A crop of companies want to make sperm-freezing a routine procedure for young men, as employers start to offer it as a benefit. From a report: For decades, the conversation about waning fertility has been focused largely on women. Think of Marisa Tomei…
Judge in Epic Suit Says Apple Restrictions Anti-Competitive
A U.S. judge on Friday issued a ruling in “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Apple’s App Store, labelling Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions as anticompetitive. From a report: The case may determine whether Ap…
Why Amazon Might Become the Largest Quantum Consumer
An anonymous reader shares a report:These are still early days for quantum computing, far too soon to talk about domain-specific quantum systems. But if there are areas hungrier than ever for what quantum is best at — dense optimization problems at sc…
Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub Sue New York City Over Legislation on Commission Caps
Food-delivery companies DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats have sued New York City over a legislation to license food-delivery apps and to permanently cap commissions they can charge restaurants. From a report: The three food-delivery companies filed a la…
Scientists Aim For Clearer Messages On Global Warming
Here’s a sentence that’s basically unintelligible to most people: Humans must mitigate global warming by pursuing an unprecedented transition to a carbon neutral economy. A recent study found that some of the most common terms in climate science are co…
Apple’s Watch Software Chief Takes Over Self-Driving Car Project
Apple appointed one of its top software executives, Kevin Lynch, to oversee its nascent self-driving car project after the previous leader left for Ford Motor. From a report: Lynch, an Adobe veteran who joined Apple in 2013 to run the software group fo…
Hacker Lawyer Jay Leiderman Is Dead at 50
Jay Leiderman, a California defense attorney known for his whistleblower advocacy and defense of political dissidents and hackers, was confirmed dead in Ventura County on Thursday. He was 50 years old. From a report: Dubbed the “Hacktivist’s Advocate” …
Groundbreaking Technique Yields Important New Details on Silicon, Subatomic Particles and Possible ‘Fifth Force’
NIST: Using a groundbreaking new technique at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international collaboration led by NIST researchers has revealed previously unrecognized properties of technologically crucial silicon crystals …
Code.org, Tech Giants Enlist Teachers To Sell Kids and Parents On ‘CS Journeys’
theodp writes: On Monday, tech-bankrolled Code.org announced the CS Journeys program, which the nonprofit explains is designed to help teachers “excite, encourage, and empower your students to continue their CS journeys in and beyond your class.” Besid…
Russia’s Yandex Says It Repelled Biggest DDoS Attack in History
head_dunce writes: A cyber attack on Russian tech giant Yandex’s servers in August and September was the largest known distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in the history of the internet, the company said on Thursday. The DDoS attack, in which h…