21st floor menswear oops i mean tech news apple is in hot
water again and this time it's actually over real water italian
regulators have imposed a fine of 10 million euros or about 12
million us dollars on the company over the iphone's water resistance or
lack thereof the regulatory agency said that apple made misleading claims about
multiple iphone models going all the way back to the iphone 8.
it turns out that the water resistance claims apple was making in its advertising saying that the phone would
resist water up to 4 meters deep for as long as 30 minutes were based on tightly
controlled lab tests and that real world test water resistance wasn't
nearly as impressive apple was also hit because the company
refused to honor warranties when the iphone sustained water damage
which would be an obvious problem if someone were relying on the
misleading ads so maybe don't take your expensive toys
into the swimming pool in the name of science
google is no strangers to accusation of anti-competitive practices given their
dominant position in the market but a new round of lawsuits that the u.s
department of justice is reportedly preparing not only targets google again but also
drags facebook into the fray this would be the first time
that facebook has faced off with the us federal government in the
antitrust arena though of course the company has already sparred with
lawmakers over issues ranging from moderating misleading information to
suppression of certain types of political speech at issue here though appears to be
whether facebook's acquisition of whatsapp instagram and other properties broke
antitrust laws and suppressed competition hmm maybe we
should start our own image sharing platform but just for glam shots of
cable management and RGB although in-person black friday
madness was tempered this year at brick and mortar retailers due to the
pandemic that did not stop americans from busting out their credit cards and
shopping online in record numbers around 9 billion dollars were spent
online on friday on american retail sites smashing last year's record of just shy
of seven and a half billion part of this was by design as retailers
themselves discouraged in-person turnout by limiting doorbuster deals
or skipping them entirely in fact physical traffic at stores was down
over half compared to last year of course today is cyber monday and it's
expected that we'll see more records today with adobe projecting sales well into the 10
figures or as jeff bezos calls it lunch money just kidding it's
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useless meetings are a hallmark of workplace life especially here at LMG
and a new patent from microsoft reveals the company is looking at telling us exactly how useless they
are with sensors that detect facial expressions body language
room temperatures and other goings-on to assign a meeting a productivity score
it's unclear if this tech will actually hit the market but bosses could always
just ask their half asleep employees how much attention they're paying speaking of
bosses hundreds of c-level executives at various companies
have gotten hit with a data breach as russian-speaking hackers are selling
microsoft-based account credentials for between
100 and 1500 bucks it's unclear whether
this is part of an extortion attempt but remember the love of god
use two-factor authentication it's not hard
how do you do the clapping thing in real life use two factor
fcc chairman ajit pai has announced he will be quitting on january 20th
which is when joe biden will take over as u.s president
pai's legacy of deregulation of the tech and telecom industries gained him
support in some circles but criticism in others like the
internet as this widely reported decision to weaken net neutrality
regulations set off concerns about what the internet could be like in the future
as for me i'm hoping the next chairperson won't explain communication
policy with videos that go viral for all the wrong reasons i hope
politics just gets boring google has made huge progress in the world of
protein folding of all things as this ai powered program
called alpha fold appears to have shortened the time to
work out the structure of a protein given certain amino acid sequences
in a few days instead of years of lab
experiments this is a problem that scientists have been trying to solve for at least
half a century and could have big implications for drug and disease
research although the system won't completely replace current methods it should be a
huge boon for the biosciences industry if only you could tell me how to fold a
fitted sheet i seriously youtubed it and i i still
can't do it i couldn't even follow along and there's been a major cyber attack in
the sports world as english premier league side manchester united
suffered an incursion that's been widely speculated to be a ransomware attack
although club officials wouldn't confirm this the attack doesn't appear to have
affected match day operation for fans personal information
though there is concern some of the club's scouting information may have
been exposed i guess something like this is par for the course though when you consider how
bad united's defense has been this season haha
sports jokes it's two in there that's it for today come back on wednesday for
more tech news that'll play hard for the first 90 minutes or actually more like five or six