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Kate Cox, 31, is 20 weeks pregnant with a trisomy 18 baby. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a petition in the Texas district court this week asking a judge to allow Kate Cox to have an abortion.
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, a Dallas woman with severe pregnancy complications, to have an abortion. Ken Paxton asked the Supreme Court to block the order and stop her from having an abortion immediately. The Center for Reproductive Rights' petition was filed in a Texas district court this week. Cox's fetus has a genetic condition with very low chances of survival and her own health and fertility are at risk if she carries the pregnancy to term. She is 20 weeks pregnant.
The UN Security Council voted 13-1 in favor of a resolution condemning Israel's bombardment of Gaza. The US vetoed it. 17,487 Palestinians have been killed and 80% of the population has been displaced.
The UN Security Council voted 13-1 in favour of a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. The United States used its veto to block the vote. Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey's foreign ministers are meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken only after the U.N. vote. More than 17,000 people have been killed in the Gaza conflict since October 7th attack by Hamas on Israel.
Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University apologized for remarks she made during a congressional hearing about antisemitism on US campuses amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. The presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania have also come under fire for their answers at the hearing.
Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard apologizes for remarks she made during a congressional hearing about antisemitism on US campuses amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. The presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday. They did not explicitly state that calls for genocide against Jews violated their school's code of conduct. Liz Magill is under pressure to resign as a donor threatened to withdraw an approximately $100 million gift and an advisory board called for her resignation.
Crumbley was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for killing Tate Myre, 16, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Justin Shilling, 17. He also pleaded guilty to injuring six other students and a teacher.
Ethan Crumbley, 17, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing four students and injuring six others at Oxford High School in 2021. He pleaded guilty to 24 charges, including first-degree murder and terrorism. The U.S. Supreme Court and Michigan's highest court said the violent acts of minors must be viewed differently than the crimes of adults. A teenager who fatally shot four classmates two years ago at his high school has been sentenced to a life sentence without parole.
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine counts related to his failure to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019. He also faces federal firearms charges in Delaware alleging he broke laws against drug users having guns.
Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California. He is accused of evading $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019. The back taxes were paid in 2020 through a loan. Hunter Biden's lawyer calls the charges politically motivated. Experts say federal criminal tax evasion charges like those filed against Hunter Biden are "very rare", and there is a great deal of uncertainty about the outcome of the case. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org.
President Joe Biden is in Los Angeles on a three-day, star-studded fundraising trip. He's raising money for his re-election campaign.
President Joe Biden is in Los Angeles for a three-day, star-studded fundraising trip. 1,200-1,500 pro-Palestinian protesters called for a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. financial and military aid to Israel. They charged President Biden and others attending the fundraiser with supporting Palestinian "genocide" and chanted against Israel, the Israel Defense Forces and the Los Angeles Police Department. Several hundred protesters jammed Tremont Street between LaGrange and Stuart streets waving Palestinian flags.
The European Union postponed a press conference scheduled for 0700 GMT until further notice. The two sides agreed to a provisional deal on how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT in the early hours of Thursday.
European Union negotiators have clinched a deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules. Europe's yearslong efforts to draw up AI guardrails have been bogged down by the recent emergence of generative AI systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT. It's been a minute since OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was ousted, returned five days later and reset the governing board at the maker of Chat GPT. The company has a valuation of more than $85 billion.
This year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) has begun in Dubai. The world stands at a crossroads in its fight to contain the climate crisis and keep the goal of 1.5°C warming alive.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) is underway in Dubai. India is looking at a long week of negotiations to balance its environmental credentials and economic needs. The future of fossil fuels is shaping up to be a key battle at the COP28 climate talks. More than 84,000 people have swarmed this year’s climate talks in Dubai which feature panel discussions, corporate-sponsored happy hours and flashy pavilions handing out coffee and chocolate. Many business lobbyists and C-suite executives see the summits as imperative to attend.
Connie Christensen's remains were found in December 1982 near Jacksonburg, about 60 miles east of Indianapolis. She had left her 1-year-old daughter with relatives while she was away and they reported her missing after she failed to return as planned to Wisconsin.
Connie Lorraine Christensen was 20 when she vanished more than four decades ago. Her remains were found in December 1982 near Jacksonburg, a rural community about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of Indianapolis. She had died from a gunshot wound and her homicide case remains unsolved. Christensen was last seen in Nashville, Tennessee, in April 1982 when she was three to four months pregnant. She left her 1-year-old daughter with relatives while she was away and they reported her missing after she failed to return as planned to Wisconsin.
McCarthy was removed as speaker earlier this year in a rare vote of the House on a Motion to Vacate the Chair. He will retire from Congress at the end of the year.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will retire at the end of the year. He was removed as speaker earlier this year in a rare vote of the House on a Motion to Vacate the Chair. His ouster led to a three-week debacle where Washington was paralyzed as the House was unable to function. The former Republican Representative from Wyoming, Liz Cheney, said that for McCarthy to raise the funds to support his candidates in the coming election cycle, he needed the donor list from Trump.
President Joe Biden attended three high-profile fundraisers in Boston on Tuesday. He is scheduled to attend two more fundraisers over the weekend in Los Angeles.
President Joe Biden is raising money for his re-election campaign in the Los Angeles area this weekend. Lenny Kravitz performed at a fundraiser on Friday night, which has already pulled in over $1 million. On Tuesday, he will attend three high-profile fundraisers in Boston and then two more in Los Angeles. He is also expected to attend a fundraiser in Philadelphia on Monday. Trump leads Biden by 2 points in the RealClearPolitics polls. In recent weeks, Trump has overtaken Biden in most polls.
Hamas has ruled Gaza for 16 years and its survival as a political entity will have far-reaching implications for all in Israel and the Palestinian territories. It is unclear to what extent Israel’s intensive bombardment of the Gaza Strip and ground operations in the north have undermined Hamas's operational ability.
Two months after the war in Gaza, Israel's military campaign against Hamas is far from achieving its stated objective. At least 5,000 Hamas militants have been killed, but most of the group's 30,000-strong military wing is still intact. India has a different approach to counter-terrorism than that of Israel. It uses tough military and police action with political negotiations. The result is that New Delhi has been uncommonly successful in dealing with separatism and terrorism born from it.
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At least 17,490 people have died in two months of fighting in Gaza. US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire and the release of all captives held by Hamas.
The US vetoed the draft resolution that would have demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all captives held in Gaza. Thirteen states voted in favor of the resolution while the UK abstained. The vote left Washington diplomatically isolated on the 15-member Security Council. UN Secretary General António Guterres invoked Article 99 of the U.N. Charter, warning that Israel's slaughter of at least 17,487 Palestinians in just two months may threaten international peace and security.
COP28, the international climate summit is taking place in Dubai. The main topic of the talks is what to do about fossil fuels that are causing climate change.
The United Nations climate summit in Dubai is coming to an end. More than 97,000 people have registered for COP28. The main question of the talks is what to do about the fossil fuels that are causing climate change. It is unclear whether the promised outcome will be delivered, as countries have so far failed to deliver on their promises. US has only pledged $17.5m (£13.8m) to the loss and damage fund, a structure set up to assist developing countries at risk from climate impacts.
The Supreme Court ruled last month that the plan was illegal because Rwanda isn't a safe country for refugees. Britain paid Rwanda an additional 100 million pounds ($126 million) in April, on top of 140 million pounds it previously sent.
Robert Jenrick resigned as immigration minister over his lack of faith in the new legislation to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. The government will hold a vote on the proposed legislation on Tuesday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to explain why Britain has paid Rwanda 240 million pounds ($300 million) as part of a blocked asylum plan, without a single person being sent to the East African country. Last month, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled the policy was illegal because Rwanda isn't a safe country for refugees.
Venezuela's president ordered the creation of a new state called “Guayana Esequiba” on Tuesday. The area in question, the densely forested and oil-rich Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds of Guyana’s national territory.
Venezuela's president ordered the creation of a new state called "Guayana Esequiba" on Tuesday. The area in question amounts to about two-thirds of Guyana’s national territory. Venezuela has long claimed the land and dismisses an 1899 ruling by international arbitrators that set the current boundaries. A border feud has spiralled over the oil-rich Essequibo region, controlled by Guyana for more than a century but which Venezuela also claims. US Southern Command will conduct flight operations within Guyana on December 7.
The rate of immigrants leaving Canada reached a two-decade high in 2019. Canada is taking measures like increasing immigration targets and changing the current system to allow more newcomers to help with its labor shortage.
In the first half of 2023, 42,000 people left Canada, adding to 93,818 departures in 2022 and 85,927 exits in 2021. People who moved to Canada said they faced long waiting lists for healthcare and soaring housing costs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has utilised immigration as a primary strategy to address Canada’s challenge of an aging and decelerating population. Canada opened up a pilot program that would let 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the U.S. apply for a three-year open-work permit to find jobs in Canada.
EU policymakers reached a political agreement on what is set to become the global benchmark for regulating Artificial Intelligence. EU's yearslong efforts to draw up AI guardrails have been bogged down by the recent emergence of generative AI systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
The European Commission, Council and Parliament have reached a preliminary deal on the world's first attempt to regulate the fast-evolving technology. The agreement was struck at the political level on Friday night after talks that occupied the entire day and followed an unsuccessful marathon between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. EU's yearslong efforts to draw up AI guardrails have been bogged down by the recent emergence of generative AI systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. There is a partial carve out from some obligations for GPAI systems provided under free and open source licences.
More than 1.8 million people are internally displaced in Gaza amid Israel's ongoing war against Hamas.
Israel has designated a small area of land along Gaza's Mediterranean coast as a safe zone for people fleeing the war. The reality is that it's a makeshift tent camp where thousands of dazed Palestinians live in squalid conditions. About 1.8 million people are internally displaced in Gaza amid Israel's ongoing war against Hamas. According to Gaza's Health Ministry, at least 17,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 46,000 wounded in Israel's air and ground campaign. UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma: This is the largest humanitarian response operation in its 75-year history.
Philippines and U.S. express concern over China's firing of water cannon at Philippine vessels conducting routine resupply missions in the Scarborough Shoal. It's the latest flare-up of the long-seething territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Philippines and U.S. condemn China's high-seas assault on three government boats that were conducting their regular resupply mission near a reef off its coast in the South China Sea. The Philippines accused the Chinese coastguard of using water cannon to “obstruct” the boats. It's the latest flare-up of the long-seething territorial disputes in the S.C. Sea, a flashpoint in Asia. Some 135 Chinese vessels were spotted near Whitsun Reef off the coast of the western Philippine island province of Palawan this weekend.
Israel has been accused of war crimes by lawyers and human rights groups after images emerged of Palestinian prisoners being stripped, bound and blindfolded in Israeli custody in Gaza. The IDF responded that the men were captured during combat in Shejaiya, Jabalya and Khan Yunis.
Dozens of naked Palestinian men were arrested by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza on December 7. Pro-Israeli accounts claimed that these prisoners were Hamas fighters who had surrendered. Relatives of those arrested reported arbitrary arrests. On the afternoon of December 8, several men were released. Israel has been accused of war crimes by lawyers and human rights groups. Ken Roth, the former head of Human Rights Watch and international law specialist, accused Israel of a human rights violation.
Several students were injured after Israeli shelling on Thursday struck an educational institution in the southern Lebanese town of Qunin. It was the first time Hezbollah launched attacks on Israeli troops along the Lebanon-Israel border since the start of a seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas.
Hezbollah launched 20 missiles from southern Lebanon toward the Western Galilee. Israel's air force targeted military infrastructure for Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Several students were injured after Israeli shelling on Thursday struck an educational institution in the southern Lebanese town of Qunin. A woman and her son died when Israeli shells hit their home in Houla. Nasifa Mazraani, a Lebanese citizen, was killed along with her son Mohammed. The attack came amid ongoing border exchanges between the Israeli army and Hezbollah. It was the first time Hezbollah launched attacks on Israeli troops along the Lebanon-Israel border since the start of a seven-day truce.
Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that he will run for another six-year term as Russian president in the March 17th presidential election. The upper house of parliament unanimously approved the date of the vote, which "practically kicks off the presidential campaign".
Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that he will run for another six-year term as Russian president. The upper house of parliament approved the date of the March 17th presidential election. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny vows to put up a fight against President Vladimir Putin, who is all but certain to win the election. Russia's president has been in power since 1999 and his rule has been marred by many problems, including the war in Ukraine. He ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists registered for this year's event compared with 636 a year prior. There are three times as many delegates representing meat and dairy industry at COP28 than last year.
Record number of delegates representing fossil fuel interests have been granted access to the UN climate change conference COP28 in Dubai. 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists registered for this year's event compared with 636 a year prior. More than 100 delegates travelled to Dubai as part of country delegations which grants privileged access to diplomatic negotiations. The conference is the largest gathering in the history of the annual climate talks with roughly 84,000 people registered this year compared with 30,900 last year. There are three times as many delegates representing the meat and dairy industry as last year at COP28.
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The US workforce added 199,000 jobs last month. The headline unemployment rate stood at 3.7%, down from 3.9% the previous month.
The economy added 199,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate dropped 0.2 of a percentage point to 3.7%. Average hourly earnings rose at an annualized rate of 5.0%, which is the high end of the range of the past 12 months. It comes as policymakers plot the next steps of their campaign with inflation slipping back towards the Fed’s 2% target. Inflation in services is running at 4.6%, according to PCE price index and at 5.5%.
The world's largest burger chain McDonald's plans to open 10,000 new restaurants in the next four years and 50,000 restaurants worldwide by the end of 2027. Of the new restaurants, 900 will be in the U.S., while 1,900 will be international with company operated and franchised stores in Canada, Germany, the UK and Australia.
The world's largest burger chain McDonald's plans to open 10,000 new restaurants in the next four years. The company wants to have 50,000 restaurants worldwide by the end of 2027. More than half of those stores would be in China. Starbucks expects to have 55,000 stores globally by 2030 up from 38,000 today. McDonald's is testing a coffee shop-style restaurant with CosMc's in Illinois this month. It also announced a partnership with Google Cloud that will help it accelerate automated services for its employees.
SmileDirectClub filed for bankruptcy in late September. The company is working with its founders and financial stakeholders to find a path forward. In recent days, the company's founders were negotiating a deal to provide fresh capital and buy SmileDirectClub out of Chapter 11
SmileDirectClub Inc. filed for bankruptcy in late September with plans to hunt for a buyer. Its founders Jordan Katzman and Alex Fenkell have offered to take over the business and invest fresh cash. The proposal calls for Fenkell and Katzman to extend $30 million of debt to SmileDirectClub and put as much as $25 million of new equity into the business, in exchange for which they would receive 100% of the reorganized company. They were unable to win support of the company's top lender HPS Investment Partners and other creditors, so the company will go into liquidation. SmileDirect Club cancelled it’s lifetime guarantee and all outstanding orders for aligners.
McDonald's is expanding its fast food empire with a new drink-centric concept called CosMc's. By the end of 2024, they plan to open nine additional pilot locations in Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio.
The first McDonald's CosMc's store opened in Bolingbrook, Illinois on December 8th. The concept is inspired by an alien character from the McDonald's universe known as CosMc. It will serve coffee, frappes and quick bites with add-ons like boba, energy shots, and Vitamin C. San Antonio is on the shortlist for future CosMc’s locations. They plan to open nine additional pilot locations in Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio by 2024.
The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai. Many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet.
The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai. Many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet. On the other side, energy companies and oil-rich nations want to keep drilling well into the future. In the background of those discussions are carbon capture and carbon removal technologies. Skeptics worry the technology is being oversold to allow the industry to maintain the status quo.
The S&P 500 has gained 19% year-to-date. Since the start of 2023, the FTSE 100 is down 0.5%, and the FtsE 250 is down 2.5%.
The S&P 500 has gained 19% year-to-date and the outlook for December remains positive. Since the start of 2023, the FTSE 100 is down 0.5%, but US stocks have been going up. Stephen Wright thinks share prices can finish the year strongly if inflation data is kind. Raphaël Gallardo reckons developed economies are heading for a recession in 2024. Paris-based manager Carmignac has released its macro outlook for 2024.
FDA approved the first gene therapy for sickle cell disease Lyfgenia and CRISPR Therapeutics’ Casgevy.
FDA approved the first gene therapy for sickle cell disease, Casgevy, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics on Friday morning. It is the first medicine to be approved in the U.S. that uses the gene-editing tool CRispr. The FDA also approved a rival gene replacement therapy, Lyfgenia, from bluebird bio. Sickle Cell is an inherited blood disorder most common in African Americans. There are more than 100,000 people with it in the United States.
Friday's nonfarm payrolls report from the Labor Department showed the economy added more jobs than expected in November. It was the sixth straight week of gains for the S&P 500 SPX.
The Nasdaq 100, S&P 500, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished today's trading session in the green. The consumer staples sector was the session’s laggard, falling 0.69%, whereas the energy sector gained 1.08%. Friday's nonfarm payrolls report from the Labor Department showed the economy added more jobs than expected in November. The 10-year Treasury yield increased to 4.23%, while the 2-year treasury yield is around 4.72%. This brings the spread between them to -49 basis points.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Microsoft's collaboration with OpenAI to determine if it represents an "acquisition of control" subject to antitrust regulations. The relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI has come under focus after recent upheaval at the AI lab.
UK Competition and Markets Authority wants to know if recent changes at OpenAI and its evolving relationship with Microsoft are cause for concern. Regulator is concerned about the speed that AI is "scaling across use cases and markets" and risks for competition and consumer protection. It's investigating Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI as it doesn't own a traditional stake in the startup so can't be said to control it. Last month, OpenAI was plunged into chaos when its boss Sam Altman was suddenly fired. After his sacking, Microsoft offered him a job leading a new advanced AI research team before he was reinstated.
Jensen Huang, CEO of technology giant Nvidia views Malaysia as a potential hub for artificial intelligence "manufacturing". He did not confirm reports that Nvidia is in talks with a local conglomerate to set up AI data centers in the Southeast Asian country.
Jensen Huang, CEO of technology giant Nvidia is in Kuala Lumpur on a media round table event. YTL Power International Berhad has announced a collaboration with U.S. chip manufacturer NVIDIA to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure that will bring the fastest supercomputers to Malaysia by the middle of 2024. The AI infrastructure will be hosted in the YTL Green Data Center Park in Kulai, Johor (Southern region of Malaysia), a 500-megawatt data center park.
All light rail services in Baltimore are suspended indefinitely due to mechanical issues. Free shuttles have been running in place of light rail during the suspension.
Maryland Transit Administration is suspending light rail services indefinitely starting Friday. The department will provide free shuttle buses along the route from Hunt Valley through downtown Baltimore, past its sports stadiums, to BWI Marshall Airport. High-voltage electrical conduit was punctured and inter-car connector cable has caused six smoke events between November 2021 and November 2023. MTA awarded a $150 million contract to multinational rail manufacturer Alstom to make the needed improvements on the fleet of 50 railcars in 2013.
Skydance and Gerry Cardinale are interested in taking over National Amusements' voting shares to gain control of Paramount Global without buying it outright.
Skydance Media and RedBird Capital are interested in buying a controlling stake in Paramount Global. National Amusements owns 77% of Paramount's Class A (voting) shares. Skydance doesn't want to manage KCBS-TV or certain cable networks under the Paramount umbrella, but it is interested in overseeing Paramount Pictures and intellectual properties. The company has a current market capitalization of $9.9 billion. Shares of Paramount Global went up by nearly 13% on Friday.
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Hello Games' new game, Light No Fire, was announced at The Game Awards 2023. It's the studio's follow-up to No Man’s Sky and is described as "the first real open-world game" with a fantasy planet that's "bigger than Earth" and "without boundaries".
Hello Games' new game, Light No Fire, was announced at The Game Awards 2023. Hello Games has been working on the game for the last five years. It's described as the first real open world game with a fantasy planet that's "bigger than Earth" and "without boundaries". Like No Man's Sky, it's a sandbox adventure game filled with role-playing, survival, crafting, and exploration. Unlike No Man’s Sky, the entire game takes place “on aantasy planet the size of Earth” where players can gather resources, build structures, mount various terrestrial and aerial creatures, equip weapons, sail the oceans and sail the seas.
The Game Awards 2023 just wrapped. Baldur's Gate 3 was crowned Game of the Year and took home six awards.
The Game Awards 2023 was held last night. Baldur's Gate 3 was crowned Game of the Year and took home six awards. Alan Wake II nabbed three prizes including Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction. Cyberpunk 2077 completed something of a redemption arc after being crowned Best Ongoing Game. The show's roughly three-hour run time was criticized by some viewers for prioritizing marketing material and celebrity guests over the game developers. Paste has never written about or acknowledged The Game Awards because they don't mean anything and nobody takes them seriously.
Google has released its most advanced generative-AI model to date: Gemini 1.0. Google didn't create a genuine hands-on video that shows the actual experience you'll have when using Gemin.
Gemini is Google's most capable large language model to date. The Bard chatbot will be powered by a version of Gemini, available in English in more than 170 countries and territories. Developers and enterprise customers will get access to Gemini via API next week, with a more advanced version set to become available next year. Google has been accused of misleading people about the quality of its AI-powered Gemini promotional video. It was made by prompting the AI by "using still image frames from the footage and prompting via text".
All three of Apple's Lightning-based peripherals for the Mac could receive an upgrade in the spring to USB-C.
Apple's Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad could switch from Lightning to USB-C in the spring of 2024. It is unclear if the accessories will have any changes beyond that. The position of the Lightning port on the bottom of the accessory has been a point of contention in the Apple community for many years. Some had expected the change to take place when Apple announced the 24-inch M3 iMac not that long ago, but there are brand-new Macs being sold today with Lightning port-endowed accessories in the box.
Rocket League's Psyonix developed an arcade racing game from the developers of Rocket League is available in Fortnite today.
Epic Games is adding three new game modes to Fortnite this week: Lego Fortnites, Rocket Racing, and a music mode developed by Harmonix. Rocket Racing lets you bring your Rocket League cars and cosmetics to the multiplayer game starting from December 8th. Yesterday, Epic Games began its biggest expansion yet by dropping LegoFortnite, a survival crafting game that’s playable for free within FortnITE. The Big Bang concert gave us a glimpse at the future of the title, including a brief snippet of Rocket Racing.
Switch Lite bundle with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Animal Crossing: New is available at Best Buy. It's cheaper than buying the Switch Lite on its own which costs £199.99.
The Nintendo Switch is on sale at Argos with Animal Crossing: New Horizons and DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos for £194.99. Today you can buy the Nintendo Switch OLED with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and 3 months of Nintendo Online membership for $350 at Best Buy. For Mario fans, a few popular plushies include the Mario Bros themselves, any of the princesses, Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and Piranha Plants.
Researchers from Northwestern University in the US have developed a virtual reality headset for mice. The headgear is made up of two lenses and two screens split between both eyes to give the rodents an immersive 3D picture.
Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois have developed a mini virtual reality headset for mice to study the brain function behind their behavior. The headgear is made up of two lenses and two screens split between both eyes to give the rodents an immersive 3D picture. It could be used to study how humans' brains map the physical spaces around them, opening the door to understanding and treating movement and balance disorders. Mice view objects above them as threats, because they are tiny prey animals.
John Ternus, senior vice president of product design for the iPhone and smartwatch, is stepping down. He will be replaced by someone from the hardware engineering team.
Tang Tan, Apple's vice president of product design, is leaving the company in February. He was responsible for making critical decisions about many of Apple's products and had substantial influence over the design of iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. Richard Dinh, who reports to Tan and leads iPhone product design will get an expanded role and begin reporting directly to John Ternus. Kate Bergeron, a hardware engineering exec leading the Mac, will take over Apple Watch design. Matthew Costello, the former chief operating officer of Beats, will be in charge of accessory design and the acoustics team that develops the Airpods.
Hackers are using third-party custom keyboards to bypass Apple's security checks and spy on iPhone users.
Hackers are using third-party custom keyboards to spy on iPhone users. They install them via TestFlight, which allows developers to test their apps on iOS. Once installed, the keyboards can be used to record private messages, browsing history and even passwords from unsuspecting iPhone users' devices. The keyboard acts as a keylogger, and logs a lot of data, including passwords, messages, and more without the user suspecting anything. iPhones are well-known for their security but they are also attractive targets for cybercriminals.
Threads is adding searchable tags to make it easier for people to find conversations that interest them. Mark Zuckeberg previewed the change last month, but the feature is now available to all Threads users.
Threads, the social media platform owned by Meta, has introduced a new feature called "tags". These tags work similarly to hashtags on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram but with a unique twist that sets them apart. Users are limited to one tag per post and can include spaces and special characters. They do not display the hashtag (“#”) symbol in them. It does not appear that tags are supported on the web version of the app even if you manually type in the tag (#) symbol.
Epic Games and Lego are teaming up to create a new game called Lego Fortnite. The game is based on the popular online battle royale mode of the popular video game Fortnitese.
Epic Games and Lego team up to create a new game mode in Fortnite called Lego Fortnites. It's a survival crafting game mode inspired by the best-selling Minecraft. The game mode is available for free on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch starting Wednesday. Over the next three days, Epic Games will drop three original, free games inside of Fort nite: Rock Band, Rocket League and Lego Fortnisite. They are coming from the makers behind Rock Band and Big Bang Theory.
Beper Mini app, which brought iMessage to Android, has been experiencing problems sending and receiving messages. Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky suggests Apple may have found a way to disable the app's functionality.
Beeper Mini is an Android app that brings Apple's iMessage service to Android phones for $1.99/month. It does not require an Apple ID or Mac mini to send and receive iMessages from Android phones to Apple servers. On Friday, Beeper Mini was experiencing issues with sending and receiving messages. The outage raises questions about the feasibility of a stable and secure connection between the Apple ecosystem and Android devices. Nothing and Sunbird were forced to pull their apps from the market recently because of similar issues.
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