverse to be built, but says Facebook’s current product Horizon is “not good.” Still, Luckey sees the possibility of the company succeeding…

Samuel Alito assured Ted Kennedy of his respect for Roe v. Wade’s precedent years before writing the majority opinion that overturned the landmark case: report

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) listens during the third day of confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito January 11, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images Justice Samuel Alito once told the late Sen. Ted Kennedy that he respected Roe v. Wade’s precedent. The NY Times previewed…

Trump replies to DeSantis’ endorsement of a Colorado Republican who discouraged GOP from supporting a Trump 2024 bid: ‘Big Mistake’

Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the White House on April 28, 2020. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Former President Trump said Florida Gov. DeSantis was making a “mistake” by endorsing Joe O’Dea. O’Dea once said he hoped Trump would not run for president in 2024. Trump called O’Dea, a…

Children’s hospitals fill up amid early surge in respiratory infections

Enlarge / An intensive care nurse cares for a patient suffering from respiratory syncytial virus who is being ventilated in the children’s intensive care unit of the Olgahospital in Stuttgart, Germany. (credit: Getty | Picture Alliance) Doctors around the country are reporting early and dramatic surges in respiratory illnesses, with many children’s hospitals saying they’re…