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Apple Sued Over iPhone Privacy Settings After Gizmodo Story

Photo: LOIC VENANCE / Contributor (Getty Images) Apple is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly harvesting iPhone user data even when the company’s own privacy settings promise not to. The suit, filed Thursday in California federal court, comes days after Gizmodo exclusively reported on research into how multiple iPhone apps send Apple analytics data, regardless of whether the iPhone…

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Elizabeth Holmes seeks leniency for her Theranos fraud by arguing she’s someone ‘who tries to do the right thing’ and has few future prospects

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to avoid a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors in her failed blood-testing company. In an 82-page document filed late Thursday, Holmes’ lawyers tried to persuade U.S. District Judge Edward Davila that sending Holmes to…

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ZZ Top Perform With A 17-String Bass In Huntsville: Watch

Dusty Hill, the longtime bassist for Texas boogie-rockers supreme ZZ Top, died last year at age 72. But the band has carried on without him, with longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis taking over on bass. Francis has ensured that the instrument is a bigger part of ZZ Top’s stage show than ever — literally. (more…)

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The Wandering Soul - The Atlantic

The Wandering Soul – The Atlantic

Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts As the Vietnam War dragged on, the U.S. military began desperately searching for any vulnerability in its North Vietnamese enemy. In 1964, it found one: an old Vietnamese folktale about a ghost, eternal damnation, and fear—a myth that the U.S. could weaponize. And so, armed with tape recorders and microphones, American…

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Haas' Kevin Magnussen shocks F1 with first pole at Brazilian GP

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen shocks F1 with first pole at Brazilian GP

Kevin Magnussen shocked Formula 1 in Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying by earning pole position for the sprint race at Interlagos. It was the first pole after 142 races for the Danish driver, who celebrated by making faces at the cameras before the third qualifying session was over. Then he jumped on his car and punched the air in the drizzle. He gave his Haas team boss Guenther Steiner an…

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Apple curbs AirDrop file sharing on devices in China

CNN Business — Apple has limited the use of the AirDrop wireless file sharing function on devices in China, just weeks after reports that some protesters had used the popular feature to spread messages critical of the Chinese government. Users of iPhones in mainland China who updated their iOS software this week can send or receive files from non-contacts for only up to 10 minutes after…

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‘Andor’ Is What Star Wars Was Meant to Be

The Monitor is a weekly column devoted to everything happening in the WIRED world of culture, from movies to memes, TV to Twitter. Say it plain: Star Wars has had a rough go of it lately. Audiences received the last film in the franchise, 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, tepidly. Its TV universe has filled some voids, but despite breakouts like The Mandalorian, the success rate since has…

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Consumer sentiment weakened sharply in November, survey shows

Shoppers are seen in a Kroger supermarket on October 14, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage | AFP | Getty Images Higher interest rates, a potential recession and persistently high prices made consumers substantially less confident about the current state of the economy as well as where things are heading, according to a closely watched sentiment gauge released Friday. The University of…

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Julian Casablancas calls out "hungry super-villain" Elon Musk

Julian Casablancas calls out “hungry super-villain” Elon Musk

In a now-deleted Instagram post, Julian Casablancas called out Elon Musk’s recent Twitter turmoil. The social media platform recently rolled out its Twitter Blue paid subscription, which allowed users to pay for blue verification badges and resulted in multiple accounts impersonating public figures. READ MORE: The Strokes’ world-changing ‘Is This It’ at 20: “They had a ‘last gang in town’…

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Beloved Batman voice actor has passed away at 66

The Bat signal will burn brighter over the citizens of Gotham City this evening to honor the memory of Kevin Conroy, the beloved actor, writer, and voice of Batman. Diane Pershing announced Conroy’s passing, the voice of the DC character Poison Ivy, and publicist Gary Miereanu confirmed the sad news. Conroy passed after “a short battle with cancer,” according to Miereanu. You can read Pershing’s…

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Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for November 12

Wordle today: Here’s the answer, hints for November 12

There��s a brand new Wordle, and some brand new rules to go with it: The New York Times has made some big changes to the word list this past week, which will no longer be based on the original game’s list. You can read all about them in detail here, but the gist is that the list will no longer includes regular plurals (the kind ending in ES or S), so the answer will never be FOXES but it might be…

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Watch | COP27: What’s on the agenda?

he COP27, or the 27th Conference of Parties (countries) who signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is described as an ‘implementation COP’, and will focus on implementing the decisions agreed upon in the earlier COPs. What is on the agenda? Watch the video to know more. SHARE Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Published on November 11,…

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EDM.com Playlist Picks: Flume, ROSSY, Kygo & More [11/11/22] - EDM.com

EDM.com Playlist Picks: Flume, ROSSY, Kygo & More [11/11/22] – EDM.com

The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com’s weekly “Playlist Picks” series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits Galantis, David Guetta & MNEK – Damn (You’ve Got Me Saying) Kygo – The Way…

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UGA advances to second round for first time since 2011

40 minutes ago Georgia Athletics Photo: Georgia Athletics ATHENS – Two goals in the first half fueled the seventh-seeded University of Georgia soccer team past Samford in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship Friday evening before 951 spectators at the Turner Soccer Complex. Friday’s win has marked the first NCAA Tournament match hosted in Athens since 2007 and just the…

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