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Apple’s fix for the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban could be disabling a useless feature

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Apple is readying a more permanent fix for the ITC ruling that ended up temporarily blocking sales of its Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Series 9 models in the U.S. (which are both now back on sale — though again, potentially temporarily). The proposed solution, discovered in a brief legal filing (via 9to5Mac) by the … Read more

Apple Watch drops blood oxygen features to dodge the import ban

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The blood oxygen feature is about to disappear from new Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 devices. While Apple itself has not released a statement or responded to our request for comment, both Bloomberg and 9to5Mac are reporting that the feature will be going away and that US Customs and Border Protection has … Read more

Ban on guns in post offices is unconstitutional, US judge rules

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Friday ruled that a U.S. law that bars people from possessing firearms in post offices is unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling from 2022 that expanded gun rights. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of Republican former President Donald Trump … Read more

Pope Francis calls surrogacy ‘deplorable,’ calls for global ban

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ROME — Pope Francis called Monday for a global ban on surrogate motherhood, equating it with child trafficking in a meeting with ambassadors to the Vatican and adding fuel to efforts in Italy to pass the West’s most restrictive law on a practice used by infertile and … Read more

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Colorado ballot ban, setting up high-stakes battle

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Lawyers for former President Donald Trump formally ask the United States Supreme Court to rule on the decision by Colorado’s Supreme Court to remove his name from primary ballots because he was in violation of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In New York, meanwhile, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules against Trump’s … Read more

Twitch will ban people pretending to be naked

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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch is changing its sexual content policies again, this time to prohibit implied nudity on the platform. The platform already prohibits nudity, but Twitch’s new attire policy, which goes into effect today, also doesn’t allow streamers to “imply or suggest that they are fully or partially nude,” chief … Read more

Apple Watch 9 and Ultra 2 sales resume as court pauses ban

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Jason Hiner/ZDNET Looking to buy an Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2 directly from Apple? You’re in luck. Following a patent dispute over Apple’s use of the device’s blood oxygen sensor, the International Trade Commission (ITC) halted sales and imports of those two models. Now, that ruling has been suspended courtesy of a federal … Read more

Apple resumes Apple Watch sales after ban is paused

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You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple. The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be available again in some physical Apple stores starting today, with wider availability expected by Saturday. Online sales will resume tomorrow by 3PM ET, Apple spokesperson Nikki Rothberg told The Verge. The appeals court … Read more