Why Apple’s fight over ports is a losing battle
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Officials within the European Union are hoping to mandate charging standards, and Apple, predictably, isn’t happy about it. Under a floated European Commission proposal, USB-C would become the only standard for wired…
She Created an Ultra-Partisan News Agency; Now Billionaires Are Giving Her Funding to Fight Disinformation
ACRONYM CEO Tara McGowan in 2018. Screenshot via C-Span. The founder of Acronym, a startup best-known for funding a company that went on to disastrously screw up the 2020 Iowa caucuses, is remaking herself as a fighter against disinformation, according…
Google debuts new Pixel, latest try in smartphone fight
Google launched new Pixel 6 smartphones on Tuesday, its latest attempt to field a champion in a sector the tech giant has dismally failed thus far to conquer. Smartphone sales are dominated by Apple and South Korean electronics colossus Samsung, but…
Nancy Pelosi Brought a Teddy Bear to a Knife Fight
“One party is pro-fascism and the other party wants to give electric cars,” says Molly Jong-Fast—and you can guess which party is winning. J.D. Durkin, the chief Washington correspondent for the business news network Cheddar, joins the latest episode of…
Texas startups mount abortion ban fight on their own, without backing from big tech
Technology leaders across Texas have been privately meeting for weeks, discussing how to best combat the state’s new abortion law and challenge a cultural shift they believe will make it difficult to attract top talent. Absent from the discussion: Big…
10 Best Snyderverse Fight Scenes, Ranked
Zack Snyder’s fight scenes are often considered the highlight of his films for many. Often fast-paced without being overwhelming and frantic without being choppy, these sequences display a deep appreciation for action as a clear, flowing spectacle,…
Worsening California blazes prompt new calls for innovations to fight fires smarter
As wildfires in California and beyond have grown larger and deadlier in recent years, some in the firefighting sector say the tools and technologies used to combat new blazes have not kept up with the impact of climate change’s fury. “In many…
ViacomCBS Puts Up A ‘Good Fight” Against Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit Threatening Alan Dershowitz; “Gratuitous Attack,” Lawyer’s Lawyer Says
Despite having the Oscar-winning Reversal of Fortune made from his book of the same name, it seems Alan Dershowitz this week had the difference between fact and fiction painstakingly explained to him by one of ViacomCBS’ top lawyers over Jeffrey Epstein.…
Quibi Must Fight Claims It Stole ‘Turnstyle’ Technology
(Bloomberg) — Quibi, the video-streaming service started by former Walt Disney studio head and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, must defend a lawsuit claiming it stole its signature “turnstyle” technology from an Israeli company. A federal…