A cardiologist from New York filed a patent infringement lawsuit over a lifesaving Apple Watch feature that’s capable of detecting if the wearer has an irregular heartbeat. Dr. Joseph Wiesel, who teaches at the New York University School of Medicine, was awarded a patent in March 28, 2006 for detecting atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat […]
AT&T continues to roll out its low-band 5G network, with the addition of six new cities that add some of the biggest urban areas in the US to AT&T’s growing network New York City, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Detroit, and Philadelphia. As with the earlier launch in December, the six new cities feature AT&T’s […]
The Federal Aviation Administration wants to implement new rules that would enable the remote identification and tracking of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. Under its proposal available for viewing on Federal Register’s website UAVs will be required to broadcast their location and identification info directly from the unmanned aircraft and to transmit the same information […]
YouTube Studio Dashboard, Users now have a clearer view of which videos contain copyrighted material and have the option to quickly removing the offending sections. The Videos tab shows a new column called “Restrictions,” which lets creators quickly see which uploads are affected. Clicking through shows details like which parts of the video contain the […]
According to The Wall Street Journal, the Chinese government has granted as much as $75 billion worth of financial assistance to Huawei, allowing the company to spend more freely than it would have otherwise been able to. Using a combination of publicly-available records, The Wall Street Journal estimates Huawei received $46 billion in loans and […]
YouTube paid the FTC a $170 million fine this year, which was pocket change for Google. However, the charge of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act will remain a very costly stain on its reputation. In fact, things got so bad for YouTube when it came to kids last year that the site reportedly […]
According to 9to5Mac, App Store users in Australia and some Asian countries who navigate to the Today tab are seeing an announcement that Apple will be offering a free download each day between December 24th through the 29th. In 2008, Apple launched an app called “12 Days of Gifts,” which served a similar purpose. Each […]
The Galaxy Tab S6 will soon be available with 5G, making it possibly the first tablet with the faster connectivity. As spotted by SamMobile, the Galaxy Tab S6 5G is listed as coming soon on Samsung’s Korean website, even though the company hasn’t officially announced the device yet. There’s no information about how much it […]
Twitter has banned all animated PNGs (APNGs) from its platform to stop trolls using the images to trigger seizures in photosensitive people. The site has discovered a bug that lets users bypass its autoplay protections, allowing multiple animated images in a single tweet using the file format. “We want everyone to have a safe experience […]
Back in February, Verizon said its 2019 plan was to offer mobile 5G in over 30 cities a non-trivial task for a carrier focused on the short-distance, millimeter wave flavor of 5G service. Today, the carrier announced it has met its goal with a week to spare, though the accomplishment comes with the caveat that […]
Specs for Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Lite have coalesced ahead of its imminent European launch. WinFuture.de posted details based upon a data sheet they’ve seen that match up nicely with previous rumors and FCC filings. Specs include a 6.7-inch Infinity-O hole-punch display with 2400 x 1080 pixels and 20:9 aspect ratio, a Snapdragon (not Exynos) 855 […]
Dish’s internet TV service is raising the price of both of its subscription packages, Sling Blue and Sling Orange, to $30 each per month. Subscribing to both bundles of channels now costs $45, which is a few bucks shy of competitors like YouTube TV ($49.99 / mo). That’s a $5 increase all around Sling TV […]
Google announced earlier this month that instead of regular Android updates, Pixel 4 devices would get a “Pixel Feature Drop” to show off splashy new features. That update has now arrived, and on top of expected changes like robocall screening and Duo call centering, there are a few welcome surprises, as spotted by XDA Developers […]
Boeing’s spacecraft landed safely at New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range at 7:58AM Eastern, making it the first US-made, crew-ready capsule to touch down on solid ground. Previous capsules from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs all landed in the sea. This capsule didn’t have any humans aboard just test dummies, but this is still […]
Google has released a Chrome 80 beta whose centerpiece is a Content Indexing framework that lets progressive web apps list all their offline-capable content. You could find a must-have photo or report without wading through pages to get it. The framework is just in an an “origin trial” phase between now and Chrome 82, but […]