Samsung’s Galaxy S21 is one of the models currently supported in the company’s self-repair program. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Samsung seems to be working on a new self-repair app to aid customers looking to fix their own devices. The company’s submission at the US Patent and Trademark Office for “Self Repair…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) last week denied a petition requesting mandamus relief to vacate the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) grant of a request for ex parte reexamination of Sound View Innovations’ U.S. Patent No. 6,708,213 by DISH Network LLC. The ‘213 patent covers a “Method for Streaming…
Enlarge / Microsoft is testing a search bar for Windows 11’s new Task Manager. (credit: Microsoft) One of the Windows 11 22H2 update’s improvements was a redesigned Task Manager with a reorganized user interface, an updated Windows 11-style look, and other features. Laying that foundation has apparently given Microsoft the latitude to work on other…
Enlarge / Comcast service van parked on residential street in Lafayette, California, September 28, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Smith Collection/Gado ) The Comcast “Broadcast TV” fee that isn’t included in the company’s advertised prices is rising again, tacking as much as $27 onto the monthly bills of cable TV users. Comcast’s Broadcast TV and…
NIU’s Kqui3 Pro Electric Scooter is cheaper than ever on Cyber Monday. NIU We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Electric scooters have become a hot-ticket mode of transportation: they’re a light and efficient way to get around, and easier to park than…
Histoplasma, a soil fungus that can cause respiratory illness, shows signs of spreading outside of its historic habitats. CDC If you’re immunocompromised and happen to find any bird or bat poop in your barn, you’d better hose it down instead of sweeping it up. Brushing away the poop could unleash potentially dangerous fungus into the…
After decimating Twitter’s workforce, imperiling its infrastructure and emptying its ad coffers all within his first month at the company, it’s on to the next thing for Elon Musk. The erratic billionaire picked a fight with Apple in a series of tweets on Monday, bracing for a battle — or perhaps just another volley of…
If it seems like Post News launched overnight, that’s because it kind of did. Unlike Mastodon, Hive Social, or other existing social networks being flooded with dissatisfied Twitter users, Post News emerged two weeks ago. The platform was rushed into a live beta, since its team wanted to go public in a time when the…
On the heels of Tumblr’s decision to integrate with ActivityPub — the social protocol powering the open-source Twitter alternative Mastodon and others — it appears that photo-sharing site Flickr is now considering doing the same. Flickr CEO Don MacAskill today began to actively poll users about whether or not they’d like to see Flickr support…
SAVE $100: The Solo Stove Fire Pit 2.0 is now on sale at Amazon for $299.99, which is a whopping $100 less than its original price of $399.99. That’s a discount of 29% for Cyber Monday. It’s winter now, guys. Sorry, but it’s true. While you might be tempted to snuggle up indoors and avoid…