Ahead of the ban vote, Senators are pushing for a public hearing on TikTok intel
US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn are calling for TikTok’s briefings to be declassified to “better educate the public on the need for urgent action”. This comes after US Senator Maria Cantwell said she wants a public hearing, potentially with Senate Intelligence Committee, on TikTok alleging it’s “a gun aimed at Americans’ heads”.
The DOJ had internal emails that helped build its case
More than a dozen state attorneys general and the US Department of Justice have sued Apple for allegedly using the App Store to block Android users from switching to iPhones. They also alleged that Apple used its devices to exert leverage on smartphone customers. They also claimed that Apple’s Vice President of Product Marketing for Apple Watch wrote, “Apple Watch may help prevent iPhone customers from switching.”
10 days is the length of time a pig’s liver lasts
China-based Qihan Biotech’s CEO Luhan Yang said she expects more xenotransplants in clinically dead people or…in terminally ill people in the United States, China and Europe in the future. She added that she expects more xenotransplants in clinically dead people or for compassionate reasons in terminally ill people in the United States, China and Europe in the coming years.
There are five things that come to mind from the antitrust lawsuit against Apple
Apple has been accused by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of unfairly limiting competitors like WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger. The DOJ said Apple also limits third-party messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Facebook Messenger in comparison to iMessage. It added that Apple doesn’t support RCS to make cross-platform messaging better and third-party apps would still be banned from incorporating it even after Apple adopts it.
BMW has a car-wide screen and a joy brain
BMW has unveiled an electric car with a three-dimensional sculptural kidney grille that lights up as the driver approaches the vehicle. The kidney grille is a “three-dimensional sculpture with vertically aligned and backlit corridors”, BMW said. According to BMW, the rounded battery cells are 20 per cent more energy efficient than the other types of batteries.
Apple is being sued in the US for abusing its power to monopolize the smartphones market
US Justice Department has sued Apple for allegedly abusing its market power to stifle innovation. It alleged that Apple blocked “super” apps, including video games and smartwatches, in order to control the development of such apps. The complaint further claimed that Apple had also prevented users from using cross- platform messaging apps. Apple will begin letting mini apps use its system in January.
The Great Barrier Reef is under threat from scientists who are using clouds
Scientists from around the world convened in 2022 to assess where the current scientific understanding of marine cloud brightening stands and what knowledge gaps need to be filled. “The question is whether we can design a research program using our current modelling and observational tools to establish feasibility of this approach on a global scale,” lead author of the paper said.
The patient is using a brain implant to play chess
Noland Arbaugh, a 51-year-old paralysed man from the waist down, was able to play online chess and Civilization with Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant. Arbaugh, who received the implant last month, also said he had been able to play Civilization for eight hours straight. He added that he is in good health and expects to have the implant removed in the next few days.
There is proof you are able to train an artificial intelligence model
Apple engineers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) model for text, images, and chatbots called MM1. It’s designed to work with a wide range of data, including text, images and videos. MM1 is measured by a number of parameters, such as internal variables that get adjusted as it is trained. The model works on a user’s text as well as images.
The new car emissions rules preferred by labor unions are adopted by Biden
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its final rule for the national fleetwide greenhouse gas emissions. The rules require a 36% reduction in GHG emissions for medium-duty vehicles by 2032 and a 70% reduction by 2027. It also requires 50% of all vehicle sales to be tailpipe-free by 2020 under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden.