Latest iOS 16.2 Beta Addresses Stuttering and Laggy Animations on ProMotion iPhones

The latest beta of iOS 16.2, released to developers and public beta testers earlier this week, has addressed long-standing issues faced by iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro customers that cause system animations to lag and stutter when closing and switching between apps, unlocking the phone, and across other instances on iOS 16. Seemingly…

For many disabled patients, the doctor is often not in

Enlarge Ben Salentine, associate director of health sciences managed care at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, hasn’t been weighed in more than a decade. His doctors “just kind of guess,” his weight, he said, because they don’t have a wheelchair-accessible scale. He’s far from alone. Many people with disabilities describe challenges…

This phishing kit is punishing unaware shoppers this Black Friday

Cybersecurity researchers from Akamai have spotted a new phishing campaign that targets consumers in the United States with fake holiday offers. The goal of the campaign is to steal sensitive identity credentials like credit card information, and ultimately their money. The threat actors are creating landing pages that impersonate some of the biggest brands in…

Twitter users flood the site with eulogies amid mounting fears of its imminent collapse and concerns that ‘critical’ teams are spread thin

A collection of tweets and memes about Twitter’s possible collapse. Twitter Twitter users worried about a possible site collapse shared memes and tweets with #RIPTwitter. Hundreds of employees are leaving amid Elon Musk’s calls for an “extremely hardcore” workplace. One employee who remained told Insider “outages of some kind” seemed like a certainty. Some Twitter…

Ant Group bets on overseas Alipay expansion to resuscitate profits

The news: Ant Group’s profit plunged 63% year over year (YoY) in the three months ending June 30, 2022, per Bloomberg. (Ant Group reports earnings a quarter behind most companies.) Performance changed dramatically from the same period last year, when profits increased an estimated 39% YoY. Read the original article on Business Insider Read More

Biden’s administration just asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its student-loan forgiveness plan to ‘avoid prolonging this uncertainty for the millions of affected borrowers’

US President Joe Biden. Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Biden administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to revive its student-debt relief plan. It comes after a lower federal court ruled on Monday to keep the relief paused.  Biden also appealed another ruling from a Texas federal Judge who blocked the relief last week. President Joe…

Attorney General Merrick Garland is naming a special counsel to take over investigations involving Donald Trump

Attorney General Merrick Garland tightened Justice Department policies to prevent political appointees from attending partisan events. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Attorney General Merrick Garland will appoint a special counsel to oversee criminal investigations involving former President Donald Trump, including the inquiry into his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, a senior Justice Department official said Friday….

Increased revenues, low valuations, and regulatory approval: Bank-fintech partnerships have a moment

The news: With the US Treasury’s approval of banking and fintech partnerships, banks are in a prime position to scoop up fintechs at bargain prices. Approvals, but with warnings: The US Treasury issued a report this week assessing the impact of non-bank entrants on competition in the consumer financial markets. The report reached a number of positive conclusions about the massive growth…