Christmas is in full swing in New York City; lines snake through Midtown as tourists oggle department store windows and the Rockefeller Center tree, and the Union Square Holiday Market is bustling with vendors and shoppers. All the while, hotel prices are up and vacancies down compared to the 2022 holiday season—and there are almost … Read more
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is seen as people lined up to buy the newly launched iPhone 15 and other Apple products at an Apple store in Palo Alto, California, on Sept. 22, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Apple has lost a bid to delay an impending Apple Watch import ban, … Read more
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Rite Aid isn’t allowed to use AI-powered facial recognition technology for another five years as part of a settlement it reached with the Federal Trade Commission. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the FTC accuses Rite Aid of using facial surveillance systems in a “reckless” manner from 2012 to 2020. During this period, the FTC … Read more
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Blockchain games are returning to Epic Games’ marketplace. The Epic Games Store has a strict ban on games classified as “Adults Only” by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) — normally games with excessive nudity or violence. But the marketplace announced today that blockchain games classified as AO only because they use blockchain are an … Read more
Dec 19, 2023 Smartwatches Speaker 1: Apple will pause sales of the Apple Watch Series nine and Apple Watch Ultra two as part of an ongoing legal dispute with Health Tech Company. Masimo, we don’t have all the answers and we don’t know exactly what’s going to happen, but if Apple does end up suspending … Read more
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Lawyers at Planned Parenthood and other groups said Monday that they had dropped a class action lawsuit challenging Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban, after the named plaintiff lost standing to bring the case because she was no longer pregnant. Lawyers at Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said … Read more
Bradley Cooper’s caught some flak for revealing that he doesn’t allow chairs on his movie sets — but as it turns out, he ain’t alone … whether it’s rules for sitting or other bans. You might’ve heard about this … BC did a one-on-one interview with the great Spike Lee for Variety’s “Directors on Directors” … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Friday rejected a request by a group of human rights and humanitarian organizations to order a halt to the transfer to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets. The organizations went to court Dec. 4 arguing that delivery of parts for the aircraft makes the Netherlands complicit … Read more
FILE – Supporters of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, attend a rally held by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The Ohio Supreme Court, Friday, Dec. 15, has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that has blocked enforcement of Ohio’s … Read more
Play video content TMZSports.com Draymond Green would be breathing a lot easier today if Shaquille O’Neal were running the NBA … ’cause the Lakers legend says he’d only suspend DG two games if league punishments were up to him. O’Neal made the declaration while speaking with Babcock and Charles on “TMZ Live” on Thursday — … Read more