Other Barks & Bites for Friday, November 25: Seventh Circuit Nixes Publicity Claim Against Subscriber List Sale, Copyright Office and USPTO Announce NFT Study, and Alia Moses Takes Over as Chief Judge of Western Texas

This week in Other Barks & Bites: U.S. District Judge Alia Moses officially takes over as the Chief Judge as the Western District of Texas; the U.S. Supreme Court takes up Jack Daniel’s appeal of the First Amendment ruling in favor of VIP Products’ whiskey bottle-shaped dog toys; the World Intellectual Property Organization announces that…

This robot’s delicate touch scoops up liquid droplets without causing a splash

Hazardous liquids are no problem for these tiny robotic scoopers. Colorado State University Robots are becoming more agile and less clunky by the day, but few look more precise than one recently designed by a group of researchers at Colorado State University (CSU). As explained in a paper published with the Royal Society of Chemistry…

Google and Microsoft add more renewable energy for datacenters

Google and Microsoft have both invested in sizable renewable energy contracts to power their data centers. According to The Register, Google has signed a 12-year 100MW corporate power purchase agreement with Scottish offshore wind development called “Moray West”,  in Scotland’s relatively remote Moray Firth region. The joint venture is owned by EDP Renewables and French…