Best Buy’s ‘Upgrade+’ Program Lets Customers Get a New Mac Laptop Every Three Years With Monthly Financing

Best Buy today announced a new financing and upgrade program called “Upgrade+.” The program involves a combination of interest-free financing through Citizens Pay and an option to upgrade to a new Mac laptop after three years. As an example, Best Buy cites a base M1 MacBook Air priced at $999.99. Through the Upgrade+ program, a…

PTAB Reverses Course in Code200 IPR Under Director’s ‘Compelling Evidence’ Memo

Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decided to institute inter partes review (IPR) in Code200, UAB v. Bright Data, Ltd., IPR2022-00861, following a sua sponte Director Review decision ordering the Board to reconsider its original ruling denying institution. USPTO Director Kathi Vidal issued a precedential sua…

Slow Roads offers a chill, endless driving experience in your browser

Enlarge / Slow Roads lets you drive through infinite dynamically generated landscapes in an easy-going way. (credit: Ars Technica) A few days ago, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based developer named Anslo announced Slow Roads, a free, easygoing driving game with procedurally generated scenic landscapes that runs in a web browser. It’s available at slowroads.io and requires no…