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Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 Drop Blood Oxygen Feature Amid Patent Dispute

The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will now be sold without their blood oxygen feature. Apple says the move will allow it to sell its high-end watches while staying in compliance amid an ongoing patent dispute with health tech company Masimo. Apple said Wednesday that Series 9 and Ultra 2 models that don’t […]

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Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander crashes into Pacific Ocean

Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie reports on Astrobotic Technology saying its engineers are working to fix the ‘anomaly’ affecting the lunar lander failure.  Astrobotic says it has lost contact with its Peregrine lunar lander over open water in the South Pacific Ocean after anticipating that it would “burn up” while re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.  The

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Next-gen AI-powered voice translator previewed by Vasco at CES

Making Money panelists Shah Gilani and Scott Martin reveal how Apple can craft excitement in the marketplace and break down the price of oil. Vasco Electronics previewed its next-generation live voice translation device that is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and can provide live translations of nearly 50 languages to your ear. The company, headquartered

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ICO prompts confusion over police cloud legality | Computer Weekly

The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has sown confusion over the legality of police forces using US-based cloud providers to process sensitive law enforcement data. Computer Weekly revealed in 2020 that dozens of police forces are processing more than a million people’s data unlawfully using the cloud-based Microsoft 365 software. Following Computer Weekly’s subsequent discovery

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Japan’s First Moon Lander Is Aiming for a Very Small Target

TOKYO (AP) — As Japan’s space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it’s aiming to hit a very small target. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, a lightweight spacecraft about the size of a passenger vehicle, is using “pinpoint landing” technology that promises far greater control than any previous moon landing. While

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Unilever provides recipe support to blind and partially sighted shoppers | Computer Weekly

Unilever has worked with accessibility app developer Be My Eyes to create tools for shoppers who are blind or have low vision. The initial trial uses the Be My Eyes technology in the UK on Colman’s Singapore Noodles Meal Maker, with the intention of rolling it out across more brands in 2024. Scanning the

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MPs flag similarities between HMRC’s treatment of Loan Charge contractors and Post Office scandal | Computer Weekly

The treatment of tens of thousands of IT contractors who are being pursued by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for life-changing amounts of unpaid tax through the government’s controversial Loan Charge policy is being likened to that of the sub-postmasters caught up in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. The comparison occurred during a

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Fujitsu boss admits to missed opportunities to prevent miscarriages of justice | Computer Weekly

Fujitsu’s UK boss admitted that the IT company missed an opportunity to take action and prevent subpostmasters from being convicted for financial crimes after its software showed unexplained shortfalls in branch accounts. During the latest Post Office Horizon scandal hearing, Fujitsu’s UK head, Paul Patterson, was shown a document produced by Fujitsu IT expert

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