Apple Store robbery ring: 17 charged in $1M scheme – CNET
The alleged crimes took place across 19 counties in California.
Voting Machines Are Still Absurdly At Risk
A new report details dozens of vulnerabilities across seven models of voting machines—all of which are currently in use.
Who are DC’s Birds of Prey? A look at the team as its movie casts Huntress, Black Canary – CNET
The female superteam is due to get a movie in 2020, but the squad’s been around since 1996.
Reddit adds appeals process to offensive-subreddit Quarantine policy – CNET
The goal is to “incentivize positive behavior,” apparently.
Apple wins appeal of $234 million patent dispute with university
A federal appeals court has ruled in Apple’s favor in a patent dispute with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The court ruling, initially spotted by Reuters, said that that Apple didn’t infringe on one of the university’s patents, overturning a prior ruling in the university’s favor that had fined Apple $234 million. Another $272 million was later added to that fine to account for Apple’s continued use of the patent, but that will presumably be thrown out now that the underlying judgment has been reversed.
The patent suit started back in 2014 when the university’s licensing arm — the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) — filed a lawsuit saying that several iPhone and iPad processors used technology it had developed. The…
Why a Tennis Ball Goes Flying When Bounced on a Basketball
When you bounce a tennis ball off a moving basketball, the tennis ball goes careening off at high speed. Here’s why that happens.
Das Keyboard 5Q Review: Excellent for Typing, Not So Much for Notifications
An internet-enabled mechanical keyboard that brings web and device notifications to your fingertips.
Digital IDs Are More Dangerous Than You Think
Opinion: Digital identification systems are meant to aid the marginalized. Actually, they’re ripe for abuse.
Improved In vivo imaging of atherosclerotic plaque development
Researchers have developed a method for quantitatively assessing atherosclerotic plaque buildup in mice. They transplanted X-ray-irradiated low-density-lipoprotein-knockout mice with bone marrow cells expressing near-infrared fluorescent protein, which subsequently developed into fluorescent macrophages. These macrophages congregated specifically in atherosclerotic plaques that arose after feeding on a high-cholesterol diet. In vivo imaging detected the amount of aortic plaque formed and its change over time, which could help in assessing the efficacy of anti-atherosclerotic drugs.