iPhone throttling — Apple to pay $25 per user, up to $500M, for slowing iPhones with bad batteries. Jon Brodkin - Mar 3, 2020 6:35 pm UTC Enlarge / An iPhone 6.iPhone users are slated to get $25 each from an up-to-$500 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over Apple's decision to throttle the performance…
(Reuters) - An Orthodox Jewish school in New York City canceled classes on Tuesday to allow for precautionary measures after a suspected case of coronavirus turned up within its community. The SAR Academy and SAR High School in the Riverdale section of the Bronx borough said it was in touch with the city’s Department of…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Authorities are also asking overseas Chinese to reconsider travel plans Travellers from countries with severe coronavirus outbreaks who arrive in southern China will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine, state media say.Shanghai will also ask new arrivals from countries with "relatively serious virus conditions" to be isolated.Beijing is worried…
Ad Astra, Astra — There remains "some probability" of an issue that prevents launch today. Eric Berger - Mar 2, 2020 6:16 pm UTC Astra will launch from a spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska. Astra The site is in southern Alaska, offering a good corridor to polar orbits. Astra This is the company's third-generation rocket, named…
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday unveiled its mandate for trade talks with the United States, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowing to drive a hard bargain in negotiations that are set to test the two allies’ “special relationship”. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, February 26, 2020.…
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The announcement earlier this week that Intuit, the financial software giant, would be buying the personal finance company Credit Karma for $7 billion was striking. The tech industry is under more antitrust scrutiny than ever; just a few weeks ago, the Federal Trade Commission announced a broad inquiry into the past decade of acquisitions by…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will start screening travelers for coronavirus and ramp up production of masks and test kits as the government scrambles to reassure Americans as the disease spreads and world stock markets tumbled last week. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One as he returns from speaking at…
Image copyright Getty Images/BBC Image caption Tensions had been reported between Priti Patel and Sir Philip Rutnam Home Secretary Priti Patel is facing pressure to respond to bullying allegations made by the former top civil servant in her department.Sir Philip Rutnam, the Home Office's most senior official, resigned on Saturday citing a "vicious and orchestrated"…
Wake up, get ready — There are now four possible community-spread cases of COVID-19 in the US. Beth Mole - Feb 29, 2020 4:15 pm UTC Enlarge / A pedestrian wearing a protective mask stands on Mission Street in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. California is monitoring 8,400 people for signs of…
